World Cup 2023: Pakistan overcame Sri Lanka's mountain-like target, winning by 6 wickets

Brilliant centuries by Muhammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafiq, the wicket-keeper batsman adjudged Man of the Match

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In the 8th match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup 2023, Pakistan overcame Sri Lanka's mountain-like target of 345 runs and won by 6 wickets. Muhammad Rizwan played an unbeaten innings of 131 runs and was the best of the match. Abdullah Shafiq also scored a century.


Pakistan suffered two major losses at the start of Sri Lanka's chase of 345 runs when Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam returned to the pavilion for just 37. A valuable partnership of 176 runs was established between


Abdullah Shafiq returned to the pavilion on a total of 213, he played an aggressive innings of 113 runs off 103 balls which included 10 fours and 3 sixes, Saud Shakeel also lost his wicket after scoring 31 runs.


Mohammad Rizwan stood firm in front of the Sri Lankan bowlers, he played an unbeaten innings of 131 runs off 121 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 8 fours. Mohammad Rizwan was declared the best player of the match for his brilliant batting. Iftikhar Ahmed played a lightning fast innings of 22 runs off 10 balls.


The Pakistan team achieved the desired target with 10 balls left for the loss of 4 wickets, this is the second victory of the national team in the event while it is the second defeat of Sri Lanka. Earlier, Pakistan defeated the Netherlands by 82 runs while the Islanders had to face defeat at the hands of South Africa.


Earlier in the ICC World Cup 2023 match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan and scored 344 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the scheduled 50 overs, two players of the Islanders scored centuries. .

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The cricket teams of Pakistan and Sri Lanka are competing in the 8th match of the round robin stage of the World Cup 2023 in the Indian city of Hyderabad.


Sri Lanka suffered their first loss for 5 runs in the second over when Kosal Perera was caught for no runs by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan off Hasan Ali.


Sri Lanka's second loss came at 107 in the 18th over when Shadab Khan dismissed Patham Nissanka.


The Lincoln team's third wicket fell on 218 runs when Kosal Mendes played a brilliant innings of 122 runs off 77 balls and was dismissed by Hasan Ali.


Charath Asalanka also fell victim to Hasan Ali, he failed to score runs, Dhananjaya De Silva 25, Dasan Shanaka 12, Dinath Velalage 10 and Mahesh Theekshana were out for no runs.


Sri Lanka's Sudira Samara Wickrama, batting aggressively, scored 108 runs off just 89 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes, he was caught out by Mohammad Rizwan off Hasan Ali.


On behalf of Pakistan, Hasan Ali scored 4 for 71 runs, Haris Rauf scored 2, Shaheen, Nawaz and Shadab each dismissed one player.


Earlier, talking on the occasion of the toss, national team captain Babar Azam said that a change has been made in the team and Abdullah Shafiq has been included in place of Fakhar Zaman.


Babar Azam further said that the first 10 overs will be very important in bowling.


Both the teams are playing their second match in this mega event, the national team won against Netherlands in their first match while Sri Lanka was defeated by South Africa.


The Green Shirts have never lost to Lincoln Tigers in World Cup history.