Prasad procured prizes for his control and precision and assumed a vital part in breaking the overnight association between Younis Khan and Azhar toward the begin of the day, prompting edges from both batsmen. His exactness helped unsettle Younis Khan who in the end fell got behind to Angelo Mathews for 40 with an indifferent edge. That wicket conveyed an end to a 73-run organization in the middle of Younis and Azhar, however with the score at 202 for 3, Pakistan still had an opportunity to fabricate a bigger aggregate. Rather, whatever remains of the line-up neglected to bat sufficiently long with Azhar to leave an effect. The side lost their last six wickets for 55 runs.
The wickets came generally as the batsmen started settling down. Misbah-ul-Haq was on 22 when he was caught in front by Prasad, not long after Sri Lanka had taken the new ball. Misbah inspected yet replays demonstrated the ball cutting the highest point of the stumps. After Asad Shafiq transformed Dushmantha Chameera into the manager's hands down the leg side, Prasad got the wickets of Sarfraz Ahmed and Yasir Shah in progressive overs. The Pakistan wicketkeeper was gotten behind toward the begin of a crisp spell, and Yasir was yorked for a 11-ball duck.
Prasad did slip in a couple free ones down the leg side and endeavored yorkers that wound up as full hurls however he was beating the batsmen routinely, drawing them forward with length and more full conveyances, while blending the odd short conveyance. He kept the weight up through an augmented second session, peppering the Pakistan tail-enders with fast yorkers. His profits in the second innings took his match pull to a vocation best seven wickets.
Rangana Herath conveyed a major blow when he drew Azhar out of his wrinkle a touch early. The batsman was left stranded down the pitch when Chandimal whipped the safeguards off, completion his innings at 117, which had just six fours.
The tone and pace of his innings on the fourth day was like the way he played amid the 120-run organization with Ahmed Shehzad on day three. There weren't an excess of limit balls on offer, and with a moderate outfield, it got to be basic for Azhar to turn the strike and guarantee the side was not hindered. He kept doing that even as wickets fell around him, yet he was additionally fortunate to be given a couple respites. In the fourth over of the day, he verged on being released on 68 when Prasad drew him forward, yet the edge - more a manager's catch - was dropped by Kumar Sangakkara at first slip. A couple edges in the first session likewise missed the mark regarding defenders.
Azhar raised his century with a punch through mid-off for two off Chameera. It was additionally his fifth Test century against Sri Lanka.
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