Sri Lanka has edged closer to Bangladesh’s formidable first-innings total, reaching 465 for six at lunch on Day 4 of the series-opening cricket test and cutting the deficit to just 30 runs.

The start of the session had seen Sri Lanka eyeing a lead, with Kamindu Mendis and Milan Rathnayake in the midst of a 79-run stand. But when Milan dragged on an attempted pull off Hasan Mahmud, the wheels began to come off Sri Lanka's innings.

Off-spinner Nayeem Hasan spun a fine web around the Sri Lankan lower order to finish with a five-wicket haul as Bangladesh eked out a slender first innings lead of 10 runs on Day 4 of the series-openi