Sri Lanka have set Pakistan a target of 342 runs for victory in the first Test match, in pursuit of which the Pakistani openers have given t...
Sri Lanka have set Pakistan a target of 342 runs for victory in the first Test match, in pursuit of which the Pakistani openers have given the team a positive start by batting confidently.
On the fourth day of the first Test of the open series in Galle, Sri Lanka resumed their second incomplete innings at 329 for 9 with a total lead of 333 runs.
Experienced Dinesh Chandimal started to push the score forward by advancing towards a century, but he had just added 8 runs when Naseem Shah scattered the wickets of Prabhat Jayasuriya from the other end and shattered his dream of a century.
Sri Lanka were bowled out for 337 in the second innings, leaving Pakistan with a target of 342 to win the match, with Chandimal scoring an unbeaten 94.
Muhammad Nawaz took 5 wickets and Yasir Shah took 3 wickets for Pakistan.
Chasing a big target, the Pakistani openers opened the innings confidently and gave the team a good start while also proving to be lucky.
In the fifth over of the innings, Imam-ul-Haq was adjudged lbw by the umpire but he immediately took a review, the decision proved correct as the ball went over the wicket and thus Imam's stay on the wicket continued.
An over later, Imam got another big chance when he played a shot to cover but Chandimal failed to take a difficult catch and both players remained wicketless until the lunch break.
Abdullah Shafiq played a responsible game from the other end and completed his half-century, but on a total score of 87, Imamul Haq's innings of 35 runs came to an end, who was stumped and forced to return to the pavilion.
Pakistan have scored 90 runs for the loss of one wicket so far and need 252 more runs to win the match.
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