Rawalpindi:
Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final to win the Tri-T20I series.
In the match played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan achieved the target of 115 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the 19th over.
Babar Azam scored 37 runs not out for Pakistan. Saeem Ayub 36, Sahibzada Farhan 23, captain Salman Agha 14 and Fakhar Zaman scored 3 runs.
Muhammad Nawaz was not out by scoring 3 runs.
Pravan Ratnayake dismissed 2 players for Sri Lanka. Ishan Malinga and Vinandu Hasaranga took 1 wicket each.
Earlier, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 114 in the 20th over, batting first on Pakistan’s invitation.
Sri Lanka didn’t get off to a good start, after getting out, a partnership of 64 runs was established, which, as soon as it broke, the batting line of the Lincoln team proved to be a pile of sand and 7 players could score only 16 runs.
When Sri Lanka opened the batting, Shaheen Afridi sent Patham Nissanka to the pavilion for an individual score of 11 on a total score of 20.
Mohammad Nawaz then broke the Sri Lankan batsmen’s 64-run partnership and sent Kaushal Mendes to the pavilion for an individual score of 14 and a total of 84.
After that, Saim Ayub dealt a blow to the Sri Lankan team by taking the big wicket of Kamil Mishra, Mishra played a brilliant innings of 59 runs from 47 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 2 fours, thus the third wicket also fell on 98 runs.
Shaheen Afridi, Muhammad Nawaz took three wickets each while Abrar Ahmed took two wickets, Saeem Ayub and Salman Mirza took one wicket each. Kamil Mishra was the outstanding batsman by scoring 59 runs while 8 Sri Lankan players could not even enter double figures.
