Hosts Sri Lanka registered a come-from-behind victory in the second Test match to level the 2-match series 1-1. Paksitan chased down 342 runs on the last two days of the first Test match to win it by a thumping margin but their batters were clueless in this second Test match to only end up sharing the series!
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Sri Lanka chose to bat first in this second Test match after being 1-0 down in the series. With the fifties each from Chandimal (80) and Oshada Fernando (50), they were able to post a competitive first innings score of 378 runs. Pakistan, in reply, were bowled out for 231 runs as Ramesh Mendis bagged a five-wicket haul.
Having already secured a 147-run lead in the first innings, Sri Lanka batted really well in their second innings to set a 500+ target for the visitors! Dananjaya de Silva scored his 9th century in this format of the game as the hosts declared their 2nd innings with 360/8 on the board, setting a target of 508 runs for Pakistan!
At Stumps on Day 4, Pakistan (89/1) were in a comfortable position of drawing this Test match if not a victory! However, they lost 9 wickets in the first two sessions on the final day to concede the victory to Sri Lanka and share the trophy! Sri Lanka's Prabath Jayasuriya and Ramesh Mendis accounted for 9 wickets between them in the fourth innings of this Test!
Brief Scores: Sri Lanka - 378 all out (Dinesh Chandimal -80, Naseem Shah - 3/58) & 360/8 decl (Dhananjaya de Silva -109, Naseem Shah - 2/44) defeated Pakistan - 231 all out (Agha Salman - 62, Ramesh Mendis - 5/47) & 261 all out (Babar Azam - 81, Prabath Jayasuriya - 5/117) by a margin of 246 runs
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