Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the second Test of the three-match series at the P Sara Oval in Colombo on Thursday.
Earlier in the first Test played at the Galle International Stadium, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Pakistan’s leg spinner Yasir Shah took overall 9 wickets in the match with 7 wickets for 76 runs in the second innings against Sri Lanka, the best bowling figure by any Pakistani spinner in last 20 years.
The Sri Lankan JK Silva and Pakistan’s Asad Shafiq scored centuries in the first innings of the match for their respective sides.
On the 5th and final day of the first Test at Galle, Sri Lanka had set an easy victory target of 90 runs for Pakistan which the green shirts achieved without any loss.
Pakistan Test Squad
Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Azhar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Ehsan Adil, Haris Sohail, Imran Khan, Junaid Khan, Muhammad Hafeez, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shan Masood, Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Younis Khan, Zulfiqar Babar
Sri Lanka Test Squad
AD Mathews (Captain), HDRL Thirimanne, PVD Chameera, LD Chandimal, N Pradeep, HMRKB Herath, FDM Karunaratne, PHT Kaushal, RAS Lakmal, J Mubarak, MDK Perera, MDKJ Perera, KTGD Prasad, KC Sangakkara, JK Silva†, KDK Vithanage
