Lanka Dahan by Abdullah and Rizwan; Pakistan’s record breaking chase in World Cup history!

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka World Cup:

Today, the eighth match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the World Cup was played at the Rajiv Gandhi Maidan. Sri Lanka washed Pakistan’s bowlers and scored 344 runs. The challenge given by Lanka was overcome by Pakistan’s bowlers by retaining 6 wickets. Pakistan has made a record breaking chase in World Cup history. (Latest Marathi News)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first. The Sri Lankan batsmen aggressively faced the penetrating attack of the Pakistani bowlers. Sri Lankan Kusal Mendis washed the Pakistani bowlers well.

Mendis played a storming knock of 122 runs off 77 balls with the help of 14 fours and 6 sixes for Lanka. Samarvikrama scored 108 runs in 89 balls. Samarvikram scored his first century in the ODI format. Lanka scored 344 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs.

Pakistan got off to a poor start chasing the challenge from Lanka. Lanka conceded 6 runs in the first over. The first blow to Pakistan came in the form of Imam-ul-Haq.

Imam returned in 12 runs. Then captain Babar Azam also scored 10 runs in 15 balls. Shafiq and Mohammad Rizwa then took charge. Shafiq scored a fifty in 58 balls. Rizwan also scored a fifty in 58 balls.

Shafiq and Rizwan continued to show restraint. Shafiq completed his century in 97 balls. Then Shafiq was caught in the 34th over. Shafiq scored 113 runs. After that, Rizwan completed the century in 97 balls while taking charge.

Shakeel was dismissed by Mahish’s bowling. Needing 20 runs in the last three overs, Rizwan and Iftikhar played a restrained game to help the team win. Pakistan made a record breaking chase in the history of World Cup.