The History of Bangladesh Touring Sri Lanka & Preview
Bangladesh toured Sri Lanka for the first time in 2001 for the 2001/02 Asian Test Championship. The home team won that match by an innings and 137 runs. The following year, Sri Lanka welcomed their South Asian neighbors for a two-Test bilateral series, which they won 2-0.
Bangladesh would get whitewashed in their next two visits to the island nation in 2005 and 2007. In 2013, they managed to avoid defeat against Sri Lanka for the time on their turf as they drew the series opener in Galle. The hosts did win the series nonetheless, by winning the second Test in Colombo.
The 10th-Test playing nation took a step forward by winning their first long-format match in Sri Lanka in 2017. Bangladesh last visited Sri Lanka in 2021, when they drew one and lost the other match.
Online betting Sri Lanka platforms have enough reason to feel optimistic about a home series win against Bangladesh. The Sri Lankans have an excellent record at home against their Bangladeshi counterparts, so siding with the home team should be the safest betting strategy for this series.
Having a look at their recent head-to-head records should help you make sense of SRI vs BAN cricket Test betting predictions better.
- 30 March 2024 – Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 192 runs
- 22 March 2024 – Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 328 runs
- 23 May 2022 – Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets
- 15 May 2022 – Match drawn
- 29 April 2021 – Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 209 runs
Sri Lanka were hammered in their last two Test series. Australia whitewashed them in their last home series, and the Lions suffered a similar fate when they toured South Africa at the end of last year.
Online betting sites in Bangladesh could provide shorter odds for Bangladesh since they drew their last two series. But the caliber of their opponents, Zimbabwe and the West Indies, puts those results in question.
