Pakistan pulled off a Cricket World Cup-record run chase of 345 to beat Sri Lanka in Hyderabad and make it two wins from two to start out the match.
Mohammad Rizwan (131no) and Abdullah Shafique (113) starred with the bat for Pakistan, the previous hitting the successful runs with 10 balls to spare to higher Eire’s earlier document of 329 to beat England in 2011.
Sri Lanka, conversely, have misplaced each of their opening matches after they have been closely crushed by South Africa within the match opener.
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Kusal Mendis (122) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (108) had earlier struck superb centuries of their very own for Sri Lanka as they posted 344-9 after successful the toss and electing to make first use of the pitch.
Hasan Ali (4-71) in the end dismissed each batters and, together with the assistance of Haris Rauf (2-64) and Shaheen Afridi (1-66), helped drag Pakistan again into the competition because the Sri Lankan innings sputtered to a end.
With Sri Lanka in an excellent place at 294-4 after 41 overs, Mohammad Nawaz (1-62) first eliminated Dhananjaya de Silva (25) to start out the forty second, triggering a run of 5 wickets for less than 50 runs within the ultimate 9 overs.
In reply, Pakistan slipped to 37-2 inside eight overs as they misplaced Imam-ul-Haq (12) and captain Babar Azam (10) cheaply – each accounted for by Dilshan Madushanka (2-60).
However that solely introduced Shafique and Rizwan collectively on the crease, with the pair promptly placing on 176 collectively for the third wicket, with Shafique going by way of to a maiden ODI hundred in simply his fifth match.
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Dushan Hemantha made an excellent catch in an enormous wicket to take away Abdullah Shafique
The 23-year-old opener was finally dismissed and the partnership ended to start out the thirty fourth over, because of a shocking diving catch by sub-fielder Dushan Hemantha at backward level.
At that time, Pakistan nonetheless wanted 132 additional runs to win off 101 deliveries, however Rizwan fantastically went up by way of the gears – ably supported by Saud Shakeel (31) and latterly Iftikhar Ahmed (22no) – as he notched a 3rd ODI ton and cracked the successful run.
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Pakistan are subsequent in motion on Saturday, additionally towards India, in a mouth-watering matchup, whereas Sri Lanka’s subsequent match is towards Australia on Monday – each video games stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket from 9am (first ball at 9.30am). Full World Cup fixture checklist and timings might be discovered right here.
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