PAK vs SL: Abrar Ahmed leaves Danish Kaneria behind

Abrar Ahmed celebrating his wicket during first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle - AFPPakistan's mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed surpassed former Test spinner Danish Kaneria to bag most wickets after the first five Tests of his career. Abrar, who took six wickets in the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, has now 34 wickets in five Tests, more than Kaneria (29). Former Test bowler Shabbir Ahmed had 28, Yasir Shah 27, and Abdur Rehman 26. The right-arm spinner bagged 11 wickets on his Test debut against England in Multan. He stunned the cricket world with his splendid performance on debut.  Pakistan need 83 runs to win on last dayPakistan were 48-3 at stumps on day four of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Wednesday while chasing a target of 131 runs.Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam were unbeaten on 25 and six runs, respectively, at the close of play. Pakistan need another 83 runs to win the match on the final day and take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. Prabath Jayasuriya claimed two top-order wickets of Pakistan after dismissing Abdullah Shafique (8) and Shan Masood (7).Meanwhile, nightwatchman Nauman was run out after attempting a suicidal second run.Sri Lanka were dismissed for 279 in their second innings, earlier during the day, which meant that Pakistan were set a target of 131 runs to win the match.Abrar Ahmed and Nauman were the chief destroyers for Pakistan after claiming three wickets each. Meanwhile, Shaheen Afridi and Agha Salman bagged two wickets each.   Faizan Lakhani Faizan Lakhani is Deputy Editor (Sports) at Geo News. Comments Submit مضمون کا ماخذ:عمومی کلیدی الفاظ