RAWALPINDI (The Thursday Times) — Dhananjaya de Silva aur captain Kusal Mendis ki na-qabil-e-shikast centuriyon ki badaulat Sri Lanka ne budh ko Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium mein pehle Test ke teesre din kam roshni ke baais khel khatam hone tak 404 runs 4 wicketon par bana liye, aur woh Pakistan ke 434-9 declared se sirf 30 runs peechhe hai.
De Silva 167 aur Mendis 117 runs par not out hain aur dono ke darmiyan 200 se zyada runs ki na-qabil-e-shikast shirakat ho chuki hai. Yeh De Silva ki 14vin aur Mendis ki 11vin Test century thi, jo unhon ne bataur Test captain apne pehle match mein banayi.
Sri Lanka ne 114-3 se innings dobara shuru ki aur 155 ke majmooi score par Kamindu Mendis 58 runs bana kar Mohammad Abbas ka shikar hue, jab woh De Silva ke saath 90 runs ki shirakat bana chuke the. Is ke baad De Silva aur Kusal Mendis ne din ka baqi khel baghair koi wicket ganwaye mukammal kiya.
Doosre din Abbas ne opener Pasindu Sooriyabandara ko sifar par out kiya, jabke debut karne wale Saqib Khan ne Dinesh Chandimal ki soorat mein apni pehli bain-ul-aqwami wicket li aur phir Lahiru Udara ko 42 runs par out kiya.
Pakistan ki pehli innings
Pakistan ki innings mein Saud Shakeel ne 93 runs banaye, jabke Tayyab Arif (57), Arafat Minhas (52), Mohammad Taha (51), aur captain Babar Azam (50) ne nisf centuriyan banayin. Sri Lanka ki janib se Dilshan Madushanka aur Asitha Fernando ne teen teen wicketen lin.
Do matches ki series Rawalpindi mein jari rahegi, jahan smog ke baais doosra Test Lahore se muntaqil kiya gaya hai.
