The hosts lead 1-0 in the three-match series after winning the opener by four wickets. Farhan (89) carried Pakistan to 187-6 in 18.5 overs as he smashed 10 fours and four sixes. Maaz Sadaqat smacked 50 off just 29 balls and Pakistan took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Opening batter Lahiru Udara’s 91 gave Sri Lanka a fighting total of 182-8 against a new-look Pakistan pace attack that featured debutants Mohammad Imran and Razaullah . ( Live Scorecard )
PAK vs SL 2nd T20I Live Updates : Sri Lanka captain K usal Mendis won the toss and opted to bowl against Pakistan in the 2nd T20I in Rawalpindi.
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I Live Score: Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis won the toss and opted to bowl against Pakistan in the 2nd T20I in Rawalpindi.
1 run, that is lofted away for a single. Full-length delivery, attacking the middle stump. Sahibzada Farhan pushes it with the full face of the bat. The ball beats the bowler’s right hand and hits the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Back of a length, over middle. Fakhar Zaman pulls it behind deep square leg for a single. Fyller delivery, on middle, Sahibzada Farhan looks to defend it down, but induces an inside edge before it rolls to deep fine leg for a brace. On a nagging length, angling across, outside off. Sahibzada Farhan looks to smash it downtown, but gets beaten on the outside edge. FOUR! Hammered away! Back of a length, around the hips of the batter. Sahibzada Farhan picks up the length pretty early and pulls it hard, through square leg for four runs. Back of a length, around leg, Sahibzada Farhan flicks it late to short fine leg. DROPPED! Oh, that was hit really hard, and it’s a very tough chance put down by Maheesh Theekshana. Good length on leg, shaping in. Sahibzada Farhan charges down the track whilst making room and heaves it away flat to the right of mid-wicket. Theekshana is quick to react and lunges across, getting both hands on it as well, but the ball bursts through the hands and Farhan gets two runs. Good-length delivery, on off and middle, Sahibzada Farhan blocks it down. More runs for Pakistan! Nuwan aims for the yorker, but spills out a full toss, on off. Fakhar Zaman drills it straight down the ground and gets a boundary. On a length, at the stumps, Fakhar Zaman clips it to wide deep square leg and gets a brace. Excellent shot from Zaman! Pitched fuller, shaping back into the pads. Fakhar Zaman shows superb timing, flicking his wrists to direct the ball wide of long leg. Senith Jayawardene sprints to his right from the deep boundary, lunges out a hand, but can’t hold it back as it trickles past for four. On a length, around middle and leg, Sahibzada Farhan flicks it to square leg and gets a single. Now that one stays pretty low! Pitches it on the back of a good length, outside off. Sahibzada Farhan rocks back to punch it away, but the ball skids through and beats the batter. Pitches it up, around off, Sahibzada Farhan pushes it to cover. Nuwan Thushara to operate from the other end. Oh, what a shot that is! Good-length delivery, on off. Fakhar Zaman makes room and slaps it hard through the cover-point gap for the first boundary of this encounter. Pitches it fuller, just outside off, nipping in a shade away from the left-hander. Fakhar Zaman fends it down the track. HIts the deck hard, does Fernando, outside off. Fakhar Zaman dabs it to cover. Three dots in the trot. Hard-length delivery, outside off, Fakhar Zaman offers no shot at it.
