Bhanuka Rajapaksa smashed an unbeaten 71 off 45 balls in Dubai to guide Sri Lanka as Pakistan went 58-5 to 170-6 within the closing after successful the toss and electing to discipline.
Rajapaksa gave Sri Lanka a late flourish when he hit Shah for a boundary off the ultimate ball after which broke six overs of additional cowl to present Sri Lanka a robust whole to defend. Rajapaksa hit six fours and three sixes in his innings.
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In reply, Pakistan had been diminished to 147 off the final balls as their top-order continued to battle in opposition to the tempo with pacer Pramod Madushan claiming 4-34 of their second T20I.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa stated in a post-match press convention, “The last ball six and the last over helped us build momentum and it’s a game of pace.”
Rajapaksa and Wanindu Hasaranga (36 off 21 balls) added 58 fast runs after Sri Lanka scored 58 for five.
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“It was not simple there. Pakistan was bowling nicely. When Wanindu got here, we obtained a plan. We wished to be constructive on a regular basis. When Iftikhar was bowling, Wanindu stated he would assault them. But Thankfully we each obtained into hassle. I needed to change my sport as a result of Pakistanis had been on prime. We wished to spend a while on the crease and that helped us rating 170 runs.
There was one other 54-run stand with Chamika Karunaratne as Sri Lanka crossed the 160-run mark.
“When Chris (Silverwood) got here out to speak to us after the tenth over, I advised him 140 was an excellent rating. But we stayed until the tip and the goal was fairly totally different.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
