PATHUM NISSANKA hit a 150-plus score for the second Test in a row in Sri Lanka’s series with Bangladesh.
He followed up his first-innings 187 in the drawn match at Galle with 158 in the first dig at Colombo as Sri Lanka posted 458 in response to Bangladesh’s 247.
Nissanka came into the series in decent first-class form, having hit a double-ton for Kandy in his last four-day match for Kandy in Sri Lanka’s National Super League.
The second Test at Colombo is Sri Lanka’s first since the retirement of Angelo Mathews, with the top order responding positively i...