Mominul Haque has become the first Bangladesh cricketer to hit a century in each innings of a Test match as he and Liton Das helped the hosts secure a draw in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Beginning the final day 119 runs behind after Sri Lanka had declared their first innings on 9-713, Bangladesh needed to bat out three sessions to save the match.
They eventually succeeded in their mission as Mominul followed up his 176 in the first innings with 105 and Liton made 94 after Bangladesh had resumed on 81 for three.
The duo batted through the morning session on Sunday to frustrate Sri Lanka, and their 180-run stand came to an end when spinner Dhananjaya de Silva had Mominul caught in the slip.
Stand-in skipper Mahmudullah faced 65 balls in his unbeaten 28 as Bangladesh reached 5-307 when players from both sides shook hands with 17 overs remaining in the batsman-dominated contest, in which 1533 runs were scored for 24 wickets in five days.
Dhaka hosts the second and final test from Thursday.
