Winning the toss, Pakistan captain Babar Azam asked Sri Lanka to bat first. Pakistan bowlers were on fire in the early stages of the match, getting 5 wickets inside the powerplay itself, however a crucial partnership from Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Wanindu Hasaranga and great inning from the former helped Sri Lanka post 170 runs.
Chasing the target, Pakistan once again got off to a slow start. They lost two wickets in two balls. And while Iftikhar and Mohammad Rizwan tried to build a partnership, they still didn’t play with a agressive approach and once Rizwan departed, wickets just kept on falling as Sri Lanka made it look like a dominant win from where they were at one stage of the match.
While the Pakistan fans were disappointed, there was joy all over faces of the Sri Lankan supporters.