Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Highlights, World Cup 2023: Rizwan, Shafique tons help Pakistan pull off record chase

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Wellalage floats the first ball of the 30th outside off and Shafique smashes that down the ground. Pakistan starting to fly now.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Second consecutive fifty in this World Cup for Mohammad Rizwan and the crowd is cheering loud and clear for him. He has stepped up and how in these first two matches of the World Cup for Pakistan.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Pakistan cross 150, Shafique on 79 off 82 and Rizwan on 41 off 53. Pakistan slowly but steadily increasing their scoring rate and these are worrying signs for Sri Lanka. Still a long way from Pakistan getting anywhere close to the target but they are on the right track.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Charith Asalanka comes in to bowl the 27th over and his fourth delivery is smoked down the ground by Shafique for his fifth boundary of the innings.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Pakistan are 138/2. Shafique on 68 off 75. Rizwan 39 off 48. The partnership between the pair has now crossed 100. Theekshana and Madushanka have bowled five overs thus far while Wellalage has bowled six. Pathirana and Shanaka have bowled four each and Dhananjaya de Silva bowled two rather expensive overs. Madushanka remains the only wicket taker thus far for Sri Lanka.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Pakistan are 125/2 in 23 overs. Shafique on 62 off 68 and Rizwan on 32 off 43. The run rate has crept up above 5 and so, it is all going well at the moment for Pakistan.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: The first six may have been largely thanks to a misfield from Sri Lanka but this one is emphatic. Dhananjaya de Silva bowling the 21st and Shafique steps out to the second ball and tonks it over midwicket. That is the longer side of the ground and he has managed to put the ball in the stands there.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: It has come in 58 deliveries. Just the kind of innings that Pakistan needed at this stage. The partnership between him and Rizwan is now approaching 70 and so, Sri Lanka know they need a wicket here ASAP.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Shafique swats the fifth ball of the 19th between deep midwicket and deep square leg and that goes to the boundary. One run away from his half century now.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Shafique has now reached 43 in 54, Rizwan on 21 off 27. Steady does it for Pakistan at the moment. Partnership between these two is now on 58 off 64.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Pathirana pitches up the second ball of the 16th outside off, Rizwan leands into the drive and sends it past the bowler. What a shot that is.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Drinks break now. Pakistan need 274 to win in 35 overs. They are currently going at 4.73 and their required rate is 7.82. Rizwan is on 10 off 19, Shafique on 37 off 44.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: First six of the innings and it has come thanks to some terrible communication between the two fielders at the boundary. That should have been the end of Abdullah Shafique's day. Pathirana digs in the fourth ball of the 14th over short, Shafique tries to hook but it takes a top edge. Fine leg and square leg fielders converge at the boundary and both players pull out, allowing the ball to land squarely on the boundary pad. Pakistan 67/2 in 13.4 overs

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Rizwan six off 10, Shafique on 25 off 35. The run rate is 4.58 while the required rate is at 7.63. Not comfortable at all at the moment for Pakistan but they would know better than to let themselves succumb to the scorecard pressure.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Sri Lanka lost a review with the last ball of the 10th over. Bouncer from Madushanka to Abdullah, it flew off the batter's helmet to the fielder at cover. Sri Lanka appeal, the umpire shakes his head and Shanaka reviews. There was no bat on it as it turns out and so Sri Lanka have just one more review left.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Rizwan is the new man in and he is yet to get off the mark after facing four deliveries. Shafique has scored 14 in 17.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Strangled down the leg side! Pakistan's captain falls for a cheap score once again in this World Cup.

Babar c Samarawickrama b Madushanka 10 (15), Pakistan 37/2 in 7.2 overs

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: FOUR! Some aggression from Shafique. Short from Shanaka for the fifth ball of the seventh, Shafique comes down the track and pulls the Sri Lanka captain over midwicket.

Pakistan 36/1 in 6.5 overs

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Babar is on 9 off 11 balls, Abdullah Shafique on 6 off 13. The current rate is well below the required rate but Pakistan have the batters to make up for that. For now, their priority would be survival and getting runs the easiest way possible.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Early breakthrough for Sri Lanka! Quite a brilliant catch at fine leg and Dilshan Madushanka gets an early wicket for Sri Lanka. Imam seems surprised by a short one that comes too quickly at him. He goes for a pull shot, doesn't quite the connection he wanted, Kusal Perera runs in and judges his dive forward to perfection.

Imam c Perera b Madushanka 12 (12), Pakistan 16/1 in 3.3 overs

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Abdullah Shafique and Imam-Ul-Haq have walked out in the middle as Pakistan eye their highest successful ODI chase of all time. Sri Lanka straightaway start with spin as Maheesh Theekshana begins the proceedings, and almost had a wicket had a direct hit from Samarawickrama could have landed Shafique in trouble.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Five dot balls and two wickets in the last over means that Sri Lanka will not get to 350. They finish six short of it – on 344/9 – and although Pakistan did well to limit SL to that total, it will require a herculean chase. Sri Lanka will be the happier of the two teams but Pakistan won't be too dejected themselves. Yes, they gave away almost 350 but it could have been a lot worse had it not been for those last few wickets in quick succession.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: Dunith Wellalage with a crucial boundary that gets Sri Lanka to 343. Just 7 needed now off the last over to breach that 350-run mark. Meanwhile, due to a bad over rate, Pakistan have been dealt a penalty which means only 4 of their fielders will be allowed outside the circle. Haris Rauf to bowl the final over.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: OUT! Big wicket for Pakistan, Hasan Ali picks his 4th as SL lose Samarawickrama for 108. Tries the reverse scoop but gets an edge into the hands of Mohammad Rizwan. Interesting, hang on! 350 starting to look slightly tougher now with just three more wickets left.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: OUT! A late wicket as Dasun Shanaka falls but Pakistan wouldn't mind. Sri Lanka 324/6 in 46.3 overs. The Sri Lanka captain never got his timing right, and in a bid to up the ante, perishes as Babar Azam takes a catch to give Shaheen Afridi his first wicket of the game. Meanwhile, Samarawickrama, whose standout feature today has been picking the right gaps, has done it again.