Dhaka, June 17 -- Only a few days after South Africa lifted the World Test Championship, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are taking to the field for a fresh start to the competition as the Tigers win the toss and choose to bat.

The match between the two sides at the Galle International Cricket Stadium is the first of the 2025-2027 World Test Championships.

The match began at 10:30am Bangladesh time on Wednesday.

Bangladesh did not win a single match in the first iteration of the Test tournament. In the second they won one match but remained at the bottom of the standings. But in the 2023-25 tournament, Nazmul Hossain Shanto's side beat New Zealand, Pakistan twice, and the West Indies to claim seventh spot.

Now the Tigers hope to step up thei...