Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 4 wickets

Pakistan defeated the hosts Sri Lanka by 4 wickets in the first Test match played in Galle.

The target of 131 runs given by Sri Lanka was achieved by Pakistan at the loss of 6 wickets.

In pursuit of the target, Imam-ul-Haq scored 50 runs and Agha Salman remained not out by scoring 6 runs on behalf of the national team.

Babar Azam scored 24 and Saud Shakeel, who scored a double century for Pakistan in the first innings, was dismissed for 30 runs in the second innings while Sarfraz Ahmed returned to the pavilion with only one run.

On behalf of Sri Lanka, Prabhat Jayasuriya took 4 wickets and Ramesh Mendis took 1 wicket while one player of Pakistan was run out.

Abdullah Shafiq was out for 8, Shaan Masood for 7 and Nouman Ali for zero.

Pakistan took a 0-1 lead in the two-Test series.

Middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel was awarded the player of the match award for his outstanding batting in the Test match.

Opener Imamul Haq started the fifth day’s play with 25 and captain Babar Azam with 6 runs.

Chasing a target of 131 runs, Pakistan had scored 48 runs for the loss of 3 wickets by the end of the fourth day’s play.

On behalf of Pakistan, Noman Ali and Abrar Ahmed dismissed three players each while Agha Salman and Shaheen Shah Afridi took two wickets each.

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.

For Sri Lanka, Ramesh Mendis took 5 wickets, Prabhat Jayasuriya dismissed three players while Kisun Rajitha and Vishwa Fernando guided a batter to the pavilion each.

It should be noted that despite losing early wickets, the Sri Lankan team posted a total of 312 on the board in the first innings.