Watch: Sri Lankan players collect trophy in practice kits after whitewashing Bangladesh ‘to tell the World that they have played 2 practice matches’

Earlier in the week Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 192 runs at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram to whitewash the hosts 2-0. However, what caught the attention was the subdued celebrations of the visitors and collecting the trophy in practice kits.

Umpire Richard Kettleborough would later on X (formerly known as Twitter) would clarify the reason behind it. “Sri Lanka🇱🇰 won the Test series 2-0 against Bangladesh. Sri Lankan’s came to collect the Trophy in their Practice Kits. They wanted to tell the World that they have played 2 practice match vs Bangladesh” he wrote.

Chasing 511 runs for an improbable victory, Bangladesh were all out for 318 with Mominul Haq (50) and Miraz, who scored 81 not out, scoring half-centuries before the hosts wilted on the final day’s morning session.

Sri Lanka🇱🇰 won the Test series 2-0 against Bangladesh🇧🇩

Sri Lankan's came to collect the Trophy in their Practice Kits🎽

They wanted to tell the World🌍 that they have played 2 practice match 🆚 Bangladesh#BANvSL #IPL2024 #GTvPBKS #HardikPandya pic.twitter.com/0Jkk7wbqUK

— Richard Kettleborough (@RichKettle07) April 4, 2024

Sri Lanka, who won the opening test in Sylhet by 328 runs, were in the box seat after racking up 531 in their first innings when six of their top seven batters struck half-centuries.

Bangladesh managed 178 in reply and Sri Lanka declared their second innings at 157-7, setting the hosts a daunting victory target.

“The batters were a bit disappointed about not getting runs in the first test, but I was confident they would get runs here,” Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva said.

“There wasn’t a lot of spin on offer, so I thought about reverse swing as a way to get wickets. The pacers were really on the spot.”

Growing rivalry

Earlier after the ODI series win Bangla player Mushfiqur Rahim took a dig at Angelo Mathews’ timed out dismissal at the 2023 ODI World Cup.

After winning the series 2-1, the Bangladesh players were posing with the trophy when Mushfiqur took his helmet and mimicked Mathews’ dismissal in last year’s showpiece event. The incident had led to a lot of bad blood between the two teams which already had a heated rivalry surrounding the Naagin dance celebrations.

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