Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2020–21
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The Bangladesh cricket team toured Sri Lanka in April and May 2021 to play two Test matches.[1] The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.[2]
Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2020–21 | |||
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Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | ||
Dates | 21 April – 3 May 2021 | ||
Captains | Dimuth Karunaratne | Mominul Haque | |
Test series | |||
Result | Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Dimuth Karunaratne (428) | Tamim Iqbal (280) | |
Most wickets | Praveen Jayawickrama (11) |
Taskin Ahmed (8) Taijul Islam (8) | |
Player of the series | Dimuth Karunaratne (SL) |
Originally, a three-Test tour was scheduled to take place in July and August 2020,[3][4] but it was postponed to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] In September 2020, the tour was postponed again, after both boards could not agree on the quarantine requirements for the series.[7][8] In December 2020, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) were considering touring Sri Lanka in April 2021 to play two Test matches.[9] In February 2021, the BCB confirmed that the tour of Sri Lanka would take place in April.[10] On 19 March 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the dates for the tour.[11]
The first Test match finished as a high-scoring draw,[12] after rain wiped out the final session on the fifth day.[13] Sri Lanka won the second Test by 209 runs to win the series 1–0.[14]