Dimuth Karunaratne had an auspicious start to his debut as Sri Lanka’s 17th Test captain as the Islanders took the honours on the opening day of the first Test against South Africa with a solid bowling performance at Kingsmead in Durban on Wednesday (February 13).

Left-arm pacer Vishwa Fernando returned career-best figures of 4/62 while Kasun Rajtha picked up three wickets to bowl the hosts out for 235 in 59.4 overs. In reply, Karunaratne (28*) and debutant Oshada Fernando (17*) tackled a tough period against the South African pacers before bad light brought an end to the day’s play 18 minutes ahead of schedule. At stumps, Sri Lanka were 49/1 after 16 overs still trailing South Africa by 186 runs.

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