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| Colombo Test: Excellent bowling by Pakistan, 'Pakistan's name on the first day, keep up the form boy' |
In the second and last Test match being played in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Pakistani bowlers bowled out Sri Lanka for 166 runs in the first innings.
On the first day of the second and final Test of the two-match series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan scored 145 runs for two wickets in reply to Sri Lanka's first innings of 166 runs.
Pakistan cricket team had to suffer the loss of Imam-ul-Haq at the beginning of the innings. However, Abdullah Shafiq and Shaan Masood have played confidently and scored half-centuries.
In the second Test of the series being played in Colombo, the Sri Lankan captain won the toss and elected to bat first, which did not prove right for him.
Pakistan bowlers kept the Sri Lankan batsmen under pressure from the beginning of the innings and used excellent line and length to pile up the entire team for 166 runs.
Sri Lankan opener Nishan Madushka was run out for four runs, followed by Kaushal Mendes for six runs to Shaheen Afridi.
Angelo Mathews, who came after him, was dismissed for nine runs, followed by skipper Dimuth Karunaratne who could only score 17 runs.
On this occasion, Sri Lanka's four players were out for 36 runs.
Chandimal and De Silva then put on an 85-run partnership for the fifth wicket to take Sri Lanka to 121, but Naseem Shah dismissed Dinesh Chandimal and broke the partnership.
Sri Lanka suffered their sixth loss in the form of Sudira Samara Wickrama who fell victim to Abrar Ahmed, after which Dhananjaya de Silva also scored 57 runs and was caught by Saud Shakeel off the ball of Abrar Ahmed.
Sri Lanka's eighth wicket fell for 136 runs when Shaun Masood was run out by Parbat Jayasuriya, followed by Seetha Fernando also bowled by Abrar Ahmed.
Sri Lanka's last wicket fell on a total of 166 runs when Ramesh Mendes was dismissed for 27 runs.
On behalf of Pakistan, Abrar Ahmed took four wickets for 69 runs and Naseem Shah took three wickets for 41 runs.
It may be recalled that this Test series is part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 and Pakistan won the first Test match.
There is no change in Pakistan's squad for the second and final Test of the series, while Sri Lanka made two changes to their squad, replacing fast bowlers Vishwa Fernando and Kasan Rajitha with Asitha Fernando and Dilshan Madushanka. While left-arm fast bowler Madushanka, who played six ODIs and 11 T20Is for Sri Lanka, has made his Test debut.
The start of the game was delayed by half an hour due to rain, but none of the scheduled overs of the day was shortened.
"The first day was in the name of Pakistan, keep this form boy"
In the second Test, due to the brilliant bowling spell of the Pakistani bowlers, Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 166 runs. Social media users are praising the bowlers as well as Babar Azam's captaincy.
A social media user praised the Pakistani bowlers and wrote that 'A brilliant performance by Pakistan and Babar Azam, due to his intelligence, Sri Lanka could score only 166 runs which is the lowest total of Sri Lanka in Colombo. Is.'
One user wrote, "The first day of the second test was Pakistan's name, keep up the form boy."
While a user praised Pakistani bowler Naseem Shah and wrote that 'Before the series, I said that in the last year in the absence of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah has become the leader of fast bowling and he has not disappointed us in this series. This is a very special talent of Pakistan.