GALLE: On day two of the second Test on Monday, Sri Lanka’s outstanding spin attack, led by Ramesh Mendis, left Pakistan in difficulty at 191-7 in response to the hosts’ 378.
The tourists, who are ahead of Sri Lanka 1-0 in the two-game series, finished the day at Galle still behind by 187 runs in their first innings.
After losing first-match star Abdullah Shafique for a duck and captain Babar Azam for 16 on either side of lunch, Pakistan struggled to form partnerships.Azam was dismissed by Jayasuriya, who claimed 21 wickets in his first two Test matches, with a twisting delivery that caused the dangerous batsman’s edge to crash into the stumps.
Imam-ul-Haq attempted to rebuild the innings with Mohammad Rizwan, but Dhananjaya de Silva’s off-spin ball struck a blow, returning Imam to the crease on 32.
