Ibrahim Zadran made a maiden Check century and was concerned in two essential partnerships to take Afghanistan to 199-1 and cut back a giant first innings deficit to 42 runs at stumps on the third day of the one Check in opposition to Sri Lanka on Sunday.
Zadran opened the innings with Noor Ali Zadran with Afghanistan tailing Sri Lanka by 241 runs within the first innings on the Sinhalese Sports activities Membership.
Enjoying is his sixth Check, he completed day three on 101 not out together with 11 boundaries having spent almost six hours on the crease, going through 217 deliveries.
Noor Ali was dismissed for 47 trapped lbw after including 106 runs for the primary wicket with Ibrahim, the very best opening partnership for the younger Check-playing nation.
Zadran added one other unbeaten 93 runs for the second wicket with Rahmat Shah who was batting on 46.
Quick bowler Asitha Fernando returned 1-35 for Sri Lanka.
Earlier, Afghan quick bowler Naveed Zadran picked up 4 wickets to assist his aspect dismiss Sri Lanka for 439 runs in its first innings in reply to Afghanistan’s first innings rating of 198 all out.
Sri Lanka resumed the day on 410-6 with Sadeera Samarawickrama batting on 21. Chamika Gunasekara, enjoying his first Check, joined him on the crease after Sri Lanka’s high scorer Angelo Mathews (141) was out on the final supply of the second day.
Samarawickrama (27) was dismissed with simply 17 runs added Sunday when he was caught by Shah off Naveed Zadran.
Naveed Zadran bowled tailender Prabath Jayasuriya (2) with an inswinger and seamer Nijat Masood ended the innings bowling out Fernando (0).
Gunasekara (16), who was struck on the helmet by a Zadran bouncer, had retired harm after going through a couple of extra deliveries and didn’t return to bat.
Kasun Rajitha was used because the third seamer, a concussion substitute for Gunasekara, when Sri Lanka got here out to bowl.
Naveed Zadran retuned 4-83 on his Check debut.
Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal fashioned the spine of Sri Lanka’s first innings having shared 232 runs for the fourth wicket on Saturday.
Chandimal made 107, his fifteenth Check century and Mathews recorded his sixteenth. Dimuth Karunaratne added 77 runs.
That is the primary Check match between the 2 nations since Afghanistan turned a Check enjoying nation in 2018.