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Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan One-off Test: The second day of the only Test between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan witnessed an unusual stoppage in the action at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, February 3.

Of all the possible interruptions, a monitor lizard, an unwanted visitor made its appearance during Sri Lanka's first innings in their first-ever Test match against Afghanistan.

 

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The instance took place in the 48th over of Sri Lanka innings, forcing the officials to stop the game for a while.

Such things were also seen during the Lanka Premier League last year with snakes, making interruptions in multiple matches.

 

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Talking about the ongoing contest, the hosts Sri Lanka looks way ahead in the match with a first-inning lead of over 100 runs, having bowled Afghanistan out for 198 runs.

In reply, Sri Lanka had a remarkable star as the openers Nishan Madushanka and Dimuth Karunaratne stitched a 93-run stand.

While Madushanka was dismissed for 37 runs in 53 balls in the 16th over by Naveed Zadran, Karunaratne went on to score his half-century, adding 22 runs with Kusal Mendis for the second wicket.

Karunaratne after scoring 77 runs in 72 balls on the back of 12 fours was dismissed by Qais Ahmed in the 22md over.

After Mendis' dismissal for just 10 runs by Nijat Masood, experienced campaigners Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal joined each other in the middle.

While both the batters scored their respective, half-centuries, Sri Lanka's first-inning score went past the 300-run mark.

Earlier, the hosts put Afghanistan into bat first after winning the toss and bowled them out for just 198 runs.

Vishwa Fernando was the pick of the bowlers as he took four wickets for just 51 runs in his 12 overs.

He got promising support from Asitha Fernando and Prabath Jayasuriya with the duo taking three wickets each.