Babar Azam scored his seventh Test ton to rescue Pakistan in the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.
Babar scored a brilliant 119 as Pakistan scored 218 in their first innings against Sri Lanka, who were earlier skittled out on 222 on Day 1.
During his knock, Babar also became the fastest batter to complete 10,000 runs in international cricket.
Prabath Jayasuriya took five wickets, and became the first Sri Lankan and eighth bowler overall to bag three fifers in the first two Tests of their career.
At tea, Pakistan’s score was 194/9 with Babar unbeaten on 95.
At stumps on Day 1, Pakistan’s score was 24/2.
The visitors were in the driver’s seat when they had bundled out Sri Lanka for 222 runs with the help of Shaheen Afridi’s 4 for 58, but the hosts bounced back beautifully and reduced Pakistan to 24 for 2 before the umpires called for Stumps on the first day.
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