Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said they wanted to reach a certain position where they wouldn't lose the Galle Test on the fifth day.

Bangladesh batted for 30 overs in the rain-interrupted day, leaving Sri Lanka to chase down 296 in just 37 overs.

The visitors added 108 runs in the 30 overs they batted on the fifth day, 26 of those came in the final two overs after Shanto reached his hundred.

"The wicket on Day 5 wasn’t as we expected," Shanto said in the post-match press conference.

"We were batting comfortably even on Day 4. We wanted to get into a position which allowed us more possibilities of winning, and take losing out of the equation. Rain forced us to change our plans," he added.

"I think we were always playing to win the Test. We took our time in the morning as we wanted to see how much the wicket would change. We were batting at three runs an over. If we could bat till lunch, the scenario would have been different," Shanto explained.

"We needed at least 60 to 70 overs (to bowl at Sri Lanka) given the pitch conditions on the fifth day. I am still happy that we took four wickets in the limited time we had with the ball.,” he concluded.