Sri Lanka takes lead of 212 runs over Afghanistan: centuries from Mathews and Chandimal; Score at stumps on the second day 410/6

Sri Lanka has taken a lead of 212 runs over Afghanistan on the second day of the one-off test.

Sri Lanka has scored 410/6 at stumps on the second day at the SSC ground in Colombo on Saturday. Sadira Samarawickrama is unbeaten on 21 runs. From here the team will take the game forward on the third day.

The hosts started the second day ahead with the score at 80/0. Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal played century innings. Whereas, Karunaratne scored a half-century.

Karunaratne scored 35th test half-century
Karunaratne was on 42* at stumps on the first day and added 35 more runs on the second day. Karunaratne completed his 35th Test half-century by scoring 77 runs in 72 balls.

Chandimal scored his ninth test century on home ground
Chandimal came to the crease when Sri Lanka's score was 148/3 and he batted brilliantly with Mathews as both the experienced players showed great maturity to score runs. Together they added 232 runs. Chandimal scored 107 runs, which was his 15th Test century and ninth century at home.

Even after Chandimal's departure, Mathews continued his attacking approach. Qais Ahmed dismissed him for 141 runs.

Captain out on the very first ball
Sri Lankan captain Dhananjay de Silva was run out on the very first ball. Apart from them, Nishan Madushanka returned to the pavilion after scoring 37 runs and Kusal Mendis returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 runs.

Difficult day for Afghanistan
Today proved to be a difficult day for Afghanistan's bowlers. Cass and Navid took 2-2 wickets. Whereas, Nijat Masood got 1 wicket.

First day's play Afghanistan all out for 198 runs
On the first day, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. Afghanistan was all out for 198 runs on the first day. Rahmat Shah played an inning of 91 runs from the team. At the same time, Vishwa Fernando of Sri Lanka took 4 wickets. Read full news