Offspinner Tharindu Ratnayake took two wickets in his test debut for Sri Lanka on Tuesday as Bangladesh struggled to 90 for three in the first session of the series. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat in the first match of the new World Test Championship cycle but the morning session belonged to 29-year-old Ratnayake,

Bangladesh will tour Sri Lanka from June 17 to July 16, 2025, for an all-format cricket series that includes two Tests, three One-Day Internationals, and three Twenty20 Internationals. The tour will mark the beginning of the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship cycle.