Bangladesh received three chances on day three. © AFP
Sri Lankan head coach Chris Silverwood expressed his disappointment with the team's fielding performance, especially the dropped chances, which didn't allow the visitors to take control. After scoring 397 in the first innings, the visitors allowed Bangladesh to dominate the third day's play in Chattogram on Tuesday.

Tamim Iqbal cracked a ton before retiring hurt, and later in the day Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das stroked unbeaten fifties to help Bangladesh to 318 for 3. A big reason for Bangladesh's dominant position was Sri Lanka's sloppy work on the field. Tamim was dropped on 87 runs while Litton Das survived a chance on 33. Sri Lanka did not suffer much despite dropping Mahmudul Hasan on 51 runs as he managed to add only seven more runs before getting out on 58.

"(Dropping) three catches is not good enough on a wicket that's offering so little. We have to be more disciplined in our fielding. We need to take those catches. People punish you when you give chances," Silverwood noted.

The Englishman said that their bowling unit needs to make sure that runs are not leaked easily, well aware that the Bangladeshi batters will try to put pressure on them by raising their tempo as time progresses. "I think it is a very well balanced game. I think tomorrow morning's session will be key," said Silverwood. "It will be interesting to see how Bangladesh come out and play. If they try to push things on and with the scoring rate as it is, come lunch time they will be somewhere around level with us.

"With five sessions left in the game from there on, it will be interesting to see how they play. We will try to restrict the runs but we also know that they have some very good players who can move the run rate.

"I think we are (waiting for each other's mistake). Because there's very little happening with the wicket, the turn is slow, we are trying to pressure people into making mistakes. Batters weren't willing to take risk, and played very well. They played calculated shots, and waited for the bad ball. It was good batting. It will be interesting to see if people try to force a result."

Silverwood said that he was impressed with the way Kasun Rajitha stepped in as a concussion substitute for Vishwa Fernando and managed to come up with an impressive bowling display, picking 2-11. "We are very pleased with the wickets. Kasun (Rajitha) coming in. He is a concussion replacement who made an immediate impact in the game. It was great to see him do that," he said.

"The players' welfare is the utmost priority for all of us. The fact is, he did get hit on the head yesterday. As the day went on, he showed more and more symptoms. First and foremost, we have to make sure he is okay. That's why he had to leave the game. Kasun bowled very well to make an instant impact. We haven't taken advantage of the situation. We have tried to look after our player."