Sri Lanka 493 for 7 dec. (Thirimanne 140, Karunaratne 118, Taskin 4-127) and 194 for 9 dec. (Karunaratne 66, Islam 5-72) beat Bangladesh 251 (Tamim 92, Jayawickrama 6-92) and 227 (Jayawickrama 5-86, Mendis 4-103) by 209 runs

Praveen Jayawickrama bagged a five-wicket haul and Ramesh Mendis scalped four wickets as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 209 runs to win the series 1-0.

Sri Lanka's inexperienced spin duo of Praveen Jayawickrama and Ramesh Mendis took all five Bangladesh wickets to fall in the tourists' second innings on day four of the second Test at Pallekele on Sunday.

At stumps, the visiting Bangladesh slumped to 177-5 chasing a stiff 437 to win as Sri Lanka closed in on a memorable win.

Sri Lanka needed five wickets on the final day to wrap up the game and the series after the first Test ended in a draw.

BDST: 1230 HRS, May 3, 2021
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