Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne hailed Prabath Jayasuriya after the left-arm spinner snared 5 wickets to assist the hosts seal a 246-run series-leveling victory towards Pakistan on the fifth and ultimate day of the second Take a look at in Galle on Thursday.
Karunaratne additionally gave an replace on his damage, saying his again was nonetheless painful and he would get an MRI to seek out out the extent of the damage. Dhananjaya de Silva was main Sri Lanka within the absence of skipper Dimuth Karunaratne, who was out with again spasms.
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“My again continues to be painful, getting an MRI tomorrow. Hopefully, it’s nothing. Somebody needed to take the duty, and I felt it was my time after Angelo acquired out. As a crew we’ve got performed very well, we’ve got caught collectively as a batting unit,” Karunaratne mentioned within the post-match presentation ceremony.
Set a document goal of 508 to attempt to win the two-Take a look at sequence 2-0, Pakistan had been bundled out for 261 of their second innings after resuming the day on 89/1.
Jayasuriya picked up 5-117 for his fourth five-wicket haul in solely his third Take a look at match. Mendis, who took 5 wickets within the first innings, offered in a position help by selecting up 4. Captain Babar Azam top-scored for Pakistan, who gained the opening Take a look at on the identical venue by 4 wickets, with a resolute knock of 81.
“We come again strongly within the sequence, however we have to look to win each second. Some errors that we are going to look to right. Prabath performed with me earlier and I noticed his potential. We knew his potential and we noticed what he might do on this sequence. Angelo and I’ve been enjoying because the U-15 degree, he has been somebody who has all the time supported me and helped me. 100 matches is a superb achievement and I hope he can play many extra video games for Sri Lanka,” Karunaratne added.
Jayasuriya had picked up 12 wickets towards Australia on his debut final month to steer Sri Lanka to a different series-leveling win on the identical venue.
“I labored arduous and I used to be affected person,” mentioned Jayasuriya, who was named participant of the sequence for his haul of 17 wickets from two matches.
“It wasn’t a simple pitch to bowl, however we did properly to bowl in partnerships and that led to wickets.”
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