Great series for the visitor nation Sri Lanka as they registered a historic win by 68 runs against Pakistan in the second day-night Test match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Sri Lanka set the total of 317 runs for the host as they collapsed for 96 in the second innings. With this victory, the Lankan side won the series by a margin of 2-0 and became the first team to win a Test series in the UAE against Pakistan. An encouraged batting by opening Dimuth Karunaratne and a splendid spell by Dilruwan Perera in the second innings guided the visitors to a famous win.

After winning the toss Sri Lanka choose to bat on a wicket which seemed beneficial for batting as per Pitch report suggest. The Lankans began on a positive note as Dimuth Karunaratne dug deep and skipper Dinesh Chandimal batted ably. After settling down, Karunaratne took the attack to the bowlers and went on to score a career-best marathon innings 196. It was his knock which propelled Sri Lanka to 482 in their first innings.

However, the Pakistan failed to capitalize on the momentum and were dismissed cheaply in their first innings after getting the good opening start. On a tricky batting surface, Pakistan was bundled out for 262 and thereby handing Sri Lanka a vital lead of 220 runs. Ultimately Pakistan was bowled out for 248 handing Sri Lanka a win by 68 runs. After the dismal performance against India, Sri Lanka will heave a sigh of relief as this win will bring the much-needed confidence back into the side.

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Shafiq and Skipper Sarfraz keep hope alive for the host while chasing 317.