Abu Dhabi: Pakistan have defeated Sri Lanka in the Super -4 round counter at the Abu Dhabi Stadium, UAE.
According to Balochistan news updates,In a must-win match, having won the toss, the skipper of Pakistan chose to bowl first.
Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed the in-form Mendis for a golden duck.
This wicket kept Sri Lanka under pressure right throughout the innings.
The wickets kept on falling in regular interval. Apart from Kamindu Mendis’ 50 runs, no real Sri Lankan batter stayed longer a play a bigger knock for his team.
Pakistan restricted Sri Lanka for 133 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Shaheen Shah Afridi picked up three wickets while Hussain Talat and Faheem Ashraf picked up two wickets each.
When Pakistan came out to bat, Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan got their side off to a flying start.
Balochistan News Updates:
But both Fakhar and Farhan were removed in one over from Maheesh Thikshana.
In the following over, Hassaranga dismissed skipper Salman Ali Agha and Saim Ayub and Pakistan were struggling at 73/4.
Mohammad Haris too played a wild shot on a delivery of Chameera and was bowled.
At this stage, Hussain Talat and Mohammad Nawaz took the charge at the creese and kept the scoreboard ticking.
Both played quite sensibly and moved ahead to make Pakistan go across the victory line in the 18th over with wickets in hands.
Mohammad Nawaz played a fantastic knock of an undefeatable 38 runs with the help of three sixes in the 18th over, whereas Hussain too played a 30 balls-32 runs knock when it mattered the most.
Hussian Talat, for his impressive all-round performance was declared man of the match.
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Pakistan’s next counter will be against Bangladesh and Dubai on Thursday. India will lock horn with India tomorrow. Sri Lanka have been defeated in both their games in the super four round.
