Sri Lanka have reached 80 with out loss at stumps on the opening day of the historic first Test match in opposition to Afghanistan in Colombo, after earlier bowling out the guests for 198.
Afghanistan had been indebted to a combating knock of 91 from Rahmat Shah, however Sri Lanka are utterly in cost after Friday’s opening day with Dimuth Karunaratne 42 not out and Nishan Madushka unbeaten on 36, as they path by solely 118.
Sri Lanka’s left-arm seamer Vishwa Fernando rattled the vacationers with 4 wickets and he was nicely supported by spinner Prabath Jayasuriya and seamer Asitha Fernando, who took three wickets every.
Shah finally missed out on his second Test century after Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva received the toss and requested Afghanistan to bat first on the Sinhalese Sports Club.
Fast bowler Asitha Fernando had early success with Ibrahim Zadran trapped lbw within the second supply of the match.
Noor Ali Zadran and Shah added 57 for the second wicket earlier than Ali Zadran (31) top-edged Vishwa Fernando for a excessive operating catch to the bowler himself.
Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi added 52 for the third wicket earlier than Shahidi (17) was caught behind by Sadeera Samaawickrama.
Shah fell after including 45 runs for the fifth wicket with Ikram Alikhil when he was caught behind off Jayasuriya.
His 91 got here off 130 deliveries and included 13 boundaries. It was Shah’s fourth half-century in his eighth Test.
Vishwa Fernando completed with 4-51. Asitha Fernando had 3-24 whereas Jayasuriya took 3-67.
It’s the primary Test match to be performed between the 2 nations since Afghanistan was admitted as a Test-playing nation in 2018.
It was a superb begin for de Silva, main Sri Lanka in Tests for the primary time after taking on from long-time captain Karunaratne.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
