শতক ৯৬-রান পাকিস্তান'

Lunch পাকিস্তান 390 for 6 (Shakeel 91*, Arif 57, Taha 51, Babar 50, Ghori 48, Asitha 2-87, Madushanka 2-97) vs শ্রীলঙ্কা

Lunch পাকিস্তান 390 for 6 (Shakeel 91*, Arif 57, Taha 51, Babar 50, Ghori 48, Asitha 2-87, Madushanka 2-97) vs শ্রীলঙ্কা। Saud Shakeel marched towards a first Test শতক in over two years as পাকিস্তান continued their dominance on the second morning of the first Test against শ্রীলঙ্কা on Tuesday in Rawalpindi. The session brought 109 রান and just the solitary উইকেট, as পাকিস্তান moved from 281 for 5 to 390 for 6 at lunch.। Much of Shakeel's - and পাকিস্তান's - রান in the session came as part of a 96-রান অনবদ্য জুটি with Ghazi Ghori. And once the latter fell, two রান short of a maiden Test fifty, debutant Arafat Minhas stepped in without missing a step, and the pair had put on 41 by the interval.।

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শ্রীলঙ্কা's breakthrough came against the রান of play, and followed the arrival of the new ball. It was more ব্যাটার error than anything বোলার induced, as Ghazi wafted at a wide one from Dilshan Madushanka. A very good catch from Pasindu Sooriyabandara, who was briefly wrong-footed at gully, completed the play.। It was a brief moment of reprieve on yet another tiring morning for the শ্রীলঙ্কা seamers. But as has been the case across most of the পাকিস্তান innings, শ্রীলঙ্কা were unable to string উইকেট together.। The Shakeel-Ghazi stand was the fourth 50-plus stand of the innings, and before long the Shakeel-Arafat pairing was threatening to become the fifth. Much of this was down to Arafat's proactive approach.।

Parachuted in from the white-ball side, he looked every bit the shorter-format player plying his trade in Tests. He faced just seven deliveries before slashing a short one over gully for his first Test boundary, and his second followed soon after with another similar uppercut behind square.। A couple of overs later, he was pulling Lahiru Kumara over midwicket for a first Test six. By lunch, he had motored along to 27 off 49, only slowing down towards the end of the session.। শ্রীলঙ্কা for their part seemed out of ideas, with their patience with the ball coming belatedly in the face of settled opposition batters, who by that point were more than adept at negotiating any lateral movement on offer.।

Ghazi, playing in just his second Test, looked particularly at ease across his 72-ball innings, and was a large part in keeping পাকিস্তান's scoring rate hovering around four an over.। The wicketkeeper-ব্যাটার's most prominent skill seemed his effective strike rotation, with only eight of his 48 রান coming in boundaries. It meant that the first 50 রান of the stand with Shakeel came off just 51 balls, with the scoring rate only dropping as spin was introduced - and with it some defensive leg stump lines - shortly before the arrival of the second new ball.। Ghazi's supreme comfort at the crease allowed Shakeel to play with relative serenity as he knocked the ball into gaps either side of the উইকেট almost at will and poached the odd boundary when the opportunity presented itself.।

Shakeel's compact defensive technique also continued to test the patience of the seamers - mostly Asitha Fernando and Lahiru Kumara, who bowled a majority of the first hour - as they frequently veered from sticking to persistent lines and lengths. It meant both batters were rarely tested over any consistent period in one given area.। And while the new ball offered movement, the arrival of Arafat has proved timely in exerting even more pressure on শ্রীলঙ্কা, as পাকিস্তান pushed ahead towards the 400-রান mark.। lovely nipbacker, and it finally produces a উইকেট।

He'd been bright in this spell, and it's a superb setup before he lands the variation. Awais' eyes lit up as he eyed another drive, but this time it was coming back in. It takes the inner edge, and the অধিনায়ক takes a sharp catch behind the stumps. You'd say শ্রীলঙ্কা have probably deserved it.। Edged and both openers are gone। This was nearly identical to the last delivery, but here a thick outside edge is taken and Kusal gobbles up another. Quality from Asitha, just testing the green Tayyab in that channel outside off, and the young man unwisely pushes a touch away from his body।

Taha falls to the spinner। He'd smeared at a couple in the previous over. Once more, he heaves across the line and gets a top edge that Dananjaya makes short work of. Not the way a fighting innings on debut deserved to end, but poor selection will be punished in Test cricket। and the উইকেট comes।

Babar has fallen just after getting a অর্ধশতক again. It was a lovely, probing delivery, shaping away from the outside edge after landing on off-stump. Babar tried to drive it back down the ground, but gets a feather on it, and Mendis takes a comfortable catch। Asitha gets Agha with a corker। This was short of a length and it reared up sharply, certainly more than Agha was expecting. Agha initially looks to play at this, before belatedly deciding to drop his hands. But it's too late and the ball takes the edge off the shoulder of the bat for Kusal to complete a simple take behind the stumps।

Perhaps a lapse in concentration but Ghazi gives away his উইকেট after building such a good innings. Madushanka lands it away from his off stump on good length and the ব্যাটার dabs it to the left of the gully fielder while attempting to রান him down to third. Sharp catch with both hands while diving brings an end to Ghazi's innings. Falls two short of what would have been his maidn Test অর্ধশতক.।