A crafty century from veteran Angelo Mathews (114 not out) put Sri Lanka in a strong position at the end of the opening day in the first Test against Bangladesh, here on Sunday.

Sri Lanka were 258/4 at stumps on Day 1 with Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal (34 not out) at the crease. Though the day was mostly dominated by Sri Lanka batters, spinners Nayeem Hasan (2/71), Shakib Al Hasan (1/27) and Taijul Islam (1/73) ensured that the Bangladesh have something to work with going into the second day.

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