Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka in the first test match. The national team achieved the target of 342 runs given by Sri Lanka at the loss of 6 wickets.
Abdullah Shafiq, who scored a match-winning century, was declared Man of the Match.
In Pakistan’s pursuit of the target, Abdullah Shafiq put in a brilliant batting performance, he played an unbeaten innings of 160 runs, which included 7 fours and a six, while Muhammad Nawaz remained unbeaten on 19 runs.
Captain Babar Azam also batted well, he was dismissed for 55 runs.
Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali, Muhammad Rizwan, Agha Salman and Hasan Ali were among the batsmen dismissed for Pakistan who scored 55, 35, 6, 40, 6 and 5 runs respectively.
On behalf of Sri Lanka, Prabhath Jayasuriya has taken 4 wickets and Ramesh Mendis and Dhananjaya De Silva have taken one wicket each in this innings.
It should be noted that Sri Lanka has given a target of 342 runs to the visiting team Pakistan for victory.
In first inning Sri Lanka scored 222 runs.
In response to Sri Lanka’s 222 runs, where the national team suffered difficulties, once again the man-of-crisis captain Babar Azam saved the team from a big loss by playing a memorable innings.
The national team returned to the pavilion by scoring 218 runs, in this innings Babar Azam also scored the 7th century of his Test career.