The fourth day of the Galle Test came to an end, chasing Sri Lanka’s target of 131 runs, Pakistan scored 48 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. The national team needs 83 runs to win the match.
Opener Imam-ul-Haq will start the fifth day’s play with 25 and captain Babar Azam with 6 runs. Abdullah Shafiq was out for 8, Shaan Masood for 7 and Nouman Ali for zero.
Earlier, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 279 runs, giving Pakistan a target of 131 runs to win.
Dhananjaya De Silva was the top scorer for Sri Lanka, playing a key role in his team’s 82-run innings to take a remarkable lead.
The first wicket of the host team fell for 42 runs, Dimuth Karunaratne was dismissed for 20 runs off the ball of Abrar Ahmed while the second player of Sri Lanka was dismissed for a total of 79, Kaushal Mendis was dismissed for 18 runs by Nauman Ali. was
Sri Lanka’s third wicket fell on 91 runs, Angelo Mathews was dismissed for 7 runs by Nouman Ali, the fourth player of the host team was dismissed for 99 runs, Nishan Madushka was dismissed for 52 runs, he was also dismissed by Nouman Ali. was out.
The home team’s fifth wicket fell for 159 runs, Dinesh Chandimal was dismissed by Agha Salman for 28 runs, Sri Lanka’s sixth wicket fell for 175 runs, Sudira Samarawakarma was dismissed for 11 runs by Agha Salman, in the case of Ramesh Mendis. The seventh wicket of the host team fell, which was dismissed by Abrar Ahmed for 42 runs.
Dhananjaya de Silva Tujhe, who scored 82 runs, was the eighth player to get out for Sri Lanka. The ninth wicket of the home team fell to Prabhath Jayasuriya on 274 and the last wicket to Kisun Rajitha on 279.
On behalf of Pakistan, Noman Ali and Abrar Ahmed dismissed three players each while Agha Salman and Shaheen Shah Afridi took two wickets each.
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne started the fourth day’s play with 6 and Nishan Madushka 8 runs.
In the first innings, Pakistan team was bowled out for 461 runs, middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel played an unbeaten innings of 208 runs, with which the national team got a lead of 149 runs over the home team.
The Pakistan team started the third day’s play with 221 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.
Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman formed a great partnership of 177 runs off 218 balls which changed the course of the match.
On behalf of Sri Lanka, Ramesh Mendis took 5 wickets, Prabhat Jayasuriya dismissed three players while Kisun Rajitha and Vishwa Fernando guided one batter to the pavilion. It should be clear that despite losing early wickets, the Sri Lankan team put a total of 312 on the board in the first innings.
Dhananjaya de Silva was the top scorer for the host team with 122 runs.
Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews scored 64 and Sudira Samarawakarma scored 36 runs.
For Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed took 3 wickets each while Agha Salman dismissed one player.
The second match of the two-match Test series will begin on July 24 in Colombo.
This test played in Galle is the first test of the Pakistan team in the World Test Championship 2023-25.
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2024-07-18 03:22:05
