Chandimal power leads Sri Lanka through 300 in the first test against Pakistan

The host is 329 for nine when bad light stops playing for the day in Galle.Chandimal, on 86, and Piabath Jayasuriya, in four, were hitting near playing with Sri Lanka led 333 in their second half.

Mohammad Nawaz claimed the transportation of his first five goals and combined with fellow spinning Yasir Shah, who took three, to rail out the mid -opposition order in the second session.

But Chandimal, who scored its form with his first dual century-206 did not come out in the trial of his team series won over Australia last week, standing firmly in another low-level rejection show after the host slipped 235-7.

He reached the fifth and did 41 walking with Maheesh Theikhana for the ninth goal in the repeated performance of the host, who had replied from 133-8 to post 222 in their first round.

Previously the Mendis frame made 76 and Oshada Fernando’s opening scored 64 and wore the third goal stand out of 91 to fight after the initial goal in the morning session.Oshada reached the fifty sixth test in the first session but fell into Yasir on the second ball after lunch.

The frame lifts the fifth and carry out opposition attacks with several limits before Yasir bent up with shipping that cannot be played outside the legs and turns to reach the top of the stump.

Nawaz, who made a comeback test after almost six years and played the match five days fourth, continued to cut and get a key goal including Angelo Mathews and Niroshan Dickwella.

He got Nightwatchman Kasun Rajitha on the third ball that day to regulate things rolling for Pakistan, but Sri Lanka’s Batsmen continued to come back to the field which is expected to offer more turn to the fourth day’s spinner.

In the fight-end battle match contested, Pakistan had also replied to Pos 218, driving a Babar Azam’s 119 Skipper when he fought with his own order on the second day.

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