Fourth day of Galle Test ends: Pakistan need 120 more runs to win.
By the end of the fourth day of the first Test match of the series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the national team scored 222 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in pursuit of the target of 342 runs.
When the game ended on the fourth day of the Galle Test, at that time Abdullah Shafiq was not out on 112 and Mohammad Rizwan was not out on 7 runs, who will resume the game tomorrow.
It should be noted that the national team needs 120 more runs to win.
A FOURTH-INNINGS SPECIAL BY ABDULLAH SHAFIQUE 🙌
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First innings centurions Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali were among the batsmen dismissed for Pakistan who scored 55, 35 and 6 runs respectively.
Excellent batting by captain @babarazam258 🤩
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On behalf of Sri Lanka, Prabhath Jayasuriya has got 2 wickets and Ramesh Mendis has got one wicket in this innings.
Sri Lanka's second innings.
It should be noted that Sri Lanka has given a target of 342 runs to the visiting team Pakistan to win, the Sri Lankan team could score only 337 runs in their second innings after gaining a lead of 4 runs in the first innings.
The host team scored 329 runs for the loss of 9 wickets at the end of the third day, while they could only add 8 runs on the fourth day.
Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimul remained unbeaten on 94, who also hit 5 fours and 2 sixes.
Naseem Shah gets the final wicket to fall ☝️
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𝟑𝟒𝟐 is the target for us!#SLvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/9GkRsfKl7q
Ushada Fernando and Kaushal Mendis also played well, scoring 64 and 76 runs respectively.
From Pakistan, Mohammad Nawaz got 5, Yasir Shah got 3 while Hasan Ali and Naseem Shah dismissed one player each.
Sri Lanka's first innings
The Sri Lankan team was bowled out for 222 runs in their first innings.
Dinesh Chandimul was the most outstanding player from Sri Lanka who played an innings of 76 runs.
On behalf of Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 4, Yasir Shah and Hasan Ali took 2, 2 while Naseem Shah and Muhammad Nawaz took one wicket each.