A salvo of reverse sweeps

Sri Lanka began the day 182 ahead. Dimuth Karunaratne and Upul Tharanga quickly consolidated with a half-century stand © AFP

Reverse sweeps were frequent towards the end as Sri Lanka declared on 274 for 6 after Chandimal's fifty © AFP

Tharanga raised his maiden Test century at home as the lead swelled considerably © AFP

Bangladesh had a poor day on the field, handing out reprieves to Karunaratne, Dilruwan Perera and Dinesh Chandimal © AFP

Bangladesh's bowlers shared the wickets around, but young Mehedi Hasan was impressive with 2 for 77 © AFP

Tharanga fell trying to force the pace even as the lead touched 400 © AFP

Soumya Sarkar's 44-ball fifty took Bangladesh to 67 for no loss, before bad light ended play with Bangladesh 390 runs behind © AFP