(REUTERS) – Mominul Haque became 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 on Sunday.

Beginning the final day 119 runs behind and with seven second winnings wickets in hand after Sri Lanka had declared their first innings on 713 for nine, 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 to frustrate Sri Lanka, their 180-run stand coming 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 307-5 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.

BANGLADESH first innings 513 all out)

Sri Lanka  1st innings

 Dimuth Karunaratne   c Imrul Kayes b Mehedi Hasan             0

 Kusal Mendis         c Mushfiqur Rahim b Taijul Islam       196

 Dhananjaya de Silva  c Liton Das b Mustafizur Rahman        173

 Roshen Silva         c Liton Das b Mehedi Hasan             109

 Dinesh Chandimal     b Taijul Islam                          87

 Niroshan Dickwella   c Liton Das b Mehedi Hasan              62

 Dilruwan Perera      lbw Sunzamul Islam                      32

 Rangana Herath       lbw Taijul Islam                        24

 Suranga Lakmal       b Taijul Islam                           9

 Lahiru Kumara        Not Out                                  2

 Extras               11b 6lb 0nb 0pen 2w                     19

 Total                (199.3 overs)                     713 decl

Fall of Wickets : 1-0 Karunaratne, 2-308 de Silva, 3-415 Mendis, 4-550 Silva, 5-613 Chandimal, 6-663 Dickwella, 7-687 Perera, 8-706 Lakmal, 9-713 Herath

Did Not Bat : Sandakan

 Bowling:    Rahman    32-  6 – 113 –  1 , (2w), Islam    45-  2 – 153- 1,i Hasan    49-   4 – 174 –  3,

 Taijul Islam       67.3 – 13 – 219- 4,  Hossain   3 –  0 –  24-   0,

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 BANGLADESH  2nd innings

 Tamim Iqbal       c Niroshan Dickwella b Lakshan Sandakan        41

 Imrul Kayes       c Dinesh Chandimal b Dilruwan Perera           19

 Mominul Haque     c Dimuth Karunaratne b Dhananjaya de Silva    105

 Mushfiqur Rahim   c Kusal Mendis b Rangana Herath                 2

 Liton Das         c Dilruwan Perera b Rangana Herath             94

 Mahmudullah       Not Out                                        28

 Mosaddek Hossain  Not Out                                         8

 Extras            3b 2lb 4nb 0pen 1w                             10

 Total             (100.0 overs)                               307-5

Fall of Wickets : 1-52 Kayes, 2-76 Iqbal, 3-81 Rahim, 4-261 Haque, 5-279 Das

Did Not Bat : Miraz, Islam, Islam, Rahman

 Bowling :     Herath       28 –  6 – 80 –  2,  Lakmal    9 –  1 – 25 –  0 , (1nb).

 Dhananjaya de Silva  12 –  0 – 41 –  1, Perera   26 –  5 – 74 –  1 ,( 2nb)

  Sandakan     18   2  64   1,  ( 1nb),  Lahiru Kumara         6   0  16   0  2.67  (1w),

 Kusal Mendis          1-   0-   2-   0.