Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 2nd Test Day 2: New Zealand are in a bad situation at the end of the second day of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka being played at the Galle International Stadium.

Sri Lanka declared their first innings at 602 runs after losing 5 wickets in 163.4 overs. Kamindu Mendis scored the most runs for the team. He played a century innings of 182 (250) runs. He hit 16 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. Apart from him, Dinesh Chandimal played a century innings of 116 (208). He hit 16 fours in his innings.

Kushal Mendis scored a century of 106* runs in 149 balls with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes. Angelo Mathews scored a half-century of 88 runs in 185 balls with the help of 7 fours. Dimuth Karunaratne scored 46 runs in 109 balls with the help of 4 fours. Kamindu and Kushal put on 200(271)* runs for the sixth wicket partnership.

Kamindu Mendis New Sensation for Sri Lanka Cricket
Kamindu Mendis, the new sensation in Test cricket for Sri Lanka, has scored 1000 runs in just eight matches. He achieved this feat during his unbeaten innings of 182 runs in the ongoing second Test against New Zealand in Galle. If we talk about statistics, he has equaled the legendary Don Bradman by achieving this feat in 13 innings.

By the end of the second day's play, New Zealand's team has scored 22 runs after losing two wickets in 14 overs. Kane Williamson is playing unbeaten on 6 runs and Ajaz Patel is playing unbeaten on 0 runs. New Zealand's team, which came out to bat in the first innings, did not have a good start and two batsmen returned to the pavilion at just 19 runs.

Devon Conway scored the highest 9 runs for New Zealand. Apart from Devon Conway, Kane Williamson scored 6 runs. Asitha Fernando and Prabhat Jayasuriya got one wicket each for Sri Lanka. New Zealand's team is still 580 runs behind.

Playing 11s for the Match
Sri Lanka: Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kusal Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Asitha Fernando, Nishan Peiris, Prabath Jayasuriya, Milan Rathnayake.

New Zealand: Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Kane Wiliamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee (captain), Ajaz Patel, Will O’Rourke.