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Mahela Jayawardene holds several batting and fielding test cricket records for Sri Lanka. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match takes place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Pakistan first competed in international cricket in 1952, when they played against India in a four-day Test match; India won the match by an innings and 70 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi. [2] [3] In the same series, Pakistan recorded their first Test win, the second match by an innings and 43 runs at the University Ground, Lucknow.
Following the first Test, Sri Lanka's captain Dimuth Karunaratne expressed his regret in not playing in the limited-overs matches, and said that "Pakistan is now safe for cricket". [19] Pakistan won the second Test match by 263 runs, to give them a 1–0 series win, and their first Test victory in Pakistan in ten years. [20]
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. 10.3 overs and 80 overs of play was lost on Day 1 and Day 2 respectively due to rain. Dilshan Madushanka (SL) made his Test debut. Mohammad Rizwan (Pak) replaced Sarfaraz Ahmed as a concussion substitute in the second innings of the match. [12] World Test Championship points: Pakistan 12, Sri Lanka 0.
The India national cricket team represents India in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. [1] They first competed in international cricket in 1932, when they played against England in a three-day Test match; England won the match by 158 runs. [2]
The second Test match was played as a day/night fixture, the first day/night Test for Sri Lanka. [6] Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0. It was Pakistan's first whitewash in the United Arab Emirates, and only their second whitewash in a home series, after losing 3–0 to Australia in October 2002. [7] Pakistan won the ODI series 5–0. [8]
Pakistan won the first Test by four wickets after they were set a target of 342 runs to win the match. [12] It was Pakistan's second-highest successful run chase in Test cricket, and the highest successful run chase for any team playing a Test in Galle. [13] Sri Lanka won the second Test by 246 runs to draw the series 1–1, with Dhananjaya de ...
The first Test of the series was the 300th to be played by Sri Lanka, [19] and it was also the 100th Test match for India's Virat Kohli. [20] In the Test, Ravindra Jadeja scored 175 not out and took nine wickets. [21] India went on to win the match inside three days, [22] by the margin of an innings and 222 runs. [23]