{"id":4155,"date":"2025-06-26T09:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T04:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4155"},"modified":"2025-06-26T07:40:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:40:30","slug":"sri-lankan-bowlers-seize-control-on-rain-hit-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/26\/sri-lankan-bowlers-seize-control-on-rain-hit-opening-day","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Bowlers Seize Control on Rain-Hit Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"78\"><strong>ISLAMABAD: Sri Lanka\u2019s bowlers made the most of a sluggish Colombo pitch on Thursday, reducing Bangladesh to 220 for eight at stumps on Day One of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"581\">The rain-disrupted day saw debutant Sonal Dinusha make an immediate impact.<br data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"352\" \/>The 24-year-old left-arm spinner, playing in place of retired Angelo Mathews, claimed two crucial wickets and returned with figures of 2 for 22.<br data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"499\" \/>His scalps included Litton Das and centurion from the first Test, Mushfiqur Rahim.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"617\"><strong data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"617\">Debut Delight and Pace Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"993\">Dinusha\u2019s performance was backed by pacer Vishwa Fernando, who struck early to remove Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"993\">Back in the team after a strong County run, Vishwa also dismissed Mehidy Hasan Miraz with a sharp delivery late in the day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"993\">Asitha Fernando, brought in after an injury to Milan Rathnayake, provided additional support with disciplined bowling.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1033\"><strong data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1033\">Bangladesh Struggle on Tough Track<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1277\">Bangladesh\u2019s decision to bat first didn\u2019t pay off as their top order failed to fire.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1277\">Shadman Islam was the only batter to show resistance with a gritty 46.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1035\" data-end=\"1277\">\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy to play shots on this slow kind of surface,\u201d he admitted post-day.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1471\">Despite patchy fielding, Sri Lanka\u2019s bowlers executed their plans well to maintain control.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1471\">With more rain expected, Day Two could be crucial for both teams in setting the tone of the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Sri Lanka\u2019s bowlers made the most of a sluggish Colombo pitch on Thursday, reducing Bangladesh to 220 for eight at stumps on Day One of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club. The rain-disrupted day saw debutant Sonal Dinusha make an immediate impact.The 24-year-old left-arm spinner, playing in place of retired Angelo Mathews, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2007,2008,2006],"class_list":["post-4155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-colombotest","tag-dinushadebut","tag-srilankacricket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4157,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions\/4157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}