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Pallekele: Younis Khan's unbeaten ton 171 and Shan Masood (125) laid the platform for Pakistan to chase down record 377 runs in series-deciding third Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Tuesday.
The tourists, set a challenging target of 377 runs, chase down after lunch on final day and clinch series by 2-1.
Skipper Misbah-ul Haq was unbeaten on 59. He added century stand with senior partner Younis 125 for fourth wicket.
Younis Khan hits eighteen boundaries in 271-ball knock. Misbah scores eight boundaries and a winning six on Jehan Mubarak.
Pakistan is first team, achieve the target have scored more than 300 runs in the fourth innings to win a Test on Sri Lankan soil. This also Pakistan highest 4th innings total. Pakistan previous best fourth innings was 343/3 against South Africa in 2010 in draw Test.
Previous Pakistan's highest successful chase was 314 runs they made against Australia to win the Karachi Test way back in 1994.
Pakistan added 25 runs to their overnight score when they lost the wicket of Shan Masood, who was stumped by Dinesh Chandimal off Tharindu Kaushal for 125.
The Kuwait-born left-hander's maiden Test century came during a third-wicket stand of 242 with Younis after Pakistan had been reduced to 13-2 on Monday afternoon.
Sri Lanka claimed the second new ball as soon as it was due in the 80th over, but the seamers were unable to make an impression on the easy-paced wicket.
The two teams will play a limited-overs series of five one-day internationals, followed by two Twenty20 games, from Saturday.
Brief scores
Sri Lanka - 278 (Karunaratne 130, Yasir 5-78) and 313 (Mathews 122, Chandimal 67, Imran 5-58)
Pakistan - 215 (Sarfraz 78*, Azhar 52, Pradeep 3-29) and 382/3 (Younis 101*, Masood 125, Misbah 59*)
Result - Pakistan won by seven wickets
MOM - Younis Khan (Pakistan)
Player of the series - Yasir Shah (Pakistan)
