Apart from Mathews, Babar also dropped the catch of Niroshan Dickwella. Naseem Shah made a great opportunity on the fourth ball of the 82nd innings but Babar Azam could not convert it into a catch. In this way, the level of Pakistani fielding was very poor on the first day of the second test match.
After getting the life, Dickwella returned to the pavilion unbeaten after scoring 42 runs in 43 balls for Sri Lanka. During this, he also hit five fours and a six in his innings. Dinuth Velez was unbeaten on 6 off 9 balls with Dickwella at the end of the day. On the first day of the match for Pakistan, Mohammad Nawaz took the maximum two wickets. On the other hand, Nasheem Shah, Numan Ali and Yasir Shah got one success each.
Dinesh Chandimal and Oshada Fernando hit half-centuries
The first day of the second test match was entirely in the name of host Sri Lanka due to poor fielding by Pakistan. Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal and Oshada Fernando played excellent half-centuries. Chandimal played an excellent innings of 80 runs in 137 balls for the team. During this he also hit three fours and a six.
Apart from this, Fernando was dismissed after scoring 50 runs in 70 balls. In his innings, Fernando hit four fours and three excellent sixes. Apart from this, captain Dimuth Karunaratne played an innings of 40 runs.
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