Abid’s feat
Abid, 32, completed his century with a sweep of off-spinner Lasith Embuldeniya for two to follow his 109 in the drawn first Test in Rawalpindi - his debut.
The Rawalpindi century made Abid the first batsman ever to score hundreds in both Test and one-day debuts.
He had scored 112 in his first ODI, against Australia in Dubai earlier this year.
Abid said team management calling him 'legend' adds to his responsibility.
"The management calls me legend, thanks to them," said Abid.
"But it adds to my responsibility to perform well. This time we were under pressure because of the lead we conceded, but I am happy that we are now in a good position."
It was pacer Lahiru Kumara (two for 88) who broke the opening stand when he had Masood caught hooking just five minutes from tea before he trapped Abid with the second new ball.
Abid's successive hundreds have put him in an elite company.
India's Mohammad Azharuddin scored three hundreds in his first three Test after making his debut against England at home in December 1984.
William Ponsford, Doug Walters and Greg Blewett of Australia, Sourav Ganguly and Rohit Sharma of India, Alvin Kallicharran of the West Indies and Jimmy Neesham of New Zealand are the others who hit two consecutive centuries in their first two Tests.
Before lunch, Abid survived a confident leg-before shout off paceman Kumara on 61 but the tourists lost the referral with the replays showing the ball would have missed the stumps.
Masood, playing his 19th Test, completed 1,000 Test runs when he reached 46.