On Monday, Babar Azam slammed his 11th century while pacer Usman Shinwari cli♎nched five wickets to help Pakistan defeat Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the second ODI of the three-match series played at National Stadium in Karachi after 10 years.
After opting to bat first, Pakistan scored 305/7 in 50 overs, setting a target of 306 runs for the visitors. In reply, Sri Lanka’s Shehan Jayasuriya scored 96 and Dasun Shanaka scored 68 to stay in the hunt after Pakistan reduced them to a mere 28/5 within the first 11 overs.
Breaking the 177-run sixth-wicket stand in the 41st over, Shinwari outfoxed Jayasuriya making himꦇ caught behind. Following Jayasuriya, Shanaka was removed by Shadab Khan in the next over with Fakhar Zaman taking a brilliant catch at deep midwicket.
The Islanders were eventually bundled out for 238 in 4🦂6.5 overs with Shinwari returning figures of 5/51 in his 10 ꦑovers.
The match, despite its usual competitiveness, was played out in good spirit. One example of thatꦜ was evident when Shehan Jayasuriya went down due to multiple cramps in his hamstring. The Pakistani players including skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed helped him to stretch out before the Lankan physiotherapist took over.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Sarfaraz Ahmed’s act
Pakistan ce💛rtainly stretched Sri Lanka✃ today 😅 |
— ICC (@ICC)
Like Teacher, Like Student
— Kumar Sourav (@AdamDhoni1)
Reminds me Dhoni & Faf 😇
— Banajit Das/বনজিৎ দাস (@bana111das)
Spirit of cricket! ❤
— Momibot Qazibot v 2.0 🇵🇸 (@momiqazi)
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Yes… Hospitality by Pakistani is one of the great all over the world… not only on the field..🙂
— Zaidiiee (@Zaidiiee1)
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YOU BEAUTY GUYS … GOOD WORK EXCELLENT …. 💚💚— Moazzam Ali Ba꧅ig (معظم علی بیگ) (@moazzamalibaig3)
