Captain Babar Azam brought the national cricket team out of a difficult situation to 218 runs in response to Sri Lanka's 222 runs in the...
Captain Babar Azam brought the national cricket team out of a difficult situation to 218 runs in response to Sri Lanka's 222 runs in the first innings of the Galle Test thanks to a brilliant century. Got the lead.
On the second day of the first Test match in Galle, Sri Lanka, the captain of the national cricket team, Babar Azam, scored a century and scored 119 runs, but the team faced a deficit of 4 runs in the first innings. fell
Veteran batsmen Azhar Ali and Babar Azam were at the wicket when Pakistan started their first incomplete innings with 24 runs and 2 out on the second day of the Galle Test.
From the start of the game, the Sri Lankan bowlers bowled carefully and kept the Pakistani batsmen under pressure, the national team players could not build a big partnership and kept getting dismissed.
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On the second day, Pakistan's first player to get out was Azhar Ali, who was dismissed for 3 runs without adding to the previous day's individual score, while Mohammad Rizwan returned to the pavilion after scoring 19 runs.
Salman Ali Agha, who made his Test debut from Pakistan, could only score 5 runs, Muhammad Nawaz's innings was also limited to 5 runs, Shaheen Shah Afridi was out without scoring any runs, while leg-spinner Yasir Shah scored 18 runs and Hasan Ali 17 runs. He supported the captain as much as possible to save the team from a big loss.
Captain Babar Azam, playing the role of a crisis man, not only saved the team from complete destruction, but also reduced the deficit to 4 runs by increasing the total of the team to 218 runs.
The national team captain scored 119 runs with the help of 11 fours and 2 sixes and was lbw off Thekshana.
Prabhat Jayasuriya bowled best for Sri Lanka and took 5 wickets, other bowlers included Mahesh Thikshana and Ramesh Mendis 2, Kasan Rajitha dismissed one player.
When Sri Lanka opened the second innings, Mohammad Nawaz dismissed skipper Karunaratne for a total of 33 to give Pakistan their first win.
When the game ended on the second day, Sri Lanka had scored 36 runs for one wicket and had taken an overall lead of 40 runs.
Pakistan scored 24 runs for 2 wickets in their first innings after dismissing the entire Sri Lankan team for 222 runs on the first day of the Galle Test.
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Yesterday, Imamul-Haq was dismissed for only 2 runs, experienced batsman Azhar Ali and Abdullah Shafiq also failed to form a big partnership and the second wicket fell on a total of 21. But were out.
At the end of the day, Azhar Ali was playing with 3 and captain Babar Azam scoring one run.
Earlier in the first Test match of the series being played in Galle, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to test the batsmen first and the entire team was bowled out for 222 runs.
Dinesh Chandimal scored 76 and Mahesh Thikshana 38 were outstanding for Sri Lanka.
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On behalf of Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 4 wickets, Hasan Ali and Yasir Shah took 2 and 2 wickets respectively.
Earlier, Pakistan announced the final XI for the match a day before and dropped veteran Fawad Alam from the team and gave Agha Salman his Test debut.
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