Scoreboard

Kusal Mendis Dinesh Chandimal ................................ 171 ............................. 27 Sadheera Samarawickreme ................... 38 ................................... 1 .......................... 62 ................................... 47 .............................................. .............................. 1-63 K. Silva,2-131 S. Samarawickreme,3-136 K. Mendis, 4-282 D Chandimal D. Perera, R. Herath, S. Lakmal, L. Gamage, N. Pradeep Mohammad Amir 19.3-5-74-1, Mohammad Abbas 22-6-67-0 (nb1), Wahab Riaz 21-6-54-0 (nb4), Yasir Shah 37.3-6-120-3, Asad Shafiq 11-1-24-0 (w3), Haris Sohail 5-1-15-0 Niroshan Dickwella wickets falling on 131 and 136. But, Chandimal held on stubbornly to remain on 49 at the end of the day with Karunaratne who had completed his seventh Test century at 133.

Though there were many theories about the pink ball and behaviour, the Lankans who were completely new to this version of the game have taken up the challenge with a lot of authority. This is the sixth day- night Test with a pink ball since Australia and New Zealand played the first such contest at Adelaide in December 2015.