MIRPUR: Pakistan grabbed victory against Sri Lanka by six wickets over loss of four wickets by chasing 151 runs with four balls remaining besides holding third position on the T20I Asia Cup 2016 ranking table.
Green Shirts chased target thanked to ‘Man of the Match’ Umar Akmal’s 48 off 37 balls while Sarfraz Ahmed smashed 38 off 27 balls to become second top scorer as well. Sharjeel Khan scored 31 and Mohammad Hafeez included 14 to the scorecard.
Nuwan Kulasekara, Shehan Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Milinda Siriwardana took one wicket each.
Earlier, Sri Lanka set handsome target of 150 runs against Pakistan over loss of four wickets during the 10th match of the tournament here on Saturday.
Sri Lankan openers, Dinesh Chandimal and Tillakaratne Dilshan, exhibited outstanding performance to provide firm stand to their side by building 110 runs partnership. Chandimal’s individual score was 58 off 49 balls while Dilshan made unbeaten 75 runs off 56 balls.
Mohammad Irfan grabbed two wickets, Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik took one wicket each while in-form Mohammad Amir failed to grab any wicket.
Spinner Mohammad Nawaz became most expensive bowler for Pakistan who provided 38 runs in three overs with highest economy rate of 12.66 pc.
Shahid Afridi-eleven had decided to field first after winning toss against Sri Lanka in their last match of Asia Cup 2016 being played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Pakistan entered the ground with three changes as Anwar Ali, Mohammad Sami and Khurram Manzoor were replaced by Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Nawaz and T20I debutant Iftikhar Ahmed.
Pakistan team
Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi*, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Nawaz (3)
Sri Lanka team
Dinesh Chandimal*, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shehan Jayasuriya, Niroshan Dickwella†, Chamara Kapugedera, Milinda Siriwardana, Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Herath, Dushmantha Chameera
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Enamul Haque
TV umpire: Sharfuddoula
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
