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KARACHI (December 23, 2019):-Karachi Test brought lot of jubilant for the Pakistani players and spectators that finished with 263 runs massive victory against Sri Lankan in the ICC Test Championship fixture at National Cricket Stadium, Karachi on Monday.
Day-5 was just a 14-minute and 16-ball game, as the Sri Lanka's last three wickets were dismissed on their overnight total of 212 in the second innings. It was Pakistan's first series win at home against Sri Lanka since 1992.
With this historical win, Pakistan aggregated 80 points in the World Test Championship table, as Pakistan earned 60 points from the win and 20 from the first Test draw. India (360) and Australia (216) are currently first and second on the table. Nine teams are competing in the Championship, with the top two contesting the final in June 2021.
Pakistan set a unreachable 476-run target for the tourists on Sunday and had them staring at defeat on 212-7 at close of play. Naseem Shah, who at 16 years and 307 days, became the second youngest bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings. The youngster bowled with fire to finish with 5-31.
Fellow Pakistani Nasim-ul-Ghani — a left-arm spinner — holds the record as the youngest bowler with a five-wicket haul in a Test innings. Ghani completed his feat against the West Indies at Georgetown at the age of 16 years, 303 days. Naseem was only six when international cricket was suspended in Pakistan following an attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009.
Pakistan were forced to play all their home matches at the neutral venues of United Arab Emirates, before improved security allowed them to host various limited over series in the last four years. The series was the first in Pakistan since an attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009. The first Test of the series in Rawalpindi marked the return of Test cricket in Pakistan, but it was spoiled by bad weather.
The final day began in a dramatic manner when Shah dismissed Lasit Embuldeniya off the very first ball, catching his gloves on the way to wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. From the other end leg-spinner Yasir Shah had Oshada Fernando caught in the slip for his overnight score of 102. Oshada's 180-ball knock had 13 boundaries.
