Sri Lanka ended its second innings with a score of 360 for 8 and gave Pakistan a score of 508 to beat in order to win the two-game Test series.
Dhananjaya de Silva made a century before Sri Lanka ended their second innings on 360-8, giving Pakistan a huge win target of 508. This happened on Wednesday during the second Test.
Vice-captain De Silva hit 109 runs, and he and Ramesh Mendis, who was still not out on 45 at the start of day four in Galle, added 82 runs together.
De Silva was run out at the non-end, striker’s, and in the second session of play, his team’s captain, Dimuth Karunaratne, told his batsmen to come back.
De Silva and Karunaratne, who batted left-handed and had back pain during his 61-ball knock, made a key stand of 126.
De Silva, who started the day with 27 runs, got to his ninth Test hundred with a boundary hit by Mohammad Nawaz. He raised his bat to the cheering dressing room.
Karunaratne was out in the first session after Nauman Ali’s left-arm spin gave him two close calls that Pakistan tried to review but failed to do.
Karunaratne was finally caught by Nauman. Abdullah Shafique took a sharp reflex catch at short leg. Karunaratne had back spasms, so he didn’t play in Pakistan’s innings. During his two hours and 45 minutes at the crease, he went over 6,000 Test runs with the help of the physio.
Sri Lanka tried to get back on track after losing the first game of the two-game series. They came back from being down 117-5 to win the match. Pakistan fell behind Sri Lanka by 147 runs after the hosts scored 378 runs in their first innings and Pakistan was bowled out for 231.
In 2015, at Pallekele, Pakistan made a target of 377, which was their best chase. In the first game of this series, the tourists tried to beat the Galle record of 342.
