New Delhi: In the second and final Test match of the two match series held between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on Saturday June 28 at Sinhalese Sports Club of Colombo Sri Lanka shockingly thrashed Bangladesh by innings and 78 runs. Prabath Jayasuriya shone with his 12th five-wicket haul and the hosts finished in a 1-0 series lead after Bangladesh were dismissed for a measly 133 in the 2nd innings. In the dying moments of the Day 3 the Sri Lankan team led by Dhananjaya de Silva saw a glimmer of win as Tharindu Ratnayake bowled a jagged delivery to clean up Mehidy Hasan Miraz (11) at the score of 115/6 to knock bundles of Bangladesh before the end of Day 3. Day 4 Prabath Jayasuriya was not too long in making a difference as he added two more to his overnight figures of 2 cleaning up Litton Das (14) caught behind off Kusal Mendis. Prabath Jayasuriya shines again The left-arm spinner got another in the very next over managing to entrap Nayeem Hasan into moving out of his crease. Wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis had a quick response and whisked off the bails that further compounded the misery of Bangladesh. Jayasuriya continued his rampage as he sent Taijul Islam back in his third over of the day to finish his five-wicket haul. Tharindu Ratnayake (2/19) wrapped up the match with a leg before wicket dismissal of Ebadot Hossain 6 off 7 deliveries and Bangladesh were all out 133 in a mere 44.2 overs. Pacer Asitha Fernando (1/22) and captain Dhananjaya de Silva (2/13) were also wicket-takers as Sri Lanka started their 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) on a winning note by winning the series. The first innings during which Pathum Nissanka battered the ball to all sides of the park with some exquisite strokes and smashed 158 runs with 19 boundaries included his best was titled Player of the Match. He was also the Player of the Series winner after leading the runs standings with 369 runs over three innings at an average of 123 with two centuries. Najmul Hossain Shanto steps down Pathum Nissanka had previously registered a dominant 187 runs in the first knock of the draw Test in Galle earlier in the series. In the meantime after Bangladesh lost the series its captain Najmul Hossain Shanto resigned. Nonetheless Shanto had impressed in his debut performance in the first test with both centuries in the match which made him the first Bangladesh player to record more than two centuries.