Can Pakistan win over Sri Lanka?
Pakistan Cricket Team
A test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is going on. The Pakistan team is currently in Sri Lanka to play the two-match Test series. They have already met in the first Test match. First, four days have passed already. Where the visiting Pakistan team is far ahead in the match. Despite losing five wickets at the beginning of the first innings, Pakistan got a good collection in the match by the excellent batting of the middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel. Can Pakistan win this match?
The match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is being held at the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle, Sri Lanka. Both the teams fielded their respective elevens with strong players. With Sri Lanka in great form recently, fans of both teams were expecting a good fight. Coming to the fourth day, the match has fulfilled many of the expectations! Can the end of the match fulfill the expectations of the fans?
The host Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat at the beginning of the match. They looked to put the visiting Pakistan under run pressure by collecting well early on. They were not able to complete their plan but not failed. Two openers Nishan Madushka and Dimuth Karunaratne failed to get the team off to a good start. In the first innings, nobody could do well in Sri Lanka's top order. However, the middle-order batsmen performed well for the team.
Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva's brilliant performances gave Sri Lanka a fighting start in the first innings. Dhananjaya de Silva completes his century. Sri Lanka's first innings ended at 312 runs. After Sri Lanka, Pakistan did not start well in their first innings. They lost the first five wickets in the team's 100 runs. At one point there was doubt whether Pakistan would be able to score 150 runs. But the impeccable performance of Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman helped Pakistan to score 461 runs. Saud Shakeel achieved the milestone of 200 runs! Pakistan got a lead of 150 runs in the match.
Sri Lanka went into bat in their second innings after trailing by 150 runs. The 2nd innings started well but the team could not continue it. The hosts lost five wickets to cross the lead of 150 runs given by Pakistan. Later, De Silva tried to push the team forward but could not. Sri Lanka were all out for 279 runs in the 2nd innings. As a result, Pakistan's target for victory is only 131 runs.
Chasing this low-run target, Pakistan lost three wickets for 38 runs. At the end of the fourth day's play, the team needed 83 runs to win; Seven wickets in hand. Can Pakistan win? Even if the target is small, everything is possible for this unpredictable Pakistan!