PLAYER OF THE MATCH
It took only 14 minutes and 16 balls for Pakistan to wrap up the success on the fifth morning as they took Sri Lanka's last three wickets with no expansion to their medium-term 212.
Pakistan had set an overwhelming 476-run focus on Sunday and decreased the vacationers to 212-7 at the nearby.
High school snappy bowler Naseem Shah at 16 years and 307 days turned into the second most youthful bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings as he bowled an express spell to complete with 5-31.
Individual Pakistani and left-arm spinner Nasim-ul-Ghani holds the record and was only four days more youthful when he finished the accomplishment against the West Non-mainstream players at Georgetown in a 1957-58 arrangement.
Naseem was matured six when global cricket was suspended in Pakistan following an assault on the Sri Lankan group transport in 2009.
Pakistan had to play all their home matches at the impartial scenes of Joined Middle Easterner Emirates before improved security-enabled them to start facilitating restricted over arrangement in the course of recent years.
The principal Trial of the arrangement in Rawalpindi denoted the arrival of Test cricket in Pakistan, yet it finished in a draw in the wake of being ruined by awful climate.
- 'An extraordinary ability' -
Pakistan captain Azhar Ali expressed gratitude toward Sri Lanka as far as it matters for them in permitting Test cricket to return.
"Uncommon gratitude to Sri Lanka from the base of our souls," said Azhar. "They have given us massive satisfaction by playing in Pakistan, it was really enthusiastic.
"Naseem is an uncommon ability and we can expand on our bowling assault in the years to come."
Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne applauded Pakistan.
"We commanded the initial two days and afterward they batted well overall and set the weight back on us and outflanked us. We couldn't fabricate pressure with the ball in spite of taking a lead of 80," said Karunaratne.
Pakistan turned the match on its head with an enormous second innings 555-3 pronounced on Sunday, with 174 from man-of-the-match and man-of-the arrangement Abid Ali, 135 from Shan Masood, 118 from Azhar and 100 not out from Babar Azam as the best four all arrived at three figures.
Abid had likewise scored a hundred in the main Test.
The last day started in an emotional way when Naseem expelled Last Embuldeniya off the main ball, getting his gloves while in transit to wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan.
From the opposite end leg-spinner, Yasir Shah had Oshada Fernando trapped in the slip for his medium-term score of 102 after a 180-ball thump that contained 13 limits.
Naseem wrapped up the match by catching Vishwa Fernando with the fifth chunk of the following over, activating celebration among the Pakistan players who were all playing in their first Test arrangement at home.
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It is Pakistan's first arrangement to succeed at home against Sri Lanka since 1992.
The success lifts Pakistan to third On the planet Test Title table with 80 focuses. Pakistan got 60 focuses on the success and 20 from the primary Test draw.
India (360) and Australia (216) are at present first and second. Nine groups are contending in the Title, with the main two challenging the last in June 2021.
Last scoreboard:
Pakistan first innings: 191 (A. Shafiq 63, B. Azam 60; L. Kumara 4-49, L. Embuldeniya 4-71)
Sri Lanka first innings: 271 (D. Chandimal 74, D. Perera 48; S. Afridi 5-77, M. Abbas 4-55)
Pakistan second innings: 555-3 dec (Abid Ali 174, S. Masood 135, Azhar Ali 118, B. Azam 100 not out)
Sri Lanka second innings
D. Karunaratne c Rizwan b Abbas 16
O. Fernando c Shafiq b Shah 102
K. Mendis c Azam b Naseem 0
A. Mathews c Rizwan b Afridi 19
D. Chandimal lbw Naseem 2
D. de Silva b Yasir 0
N. Dickwella b Sohail 65
D. Perera c Rizwan b Naseem 5
L. Embuldeniya c Rizwan b Naseem 0
V. Fernando lbw b Naseem 0
L. Kumara not out 0
Additional items: (lb 3) 3
All out: (full scale; 62.5 overs) 212
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Karunaratne), 2-40 (Mendis), 3-70 (Mathews), 4-96 (Chandimal), 5-97 (De Silva), 6-201 (Dickwella), 7-212 (Perera), 8-212 (Embuldeniya), 9-212 (O. Fernando), 10-212 (V. Fernando)
Bowling: Afridi 14-3-51-1, Abbas 12-2-33-1, Naseem 12.5-4-31-5, Shah 20-3-84-2, Sohail 4-0-10-1
Result: Pakistan won by 263 runs
Arrangement: Pakistan win 1-0
Hurl: Pakistan
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (AUS) and Joel Wilson (WIS)
Television umpire: Gregory Brathwaite (WIS)
Match ref: Jeff Crowe (NZL)
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| Naseem Shah is congratulated by his team-mates |
Fast bowler Naseem Shah has uncovered that in the wake of going wicket-less in first innings of Karachi Test against Sri Lanka, it was bowling trainer Waqar Younis' recommendation that impacted his solid bowling assault.
According to Shah, Younis let him know, "extraordinary bowlers are the individuals who make solid rebound after a disappointment."
Addressing media after his five-fer against Sri Lanka that helped Pakistan to a triumph, the 16-year-old said that he was propelled to do well in the second innings subsequent to going wicket-less in the primary innings.
"Indeed, even in first innings I was bowling as per the plans however lamentably I couldn't get wickets, there was a trick dropped off my bowling also," Shah said.
"Yet, I was inspired after Waqar [Younis] disclosed to me that incredible bowlers are the individuals who can make a solid rebound following a poor day in the center," he added. Shah finished with bowling figures of 5/31 in the subsequent innings. He is currently the most youthful quick bowler at 16 years old years 311 days to guarantee a five-wicket-pull in a Test inning.
Be that as it may, the pacer says his center was execution and not the age and he doesn't contemplate his age or being youthful.
"I never pondered being most youthful to accomplish any accomplishment, I am simply centered around my exhibition and hard work," Shah said.
The youthful quick bowler got enthusiastic while discussing the catastrophe he looked during the visit to Australia when just before the beginning of the arrangement when he got the updates on his mom dying. Naseem had selected to remain with the group in the wake of counseling with the group.
"I don't have words to clarify how troublesome it was, it is better that I don't impart those emotions to anybody here," he said.
"I had arranged this before my introduction that I will devote my initial five-wicket take to my mom so she could see me on television," Shah included.
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