DUBAI (Reuters) – The Pakistan spinners got in upon a action after gait twin Umar Gul as well as Junaid Khan ripped by a Sri Lankan tip sequence to gold out a tourists for 239 in their initial innings upon day a single of a second exam upon Wednesday.
Pakistan openers Taufeeq Umar (20) as well as Mohammad Hafeez (18) scored 42 runs in a superfluous 9 overs to route Sri Lanka by 197 during a close.
Gul extracted sufficient transformation off a Dubai International Cricket Stadium representation to difficulty a batsmen via his marathon 10-over opening spell, picking up 3 wickets prior to lunch.
Left-armer Junaid kept up a vigour as well as took a superfluous dual wickets to tumble prior to a interlude after Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan had won a toss.
Kumar Sangakkara, double-centurion in a drawn initial test, was forsaken upon twenty-seven off Saeed Ajmal by Taufeeq Umar as well as total 54 for a sixth wicket with debutant wicketkeeper-batsman Kaushal Silva (20) to stop a rot, after being marked down to 73-5.
Sangakkara, who looked plain as well as strike eleven bounds during his strike of 78, holed out in a low attempting a large strike opposite Ajmal.
Off-spinner Ajmal (3-45) as well as associate left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman (2-40) total to take a last 5 wickets in a superfluous dual sessions to put Pakistan resolutely in control.
Number 10 batsman Chanaka Welegedara (48), whose prior top measure in tests was 11, total 75 for a ninth wicket with Rangana Herath (29) to take Sri Lanka past a 200-run mark.
Sri Lanka got off to a bad begin when opener Lahiru Thirimanne fell lbw to Gul in a third over, prior to a lanky paceman struck twice in a ninth over to mislay Tharanga Paranavitana as well as Mahela Jayawardene.
Junaid private captain Dilshan as well as Angelo Mathews to devalue Sri Lanka’s misery.
Pakistan done a single shift to their side, dropping paceman Aizaz Cheema in foster of Rehman.
Sri Lanka suffered a vital blow prior to a compare when wicketkeeper-batsman Prasanna Jayawardene was ruled out for a residue of a array due to a go through injury.
Paceman Nuwan Pradeep was additionally forsaken from a Sri Lanka group as well as was transposed by Dhammika Prasad.
Pakistan have been personification “home” tests in a Gulf segment since of confidence fears in their own country. The third as well as last compare will be played in Sharjah from Nov. 3.
(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by Ed Osmond, To question or criticism upon this story, email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
Pakistan take carry out of second test
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