Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2020–21
| Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2020–21 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | ||
| Dates | 21 April – 3 May 2021 | ||
| Captains | Dimuth Karunaratne | Mominul Haque | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Dimuth Karunaratne (428) | Tamim Iqbal (280) | |
| Most wickets | Praveen Jayawickrama (11) |
Taskin Ahmed (8) Taijul Islam (8) | |
| Player of the series | Dimuth Karunaratne (SL) | ||
The Bangladesh cricket team toured Sri Lanka in April and May 2021 to play two Test matches. The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.
Originally, a three-Test tour was scheduled to take place in July and August 2020, but it was postponed to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2020, the tour was postponed again, after both boards could not agree on the quarantine requirements for the series. In December 2020, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) were considering touring Sri Lanka in April 2021 to play two Test matches. In February 2021, the BCB confirmed that the tour of Sri Lanka would take place in April. On 19 March 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the dates for the tour.
The first Test match finished as a high-scoring draw, after rain wiped out the final session on the fifth day. Sri Lanka won the second Test by 209 runs to win the series 1–0.