Opener Dimuth Karunaratne scored a career best 196 to guide Sri Lanka to an imposing 482 in their first innings of the second and final day-night Test against Pakistan in Dubai on Saturday. Karunaratne missed his double hundred by four runs in a marathon nine hour stay at the crease on the second day of the Test before he unluckily played onto leg-spinner Yasir Shah just before dinner. Shah took 6-184 in a marathon 55.5 overs of hard work and toil on a flat Dubai stadium pitch.

Dimuth Karunaratne of Sri Lanka leave the field after being dismissed by Wahab Riaz of Pakistan during the second day of the second Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on October 7, 2017. Pic/AFP