MIRPUR: Sri Lanka have defeated Pakistan from the fourth position in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) points table after a 1-0 series success over Bangladesh, here on Friday.
Sri Lanka national men’s cricket team finalized 12 vital points.
Subsequent their series win over the hosts Bangladesh to defeat the then fourth-placed Pakistan in the World Test Championship points table.
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The two-match Test series clinched today as the touring side only required 29 runs.
To closure the victory and the series as the first Test was ended in a draw.
Sri Lankan pacer Asitha Fernando was adjudged the player of the match.
Who befitted just the second bowler from the country to take a 10-wicket haul in an away Test.
The veteran right-handed batter Angelo Matthews, on the other hand, was adjudged as the Player of the Series.
He continued the top-scorer of the series with 344 runs containing two centuries.
The Green Shirts will now take on Sri Lanka in a two-match away Test series.
Scheduled in July-August this year and will be expecting to regain their position on the points table.