The primary Take a look at of the two-match sequence between Pakistan and Sri Lanka commenced on the Galle worldwide stadium on Sunday (July 16). The opening session of the match noticed Pakistan seamer Shaheen Afridi full his 100 Take a look at wickets. It’s value mentioning that Shaheen needed to wait one yr to leap to 100 Take a look at wickets from 99 because of sustaining an harm and being away from the motion.
Successful the toss and opting to bat first, the Islander’s choice fully backfired as they misplaced a number of fast early wickets courtesy of an excellent spell from Shaheen. The left-arm pacer first dismissed Nishan Madushka (4) off an excellent supply to mark his a hundredth Take a look at wicket after which despatched again Kusal Mendis (12) to the pavilion with one other ripper.
The wicket of Madushka for Shaheen got here within the third over of the innings when the 23-year-old Pakistani bowler delivered a swinging ball that slanted away from the right-handed Sri Lankan batter, and he edged it to the wicketkeeper. Following the dismissal of Madushka, Shaheen pulled off his conventional celebration to have a good time his century of wickets within the Take a look at format and raised each his palms within the air with a smile.
Right here’s the video:
Shaheen Shah Afridi’s a hundredth Take a look at wicket second. pic.twitter.com/Z7GLOyphM1
— Nawaz 🇵🇰 (@Rnawaz31888) July 16, 2023
Talking of the second dismissal that Shaheen struck, the wicket of Mendis for the Pakistani cricketer got here on the fourth ball of the sixth over in the same method, the place he produced a straighter supply angled outside-off, which Mendis edged to Agha Salman on the second slip.
Shaheen Afridi ultimately rewarded for his immaculate line#PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/KiNmVcFz2C
— Cricket Pakistan (@cricketpakcompk) July 16, 2023
Coming again to the match, the Sri Lanka ship further sank to 65/4 in 19 over until Lunch on Day 1. Though Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne confirmed some resilience and scored first rate 29 runs, he too was trapped by Shaheen later. In the meantime, the fourth wicket for Pakistan was taken by younger Naseem Shah, who trapped Dinesh Chandimal (1).
