The New Nation - Internet Edition

Players of Bangladesh Cricket team play football
during their practice session at the Bir Sreshtha Shaheed
Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong on Friday. Internet
photo

Sports Reporter

After tasting a 107-run defeat by Sri Lanka in the first Test of the Grameenphone Test Series on December 31, Bangladesh will face Sri Lanka today in the second Test , which begins at 9.30 AM at the Bir Sreshtha Shaheed Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong, the port city of the country.

Bangladesh Television will telecast the match live everyday from the stadium.

Earlier, the Tigers played 11 Test matches against the Lions and the Lions won all the affairs.

Marking the upcoming Test match, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka took part in their respective practice sessions yesterday.

Bangladesh is likely to include Enamul Haque (Junior) in their squad instead of Mahbubul Alam.

On the other hand, Sri Lanka will include wizard spinner Ajantha Mendis in place of other spinner Rangana Herath.

Besides, Sri Lanka have great spin sensation Muttiah Muralitharan in their squad.

It is mentionable that Bangladesh piled up 413 in their second innings in the Dhaka Test and showed a fighting performance against their mighty opponents. It was Bangladesh's highest score in their Test campaign so far.

Thus, the cricket viewers of the country hope that their side will show satisfactory performance against their counterpart Sri Lanka, the new power house of world cricket.