Can Pakistan become the first team to chase 200+ run target at Galle against SL?

After a long and hard battle, Sri Lanka managed to put a 342-run target on the board for Pakistan to chase.

The home side won the toss and opted to bat first and utilize their spinners while defending the target. The strategy made complete sense when you consider that no team has ever chased down a 200+ run target at Galle against the Sri Lankans.

Pakistan, while chasing, have already lost two crucial wickets of Imam-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali. However, if the men in Green can pull off a victory, then it is bound to go down in the history books.

From a different context, Pakistan have only ever chased a 300+ run target only three times in their entire Test match history; two of those victories came against Sri Lanka while the third one was in 1994 against the mighty Australians.

With Babar Azam in a flowing form, it remains to be seen whether the likes of him and the other batters can withstand the Sri Lankan spinners on a turning pitch on Day 4 and Day 5.

There has only been one instance when a 200+ run target was chased at Galle and Sri Lanka they were the one to have chased it against New Zealand back in 2019.

Here is a complete list of totals that have been chased at Galle:

• Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand, 268
• England vs. Sri Lanka, 164
• Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan, 99
• Sri Lanka vs. India, 95
• Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand, 93