At stumps, WI were 43-0 with Brandon King 37 and John Campbell 2. Latham and Conway became the first pair in Tests to achieve a triple century and century partnership in the same match.

Put in to bat, Victory CC posted 306-6 in their allotted 45 overs. Suryansh Shedge smashed 97 off 64 balls (4x4, 8x6) while Manan Bhatt and Suved Parkar scored 61 and 58 respectively. Left-arm spinner Shams Mulani and pacer Sylvester D’souza claimed two wickets each.    

India restricted Sri Lanka to a modest 121 for six after the visiting batters struggled to put away the loose balls. In reply, the hosts chased the target in 14.4 overs thanks to an unbeaten 69 off 44 balls by Jemimah Rodrigues. Opener Smriti Mandhana contributed 25 off 25 balls

Stokes admitted as much, but said defeat hurt nevertheless. “We came here with a goal in mind and we’ve not being able to achieve that. It hurts and it sucks but we ain’t going to stop,” he said

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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will look to set the tone early just as he did during his 95-ball 171 against UAE, while Abhigyan Kundu, who scored 209 against Malaysia and Aaron George will power the middle-order against a strong Pakistan pace bowling unit

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