Sri Lankan pacer Lahiru Kumara took three wickets for Sri Lanka on Saturday morning to leave Bangladesh struggling at 132-6 at lunch on the second day of the first Test at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet, reports Daily Sun.

The hosts were trailing Sri Lanka by 148 runs after resuming on 32-3.

Kumara struck with his first ball of the innings when he forced overnight batsman Mahmudul Hasan to edge at second slip to Dhananjaya de Silva.

Mahmudul, who was unbeaten on nine overnight, departed for 12.

Shahadat Hossain played a few attacking shots before he too fell to Kumara in the same manner for 18 runs.

Taijul and Liton Das added 41 runs for the sixth wicket before Kumara struck again.

A late swinger knocked off Liton's middle stumps, sending him back for 25 after a brief spell with four boundaries.

Sri Lanka made 280 runs in their first innings on the first day thanks to centuries from De Silva and Kamindu Mendis, who both scored 102.

Sri Lanka have never lost a Test series to Bangladesh.

The second and final match of the series will be played in Chittagong from March 30.

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