Delhi: Pakistan strengthened its hold on the second day of the first test match being played in Rawalpindi. The young bowlers of the host team performed brilliantly and increased the problems of Sri Lanka. By the end of the day's play on Tuesday, Sri Lanka had scored 114 runs after losing three wickets in the first innings. The team is still 320 runs behind Pakistan.

Due to bad light the match had to be stopped prematurely for the second consecutive day. About 26 overs of play could not be played on Tuesday. Earlier also only 67.2 overs could be bowled on the first day.

Deadly bowling of Saqib Khan and Abbas

Saqib Khan, playing his first Test for Pakistan, bowled brilliantly and took two wickets for 54 runs. At the same time, experienced fast bowler Mohammad Abbas also gave initial shocks. The Sri Lankan batsmen could not stand against the swing and seam movement of both the bowlers.

Abbas sent Pasindu Suriyabandar, who came to open the innings in place of Pathum Nissanka, to the pavilion without opening the account. After this, Shakib got his first Test wicket by getting Dinesh Chandimal caught in the slip.

Lahiru Udara played an aggressive inning of 42 runs, which included seven fours. However, Shakib gave the third blow to Sri Lanka by getting him caught by Ghazi Ghori.

Mendis and de Silva took over the innings

After the fall of three wickets, Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjay de Silva took charge. There was an unbeaten partnership of 49 runs between the two. Mendis was present at the crease after scoring 40 and De Silva 22 runs.

Pakistan declared its innings at 434 runs.

Earlier, Pakistan declared its innings after scoring 434 runs for 9 wickets. Saud Shakeel was the top scorer with 93 runs. He made a partnership of 96 runs with Ghazi Ghori and 44 runs with Arafat Minhas.

Arafat, who made his debut, scored 52 runs. Whereas, Ghazi was out after scoring 48 runs. Asitha Fernando completed her 100th Test wicket by taking three wickets.