SL vs AFG: Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews scored centuries on the second day of the only test match, fans gave tremendous reaction
Mathews was out after playing a brilliant inning of 141 runs. Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Only Test (Image Credit- Twitter Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Only Test: The second day of the ongoing one-off Test match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo ended today on February 3. Let us tell you that at the end of the second day, host Sri Lanka has taken a strong lead of 212 runs over the Afghan team. On the second day of the game, experienced Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal played century innings for Sri Lanka, on which cricket fans gave a lot of reactions through social media. Mathews played a brilliant inning of 141 runs while Chandimal played a brilliant inning of 107 runs. Situation on the second day of the one-off test match Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Let us tell you that after all out Afghanistan for 198 runs on the first day of the game, Sri Lanka started playing ahead of 80 runs on the second day today. Nishan Madushanka (37) and Dimuth Karunaratne (77) got good starts but could not convert it into big innings. However, Kushal Mendis (10) and captain Dhananjay de Silva (0) proved unsuccessful today. But for Sri Lanka, thanks to the 232-run partnership between Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews for the fourth wicket, the team was able to achieve a good total in the match. So by the end of the day’s play, Sri Lanka had scored 410 runs at the loss of 6 wickets after 101.2 overs. The hosts have taken a strong lead of 212 runs over the visiting team. At the time of stumps, wicketkeeper Sadira Samarawickrama was unbeaten on 21*. On the other hand, if we talk about Afghanistan’s bowling, Navid Zadran and Qais Ahmed have got two wickets each. So Nijat Masood has got one wicket. Well, now it will be worth watching whether Afghanistan is able to make a comeback on the third day of the game or not? See how the fans reacted after the second day’s play ended. #SLvsAFG #CricketTwitter Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Only Test 🚨DAY 2 TEA BREAK🚨 Afghanistan 🇦🇫:-1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣Sri Lanka 🇱🇰:-2️⃣8️⃣7️⃣/3️⃣(69 overs) Angelo Mathews – 79*(152)Dinesh Chandimal – 68*(116) Srilanka🇱🇰 Lead By 8️⃣9️⃣ Runs pic.twitter.com/EH783BkZes — Crickskills (@priyansh1604) February 3, 2024 Field check ✅ ।#Afghanistan #SriLanka #SLvsAFG pic.twitter.com/397fAHtE1X — Sriram Prathapaneni (@Sriram92615830) February 3, 2024 Angelo Mathews just reached his 16th test century. #SLvsAFG pic.twitter.com/PHYe2bMQ4D — Nawaz 🇵🇰 (@Rnawaz31888) February 3, 2024 Dinesh Chandimal cracks his 15th test century.#SLvsAFG pic.twitter.com/cpDIzjjRt0 — Prasanna Rodrigo (@Prasanrod) February 3, 2024 Why do Sri Lankan Commentators talk about the player’s personal matters during an international match @OfficialSLC, #SLvsAFG — Sanjeewa K. Chief™ (@SanjeewaKUK) February 3, 2024 #SLvsAFG unwanted guest in field pic.twitter.com/DrOSxVAvTr — Cricket Shorts (@cricketshorts07) February 3, 2024 Mathews and Chandimal remind me of Sanga Aiya and Mehala Aiya, both are like best friends, and watching them play together warms my heart. #SriLankan #SLvsAFG #Cricket — Mohamed Shazeen (@ShazeenIfamy) February 3, 2024 The weird feeling of joy and happiness when Chandimal succeeds…