Pakistan team managed to record a 4-wicket win in the first test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Galle. Accordingly, Pakistan managed to take a 1-0 lead in the 2-match Test series.

When the match started today, which was the last day of the match, the Pakistan team had scored 48 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Today they passed the winning target by losing 6 wickets.

Sri Lanka won the toss and batted first for their first innings and scored 312 runs. Dhananjaya de Silva scored 122 runs, while Angelo Mathews scored 64 runs.

Pakistan scored 461 all out for their first innings and Saud Shakeel scored an unbeaten 208 for the Pakistan team. Ramesh Mendis took 5 wickets for Sri Lanka while bowling.

In the second innings Sri Lankan's managed to score only 279 runs. Accordingly, Pakistan's target for victory was 131 runs.

Pakistan managed to pass their winning target by losing only 6 wickets.

However, the very poor batting performances of the Sri Lankan batters throughout this match was noticeable and apart from Dhananjaya de Silva, none of the batsmen failed to engage in responsible batting, which led to this defeat.