Ramesh grabs three to place Sri Lanka on high in second Pakistan Take a look at

The vacationers, who lead the two-match collection 1-0, ended the day nonetheless trailing Sri Lanka by 187 runs of their first innings at Galle.

Agha Salman resisted the bowling assault along with his maiden Take a look at 50 however fell to Prabath Jayasuriya’s left-arm spin for 62 within the remaining moments of play earlier than stumps was referred to as.

Jayasuriya acquired Salman caught at slip with a drifter coming into the right-handed batsman.

Salman, who made his debut within the earlier match, placed on 46 runs with Yasir Shah, batting on 13, to raise Pakistan from 145-6.

Ramesh rattled Pakistan’s middle-order along with his off-spin bowling on a pitch anticipated to show extra from day three onwards.

Pakistan suffered from a scarcity of partnerships after dropping first-match hero Abdullah Shafique for a duck and skipper Babar Azam for 16 on both aspect of the lunch break.

Jayasuriya, who took 21 wickets in his first two Exams, bowled Azam on a turning supply that acquired the sting of the dangerman’s bat to crash onto the stumps.

Imam-ul-Haq tried to rebuild the innings with Mohammad Rizwan however Dhananjaya de Silva broke by along with his off-spin to ship again Imam on 32.

De Silva is standing in as captain instead of Dimuth Karunaratne, who didn’t take the sphere within the Pakistan innings due to again ache.

Rizwan hit a couple of boundaries to counterattack however Ramesh trapped him lbw for twenty-four and a overview didn’t assist the wicketkeeper-batsman, with replays exhibiting the ball would have hit leg stump.

Pakistan had misplaced opener Shafique, who hit a match-winning 260 within the first Take a look at when he inside-edged a supply from Asitha Fernando onto his stumps.

Wickets stored tumbling however all-rounder Salman, who went wicketless in his six overs in Sri Lanka’s innings, performed the spinners on the entrance foot till his departure.

Sri Lanka had resumed the day on 315-6 in former captain Angelo Mathews’ landmark a hundredth Take a look at, with in a single day batsman Niroshan Dickwella making 51 and a helpful cameo of 35 by Ramesh at quantity 9.

Quick bowler Naseem Shah and leg-spinner Yasir claimed three wickets every to finish Sri Lanka’s innings within the first session