The 22-year-old debutant removed Sangakkara (55) with the last ball of his 10th over before dismissing Jayawardene off the first ball of his next over to leave Sri Lanka at 186/4 at stumps on the third day. Junaid (2/46) built on the strikes by dismissing Kaushal Silva for 81, caught behind in the last over of the day. Before that Silva and Sangakkara added 99 runs for the second wicket which had thwarted Pakistan’s pace-cum-spin attack in the last session.Dinesh Chandimal (24*) was the unbeaten batsman at close as Sri Lanka, who conceded a 179-run lead in the first innings, are now seven runs ahead with six wickets in hand. Earlier, Pakistan were dismissed for 383 runs in their first innings in reply to Sri Lanka’s 204.
Silva’s dismissal has given Pakistan a sniff of victory on fourth day. He hit 11 boundaries during his 275-minute stay and gave Sri Lanka a confident start of 47 with Dimuth Karunaratne (24). Silva, playing only his fourth Test, used his feet well against spinner Saeed Ajmal and looked comfortable against Pakistan bowling, reaching his maiden half-century with a single off Junaid. The experienced Sangakkara then brought up his 43rd Test fifty with a crisp cut shot off Bhatti for his sixth boundary.
Silva’s dismissal has given Pakistan a sniff of victory on fourth day. He hit 11 boundaries during his 275-minute stay and gave Sri Lanka a confident start of 47 with Dimuth Karunaratne (24). Silva, playing only his fourth Test, used his feet well against spinner Saeed Ajmal and looked comfortable against Pakistan bowling, reaching his maiden half-century with a single off Junaid. The experienced Sangakkara then brought up his 43rd Test fifty with a crisp cut shot off Bhatti for his sixth boundary.