After enlisting their first win of the visit, Sri Lanka will be discreetly sure when the two groups meet again in the second of the three-coordinate T20I series at Lahore’s Gaddafi arena.
Pakistan v Sri Lanka, second T20I
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Monday, 7 October; 6:30pm nearby, 01:30pm GMT
Danushka Gunathalika scored a well-created 57 to manage Sri Lanka to 165/5 of every 20 overs, before the bowlers put on a total exhibition to package out Sri Lanka for 101 in the eighteenth over to enroll a decided 64-run win. They will currently hope to convey a similar power going ahead to seal the arrangement in the subsequent game.
Pakistan managed to end Sri Lanka’s advancement in the last overs, on account of a cap stunt from 19-year-old Mohammad Hansnain, however it was their batting exertion that cost them the game. Veterans Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal, each creation their universal rebounds, neglected to leave an imprint, with the last enrolling a first-ball duck.
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ODI
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➙ Lasith Malinga v New Zealand, Pallekele
➙ MOHAMMAD HASNAIN v Sri Lanka, Lahore
The hosts will require a solid presentation from their accomplished top four, driven by the dynamic Babar Azam, the top positioned batsman in MRF Tires ICC T20I rankings, to organize a rebound and set up the last game as an arrangement decider on Wednesday, 9 October.
Keep in mind the last time:
Fueled by Danushka Gunathalika and supported by Avishka Fernando and Bhanuka Rajapaksha, Sri lanka hustled to 135/2 in the sixteenth over in the wake of being placed in to bat by the hosts. Mohammad Hansnain’s cap stunt limited the guests to 165/7 to resuscitate seeks after Pakistan, yet the home group never truly recuperated in the wake of being diminished to 13/2 in the second over of the pursuit. Nuwan Pradeep, Isuru Udana and Wanindu Hasaranga shared eight wickets between them as Sri Lanka wrapped up an agreeable 64-run win.
No issue for Sri Lanka, who, after seven games without a success in the arrangement, have now recorded consecutive triumphs just because since March 2018!#PAKvSL
Sarfaraz Ahmed, Pakistan skipper: “In T20s we can’t trifle with any group. Credit to them, they kept it tight with the ball and in the field in the center overs. We didn’t have a decent day with the ball, however at one phase it seemed as though they would get to 170-180 and Hasnain brought us back well. God willing, we’ll do well in the following game.”
Dasun Shanaka, Sri Lanka skipper: “It’s an extraordinary accomplishment without our top weapons to beat them here. Our openers made a gigantic showing for us. We had conviction that once every one of the young men perform we’ll win games.”