Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal said the opening day in the primary Test against Sri Lanka in Chittagong was 'an incredible day' for his sides, reports AFP.
"We were extremely positive and assaulting from ball one. It was pleasant to see," Tamim was cited to have said.
Tamim prior on Wednesday morning gave the hosts a solid begin with his 52 with his kindred opener Imrul Kayes who impacted 40.
Mominul Haque hit a transcending century to enable Bangladesh to take opening day respects to 374 for 4.
Sri Lankan batting mentor Thilan Samaraweera was brimming with adulating for Mominul.
"We ought to have played superior to that. It is 40 runs excessively numerous for our part..." he said.
The 26-year-old posted his fifth Test century and his first in over three years off only 96 balls, with consecutive fours off left-arm wrist spinner Lakshan Sandakan, the AFP report likewise said.
Mominul's awesome show at his most loved ground came after Bangladesh had lost the two openers, Tamim and Imrul Kayes, early in the day session, it included.
The left-hander shared a 236-run third-wicket remain with previous commander Mushfiqur Rahim, who missed the mark concerning his fifth Test hundred in the wake of scoring 92 off 192 balls.
Captain Mahmudullah Riyad, on nine, was batting close by Mominul when stumps were drawn toward the begin of the two-coordinate arrangement.
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