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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I in Lahore, Highlights: As it happened

Pak vs Sl: Catch all the action of first T20I between Pakistan and Sri Lanka through our highlights.

Updated on: Oct 5, 2019, 23:42:56 IST
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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I in Lahore, Highlights: As it happened. (AP)
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I in Lahore, Highlights: As it happened. (AP)

As it happened: Sri Lanka managed to upset Pakistan by 64 runs as they recorded their biggest T20 international win over them. Opener Danushka Gunathilaka hit his career-best 57 runs to guide Sri Lanka to 165-5 with Pakistani teenager Mohammad Hasnain also bagging a hattrick. Then the visitors dismantled Pakistan as Nuwan Pradeep (3-21) and Isuru Udana (3-11) wreaked havoc on them. They bowled Pakistan out for just 101 runs in 17.4 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Toss update: Pakistan won the toss and sent Sri Lanka into bat in the first Twenty20 international in Lahore, with maverick batsmen Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal back in the home side. Shehzad, 27, is playing for the first time since a five-and-half month ban after he failed a doping test last year while Umar is playing his first Twenty20 since September 2016. Sri Lanka are led by allrounder Dasun Shanaka for the first time after regular T20 captain Lasith Malinga and nine top players refused to tour Pakistan over security fears. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 27, is making his international debut. The remaining two matches will also be played in Lahore on Monday and Wednesday.

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Umar Akmal, Asif Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain

Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Danushka Gunathilaka, Shehan Jayasuriya, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Minod Bhanuka (wk), Dasun Shanaka (c), Isuru Udana, Lakshan Sandakan, Wanindu Hasaranga, Kasun Rajitha, Nuwan Pradeep

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