Younis Khan and Shaan Masood both deserve enormous credit for the manner in which they played. Shaan Masood and Younis Khan came together at 13 for 2 in a chase of 377, and the unbroken 217-run stand between Masood and Younus is already a Pakistan record for the fourth innings of a Test, surpassing the 212-run stand between Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar against New Zealand.
The duo responded with the highest fourth-innings partnership ever for Pakistan. Now Pakistan has entered the final day’s play on Tuesday needing a further 56 runs in hand on a wearing but easy-paced pitch at the Pallekele International Stadium.
Pakistan’s most veteran players Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq are on ground to mark the historic win against Sri Lanka.
If Pakistan wins, it will be the first time a visiting team will have scored more than 300 runs in the fourth innings to win a Test on Sri Lankan soil.