Colombo: Pakistan have gotten strong grip in second test match against Sri Linka in later capital in Colombo on 4th day as more than half of the team bowled out chasing scored of 410.
Now the host has a fear of defeat of one innings and clean sweep in the test series.
Pakistan left arm spinner now has out performed in the test who took six wickets in the second innings.
The green shirts had declared innings on a lead of 410.
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Noman picks up his fourth Test five-wicket haul in a tremendous spell of bowling ✨#SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/rdq8o1Hlrr
Before lunch, Sri Lanka firstly lost opener Nishan Madushka
Sri Lanka were 81 for one at lunch in their second innings, still trailing the tourists by 329.
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Sri Lanka go to the tea break six down for 143 🏏#SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/s9FUN1TKDI
Pakistan posted 576-5, adding 13 runs to their overnight score before their declaration, with concussion substitute Mohammad Rizwan reaching 50 off 67 balls.
Rizwan scored three fours in the second over and put on 108 runs with overnight partner Agha Salman, on 132, after Abdullah Shafique departed on 201 in day three’s final session.
The hosts started strongly with an opening stand of 69 before left-arm spinner Noman Ali bowled Madushka for 33 with his first ball of the day. Madushka hit four fours and a six.
Skipper Dimuth Karunaratne, on 36, was batting alongside Kusal Mendis, on 11, at the break.
The left-handed Karunaratne started cautiously but soon hit boundaries off Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi, with Madushka joining the charge until his departure.
Pakistan, eyeing a series sweep after winning the first Test, have held all the aces after bundling out Sri Lanka for 166, with Shafique’s maiden Test double ton guiding them to a mammoth total.
Shafique, a 23-year-old opener playing his 14th Test, put on three-century stands, including a 124-run fifth-wicket partnership with Salman.
