COLOMBO: Pakistan was in deep trouble in their first innings of the second Test match against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval in Colombo on Thursday as they had already lost five wickets for only 95 runs till rain interrupted the match in the 31st over.
PTV Sports will be telecasting the match through out the series and the matches are scheduled to start at 9:30 Pakistan standard time as reported by PTV. The rain was continuing to lash the P Sara Oval Stadium when this report was being updated.
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first on the first day of the second Test match against Sri Lanka.
Except Muhammad Hafeez and Asad Shafiq, no Pakistani top order batsman could enter into double figure score. They scored 42 and 26 runs respectively. When the match was stopped due to rain, the Captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Sarfaraz Ahmed were at the crease.
The Sri Lankan bowler KTGD Prasad took three wickets for 38 runs.
Pakistan is leading the three-match series against Sri Lanka 1-0.
In the first Test played at the Galle International Stadium from June 17 to 21, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Pakistan second Test squad
Muhammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Asad Shafiq, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Yasir Shah, Zulfiqar Babar
Sri Lanka second Test squad
JK Silva, FDM Karunaratne, KC Sangakkara, HDRL Thirimanne, AD Mathews (Captain), LD Chandimal, KDK Vithanage, KTGD Prasad, PHT Kaushal, PVD Chameera, HMRKB Herath
