Monitoring Desk
ABU DHABI: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah took wickets before the lunch on the first day of first test against Sri Lanka and becoming the fastest Pakistani to bag 150 Test wickets.
Yasir Shah took two wickets in the first session and broke the record of Waqar Younis and also slowing down the run pace of Sri Lanka after Chandimal winning the toss and elected to bat first.
Hasan Ali bowled out opener Silva, handing Pakistan the first breakthrough of the session.
Sri Lanka were 61-3 off 28.1 overs at lunch.
Middle-order batsman Haris Sohail is making his Test debut for Pakistan today, while the match is also Sarfraz Ahmed’s first Test as captain after Misbah’s retirement earlier this year.
