Sri Lanka to arrive in May for two-match Test series

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the schedule for the Tigers' two-match home Test series against Sri Lanka through a press release today. 

The Sri Lankan cricket team will arrive in Bangladesh on 8 May for a series that will be part of the 2021-2023 ICC World Test Championship. 

Following a two-day practice match, scheduled for May 11 and 12 at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram, the two teams will play the first Test on May 15 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the port city. 

The teams will then travel to Dhaka for the second and final Test of the series, beginning on May 23 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.  

The last time the two sides clashed in Tests was when Bangladesh toured Sri Lanka in 2021 for a two-match series which ended 1-0 in hosts' favour. And the last time the two sides played the longest format in Bangladesh was during a two-match Test series, in 2018, which had the same outcome as well.

Bangladesh reside at the eighth place, with 18 points, in the ICC World Test Championship points table, ahead of last-placed England based on win-percentage, while Sri Lanka occupy the fifth spot, with 24 points, as of March 27.