After 13 years of Pakistan wins test series at home
After 13 years of Pakistan wins test series at home |Pakistan won the Test series at home ground after 13 years. Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 263 runs in the second Test match thanks to Naseem Shah’s bowling and made the series two Test matches 0-1. In the second and final Test match played at the National Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan declared the second innings 555 runs for three wickets and gave Sri Lanka 476 runs to win. The Sri Lankan team was dismissed for only 212 runs in pursuit of Pakistan’s target. On the fifth and final day of the match, the Sri Lankan team resumed their second unbeaten innings with 212 runs 7 players out while Ambladinia and Oshada Fernando were on the crease. However, in the first over of the game on the fifth day, in the first over, Nimshim Shah’s first ball was left by Ambaladnya without any increase in his score. After that, Sri Lanka batsman Oshada Fernando, who scored the highest score in the second over in the next over, was bowled out by Yasir Shah for 102 runs. In the third over of the fifth day of the Test match, Sri Lanka’s last player, Vishwa Fernando, scored on a score of 212 without a score.
In the second innings, Naseem Shah took 5 wickets and became the youngest fast bowler in the world to get 5 wickets in one match. In addition, Mohammad Abbas, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Harris Sohail took one wicket each in the second innings. It should be noted that on the fourth day of the Test match, Pakistan team had to resume their second incomplete innings by 385 runs two players out and captain Azhar Ali and Babar Azam scored innings scoring 555.
Sri Lanka started the innings in pursuit of Pakistan’s big target, then the players were bowled out one by one, and after Sri Lanka’s 7th wicket, the umpires announced to end the day. When the game ended on the fourth day of the match, Sri Lanka scored 212 for seven wickets and needed 264 runs to win the match. However, on the fifth day of the match, the Sri Lankan team did not score a single and the entire team was dismissed for 212 runs in the third over. It is believed that Pakistan won the first Test series played at home ground after 10 years, while Pakistan had won the series against the West Indies at Karachi National Stadium 13 years ago.
Young batsman Abid Ali was named Man of the Match and Man of the Series for his outstanding performances throughout the series. Speaking after the success of the Test series, Captain Azhar Ali said, We needed a win and I thank Allah for the success of the match. He also thanked the Sri Lankan team for coming to Pakistan and said that for the first time we played a Test match at home ground, this series was very important to us. Captain Azhar Ali said the players performed very well, the young players are very talented. Earlier in the first Test match played between Rawalpindi between the two teams, the country returned to Test cricket after a long period of 10 years. However, the Rawalpindi match was scrapped due to rain in 3-4 days. However, Pakistan batsman Abid Ali proved his best form by making a century in the Test match.
