SL vs PAK 2nd Test, Day 4: Sri Lanka need 5 wickets to win: Sri Lanka are at the top of their game as they scalped four wickets in the first session of Day 5 to dominate the opposition. The pair of Babar and Rizwan added 79-run stand for the third wicket. But this was the only positive thing from the session as Sri Lanka eye five more wickets to earn a win. Pakistan have a huge task at hand on Day 5 of 2nd and Final Test.. Follow SL vs PAK Live updates on InsideSport.IN
SL vs PAK 2nd Test, Day 5: Sri Lanka in pole position on Day 5, need 5 more wickets to win Galle Test – Check out
Pakistan 2nd innings Live Score
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Shafique | 16 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 31.37 | |
| Imam ul Haq | 49 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 54.44 | |
| Babar Azam (C) | 69 | 113 | 5 | 1 | 61.06 | |
| Mohammad Rizwan (WK) | 37 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 53.62 | |
| Extra | 5 (b 2, w 0, nb 3, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 176/3 (53.2) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Fawad Alam, Agha Salman, Mohammad Nawaz, Nauman Ali, Yasir Shah, Hasan Ali, Naseem Shah | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asitha Fernando | 6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3.33 |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 20.2 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 3.64 |
| Ramesh Mendis | 18 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 3.28 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Dunith Wellalage | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2.43 |
The hosts were 176-5 when bad light stopped play on day three with Karunaratne on 27 and Dhananjaya de Silva on 30. Having conceded a lead of 147, Pakistan claimed four wickets in the second session but the 59-run stand between Karunaratne and de Silva put Sri Lanka in a strong position.
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niroshan Dickwella (WK) | 15 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Oshada Fernando | 19 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 79.17 | |
| Kusal Mendis | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Angelo Mathews | 35 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 56.45 | |
| Dinesh Chandimal | 21 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 36.21 | |
| Dimuth Karunaratne (C) | 61 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 58.10 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 109 | 171 | 16 | 0 | 63.74 | |
| Dunith Wellalage | 18 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | |
| Ramesh Mendis | 45 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| Extra | 22 (b 13, w 1, nb 5, lb 3) | |||||
| Total | 360/8 (91.6) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | AM Fernando, NGRP Jayasuriya | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasan Ali | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4.40 |
| Naseem Shah | 12.5 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 3.43 |
| Yasir Shah | 21 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 3.81 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 21 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 3.57 |
| Nauman Ali | 14 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 3.86 |
| Agha Salman | 12 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 3.42 |
| Babar Azam | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
SL vs PAK 2nd Test, Day 4 Live: Sri Lanka lead in excess of 400 as Pakistan face daunting task in second innings of Galle Test – Check out
Earlier, Ramesh Mendis claimed 5-47, his third five-wicket haul in Tests, as Sri Lanka bowled out Pakistan for 231 to secure a significant lead.
Resuming on 191-7, Yasir Shah and Hasan Ali batted resolutely to deny Sri Lanka any breakthrough in the first hour.
Once Prabath Jayasuriya (3-80) removed Hasan, however, Sri Lanka did not take long to polish off the Pakistan tail with Mendis dismissing Nauman Ali and Yasir.
Yasir faced 97 balls for his 26 and was the last man out.
Sri Lanka, having decided Karunaratne would bat only if required, sent Niroshan Dickwella into open with Oshada Fernando.
The stop-gap arrangement did not really work and Naseem Shah had Dickwella caught behind for 15.
Yasir struck with his first ball to dismiss Oshada (19) and was denied a second wicket when Babar Azam dropped a catch, his third spill of the match, to reprieve Kusal Mendis.
Kusal (15) could not capitalise on it, though, and Karunaratne walked out to bat after Angelo Mathews departed for 35.
Naseem sent back the in-form Dinesh Chandimal (21) soon after the tea break reducing Sri Lanka to 117-5 but de Silva and Karunaratne looked largely untroubled.
Pakistan pulled off a thrilling 342-run chase in the opening match to grab a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series.
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