Dhananjaya de Silva slams his 10th Test century
Sri Lanka on Monday resumed batting against Pakistan at 242-6 on second day of the first Test being played in Galle.
Dhananjaya de Silva has completed his ton in early session as he is on the crease with Ramesh Mendis till the filing of this news.
On first day of the opening test, de Silva and Angelo Mathews helped Sri Lanka to overcome a top-order collapse and reach 242-6 on Sunday.
Home captain Dimuth Karunaratne’s decision to bat appeared to have backfired after Shaheen Afridi dealt three blows in the morning session and Sri Lanka slumped to 54-4.
De Silva, batting on 94, and Mathews then forged a 131-run partnership to steady the ship in the first match of the two-test series.
Mathews fell at the stroke of tea after making 64, but De Silva went on to stitch together another 50-plus partnership with Sadeera Samarawickrama, who made 36 before Agha Salman dismissed him with the final delivery of the day.
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