Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das hit centuries and shared a record stand to turn the tide for Bangladesh in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Dhaka on Monday after a disastrous start.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At stumps, Liton was unbeaten with a career-best 135 with Mushfiqur on 115, his second hundred in as many innings, as Bangladesh reached 277-5 on the first day after electing to bat at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The pair added 253 in their unbroken sixth-wicket stand after Sri Lanka's pace bowlers Kasun Rajitha and Asitha Fernando shared five wickets between them to leave Bangladesh in tatters on 24-5 in a chaotic first hour of play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mushfiqur played a part in Bangladesh's previous highest sixth-wicket stand when he shared 191 runs with Mohammad Ashraful, also against Sri Lanka at Galle in 2013.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It is one of the best partnerships I have seen as a coach in Tests," said Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We were 20 (24) for five, under a lot of pressure. It was an amazing effort by those two batters. Obviously, we didn’t start well this morning. Couple of false shots, couple of good deliveries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Test cricket is hard but those guys showed amazing skill and character to get us in this good position," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Liton brought his third Test hundred off 149 balls owing to a misfield, which yielded Bangladesh five runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mushfiqur, who also scored 105 runs in the drawn first Test in Chittagong, then reached his ninth Test hundred off 218 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The pair gave the only chance to Sri Lanka during their partnership for over two sessions when Liton lofted a catch on 47 off Fernando.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But substitute fielder Kamindu Mendis dropped the chance at backward square leg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kamindu came to the field after Kusal Mendis left for a hospital with pain in his chest.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mendis was cleared later to continue playing as his physical condition was found not to be serious, according to a Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The hosts made a nightmare start to the game as Rajitha bowled opener Mahmudul Hasan for a duck with the second ball of the morning.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fellow opener Tamim Iqbal, who scored a century in the drawn first Test in Chittagong, also fell for a duck as he sent a leading edge off Fernando in the next over to be caught brilliantly by Jayawickrama at backward point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skipper Mominul Haque tried to settle the nerves with two fours, including one off the first ball he faced, but soon edged Fernando to wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella when on nine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rajitha then found a big gap between the bat and pad of Najmul Hossain, sending his middle-stump cart-wheeling with an inswinger as the left-hander was dismissed for eight.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rajitha delivered a body blow next ball to trap Shakib Al Hasan leg-before for a first-ball duck, leaving the Bangladesh batting line-up in disarray.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Liton hit 16 fours and a six and Mushfiqur hit 13 boundaries so far.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rajitha finished the day with 3-43 while Fernando claimed 2-80.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sri Lanka had rewarded Rajitha with a place in the eleven after he impressed in Chittagong by taking 4-60, playing the match as a concussion substitute for Vishwa Fernando.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He was one of their two changes, with Jayawickrama replacing Lasith Embuldeniya.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bangladesh made two changes from the first Test as Mosaddek Hossain and Ebadot Hossain replaced the injured Nayeem Hasan and Shoriful Islam.
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