Full cricket score, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20: PAK beat SL by 7 wickets

After bowling Sri Lanka cricket team out for 102, Pakistan cricket team chased the total down in the 18th over to win by seven wickets in the first T20I in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Hasan Ali took a career best 3-23 for PAK. Get full cricket score and highlights of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 here.

Pakistan cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets to win the first Twenty20 international in Abu Dhabi, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series on Thursday. After sending Sri Lanka cricket team to bat, Pakistan bowled out the visitors for 102 in 18.3 overs and chased the target down in 17.2 overs (103/3).Earlier, Seekuge Prasanna finished with 23 not out while debutant Sadeera Samarawickrama also made 23 for Sri Lanka. Hasan Ali took a career best 3-23 for Pakistan, with Usman Khan and Mohammad Hafeez scalping one each. The T20 series will see the return of Sri Lanka to Pakistan, eight years after their team bus was ambushed by gunmen on their way to the ground in Lahore on March 3, 2009. Get full cricket score and highlights of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 here. (SA vs BAN 1st T20 highlights, full scorecard)

Pakistan cricket team's Hassan Ali celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka cricket team's Sachith Pathirana during their first T20I in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday. Get full cricket score and highlights of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 here.(AP)

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