As the Sri Lanka opened their innings with FDM Karunaratne and JK Silva, their first wicket fell down very early in just fifth over of the match with 15 on the board, JK Silva was caught behind the stumps by Sarfraz bowled by Rahat Ali. JK Silva scored just 9 of 11 balls.
After partnership of 91 runs between Tharanga and Karunaratne, at the score of 106, Tharanga was dismissed by Yasir Shah caught by Younis khan, Tharanga made 46 on 92 balls.
Yasir shah on song here again, he dismissed Thirimanne at the score of 133, he scored 11 of 30 balls. Sri Lanka lost their third wicket. Here comes the Sri Lankan Captain, AD Mathews, who was sent back to the pavilion by Yasir Shah after scoring just 3 on 12 balls.
Sri Lanka in trouble here, 137/4. Jehan Mubarak after a long time comes back in the side to contribute his effort with his partner staying on the pitch since morning, playing a good fighting innings. These fought well for the fifth wicket partnership and they made 67 runs together.
Sri Lankan opener Karunaratne scored his second test century here against Pakistan.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelHe played a very fine innings to make a strong come back in the match. Jehan Mubarak could not stay there for a long time, scored just 25 on 63 balls. He was also the victim of Yasir, striking again with his destructive bowling.
Sri Lanka 204/5 now, after a fine hundred by Karunaratne, he got out on 130, very fine innings comes to end by a part time bowler Azhar Ali.
248/6 now, here comes Prasad and goes back to the dressing without troubling the scorers, Azhar strikes again, Prasad goes for duck on his first bowl. Azhar Ali On a hat-tric, Chandimal on the crease now, but He survives the hat-tric ball. Sri Lanka 248/7.
Rahat Ali strikes in, Chandimal gone, Sri Lanka 264/8 now, Pakistani bowlers bowled really well to restrict Sri Lankan to a low total of their first innings.
At the end of the day 1 at Pallekele in Sri Lanka, Pakistan dominating the home side by some great bowling spell, Sri Lanka 8 down for 272 in 86 overs, Yasir was tha star of the picking 4 wickets, Rahat and Azhar bowled some very good spell, both grabbed 2 wickets each.