Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in a spectacular fashion. Pakistan's batsmen showed an amazing game and presented an example of explosive batting. Sri Lanka gave Pakistan a target of 345 runs to win, which the Pakistani team easily achieved. Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafiq scored brilliant centuries for Pakistan.

Pakistan achieved victory

The Pakistani team, which came out to chase the big target, did not have a good start. When captain Babar Azam and Imam ul Haq returned to the pavilion early. After this Abdul Shafiq and Mohammad Rizwan took the responsibility of scoring runs. Both these players batted cautiously at first, but once they got settled, they hit powerful strokes. Shafiq scored 113 runs and Rizwan scored 134 runs. It is because of these players that the Pakistani team was successful in winning the match. The Sri Lankan bowlers played well in the beginning, but later they started losing their rhythm. For this reason he had to face defeat.

For Sri Lanka, no bowler failed to make an impact. Matisha Pathirana gave 90 runs in 9 overs and could take only one wicket. Dunith Vellalaghe gave 62 runs in 10 overs. Mahesh Tikshna gave 59 runs in 10 overs. Sri Lanka had to face defeat due to the poor performance of these bowlers.

Sri Lanka had made a big score

For Sri Lanka, Kusal Mendis scored 122 runs and Sadira Samarawickrama scored 108 runs. It was only because of these two players that the Sri Lankan team was able to reach a big score. Batting first, the Sri Lankan team scored a huge score of 344 runs in the stipulated 50 overs. Pakistan's most successful bowler was Hasan Ali, he took four wickets. Haris Rauf took two wickets in his name.