Their stand of 249 is a record for Sri Lanka against Pakistan, improving upon the 207 by Thilan Samaraweera and Tillakaratne Dilshan in Lahore in 2009. Pakistan will look to tighten their grip on the opening Test when play resumes on Day 3 in Rawalpindi, with Sri Lanka trailing by 320 runs after reaching 114-3 in reply to the hosts’ 434-9 declared.