Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 2: Current Score and Updates from Rawalpindi

17:07 IST:

Neither side could do it – looking at the grass left on the field by the fielders, Kusal Mendis had little hesitation in fielding Pakistan. Contrary to expectations, there wasn’t much help for seamstresses, but there was still plenty to work with. However, the Sri Lankan fast bowlers initially lacked consistency with their lines and lengths. They managed to tighten things up as the day wore on, but by then the best opportunity to strike with the new ball had passed. Babar Azam and two debutants, Tayyab Arif and Mohammad Taha, brought up half-centuries but none of them managed to reach a hundred. Saud Shakeel held firm at one end, although the Sri Lankan quicks managed to produce a peach at times to keep things interesting. Not long before the fading light brought an early end to the day’s play, he brought up his fifty.