Herath (top) celebrates after taking the wicket of Asad Shafiq during the second Test in Colombo. (Source: Reuters)

Rangana Herath put Sri Lanka within sight of victory in the second Test against Pakistan by taking four second-innings wickets on Sunday.

Chasing 271 to win the match and level the two-match series, Pakistan were precariously placed at 127-7 at stumps on the fourth day with their last specialist batsman Sarfraz Ahmed (38 not out) batting with tailender Wahab Riaz (2).

Seamer Dhammika Prasad dismissed openers Khurram Manzoor (10) and Ahmed Shehzad (8).

Herath then snared Azhar Ali (10), Younis Khan (8), captain Misbah-ul-Haq (3) and Asad Shafiq (32) to finish with a career-best haul of 13-178.

Pakistan ended Sri Lanka’s second innings on 282.

Sri Lanka, which leads the two-match series 1-0, made 320 in its first innings and dismissed Pakistan for 332.