GALLE: Sri Lanka bounced again from a gap defeat to thrash Pakistan within the second Check by 246 runs and finish the sequence degree at 1-1 on Thursday.
Listed below are the 5 speaking factors from the Pakistan tour:
1) Skipper Babar Azam prolonged his prolific run of kind to virtually single-handedly drive the vacationers within the two-match sequence.
Azam’s knocks of 119 and 55 powered the staff to a gap win after they chased down a Galle document of 342.
He hit 81 in Pakistan’s mammoth chase of 508 within the second Check however it was a lone battle towards an impressed Sri Lankan spin assault.
The 27-year-old star batsman has averaged over 63 within the final 12 months and is third within the Check batting rankings, behind Joe Root and Marnus Labuschagne.
He’s primary in ODI and T20 rankings.
2) Azam was removed from the one star among the many vacationers, with opener Abdullah Shafique making it a sequence to recollect after his match-winning 160 not out within the first Check.
Shafique, 22, batted with endurance and dedication because the vacationers chased down the Galle document goal and Azam mentioned the batsman is headed for the highest.
3) Bowler Naseem Shah, 19, in the meantime rattled the Sri Lankan batsmen together with his categorical to say a match haul of 5 wickets within the second Check and add to Pakistan’s regular stream of fast-bowling expertise, led by Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Galle hosted Australia after which Pakistan in 4 back-to-back Exams however the venue gave radically totally different pitches in every contest — a lot to the shock of the groups.
Sri Lanka misplaced their Australia opener on a vicious turner however then bounced again to beat the vacationers on a pitch that turned on day 4.
After Pakistan chased down the Galle document within the first match, Sri Lanka’s spin coach Piyal Wijetunge mentioned the “wicket went flat” on day 4 and 5.
Within the second match Pakistan appeared assured of chasing down 508 earlier than their batting collapsed, however Azam mentioned there have been “no demons” within the pitch.
4) Sri Lanka has a brand new spin king in Prabath Jayasuriya, who took his fourth five-wicket haul in simply his third Check.
The 30-year-old bamboozled the Pakistan batsmen together with his left-arm spin to say 17 wickets within the sequence, additionally getting out Azam thrice.
Jayasuriya has 29 wickets in three Exams since making his debut towards Australia this month however credited bowling partnerships for the haul, after in a position help from Ramesh Mendis.
Spinner Ramesh claimed 9 wickets for the match.
5) Dinesh Chandimal prolonged his roaring kind with commanding knocks that left Pakistan’s bowlers looking for solutions.
The previous captain struck 76 and an unbeaten 94 within the lost-cause first Check, however his 80 in Sri Lanka’s first innings arrange their dominance and Thursday’s win.
Chandimal, 32, has remained cool and calm regardless of being out and in of the Sri Lanka staff after being ousted as captain in 2017.
He hit his maiden double century — 206 not out — within the latest sequence towards Australia and mentioned help from family and friends had made him “mentally robust”.
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