Sri Lanka, Feb. 2 -- By: M. Shamil Amit

Colombo, Feb. 2 () - Sri Lanka ended in a strong position at 80 for no loss with openers Nishan Madushka unbeaten on 36 and Dimuth Karunaratne on 42 on the opening day of the one-off Test match against Afghanistan at the SSC Grounds in Maitland Place.

This was after Sri Lanka's bowling trio of right-arm pacie Vishwa Fernando, left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya and left-arm pacie Asitha Fernando shared 10 wickets between them to bowl out the visitors for 198.

The Afghans began their innings in an inauspicious start with the loss of their first wicket in the second ball of the first over.

Rahmat Shah along with debutant Noor Ali Zadran came to the rescue with the pair putting on a valuable 57-run...