Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Kusal Mendis is the player of the Match but his unbeaten 84 off 47 balls.

"We bowled really well today in the middle period," Mendis says. The fielding was better too, and the batting was excellent. Kamindu batted really well after the Powerplay. He played his natural game, and I did too. We did really well in all three departments." Says they will need to adapt to the changing formats, but feels confident they'll do it.

Sahibzada Farhan is the player of the series, which is unsurprising. Three successive half-centuries. He has been immense for Pakistan, and his captaincy has got off to a very auspicious start.

"We posted excellent targets in the first two matches, but today we lost top-order wickets, so I tried to take the game deep. You can't determine that someone has failed after just one game."

This is the highest tally by a Pakistani in a three-match series. "I try to be consistent," Farhan says. Well, he certainly did that, and now he's off to pick up the series trophy, and that's it from us here. See you for the ODI tri-series.

SK Pamiri: "Nafay looks a non-keeper who has been asked to keep wicket becuase the dedicated wicketkeeper got retired hurt during the match. The way PCB humiliated M. Rizwan, this is karma at its worst."

17.1
4
Razaullah to BKG Mendis, FOUR, crunched through the covers and that wraps up an emphatic win for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka become the first side to beat Pakistan in five T20Is in Pakistan. It may only be a consolation win, but Sri Lanka have put on a clinic today that demonstrates they have so much to work with

END OF OVER:
17 | 15 Runs | SL: 168/2 (1 run required from 18 balls, RR: 9.88, RRR: 0.33)

  • Kamindu Mendis40 (27b)
  • Kusal Mendis83 (47b)
  • Salman Mirza3-0-40-0
  • Mohammad Imran4-0-31-1
16.6
0
Salman Mirza to PHKD Mendis, no run, tried to play across the line, but it holds its line and whooshes past off stump
16.5
1
Salman Mirza to BKG Mendis, 1 run, slashed to deep cover for a single that levels the scores
16.4
6
Salman Mirza to BKG Mendis, SIX, and that is the shot of the day, surely. Regal drive high over the bowler's head and it rockets off the middle of the bat over the sightscreen
16.3
4
Salman Mirza to BKG Mendis, FOUR, back of a length ball, and uppercut over the keeper for four. This is much too easy for Sri Lanka at the moment
16.2
0
Salman Mirza to BKG Mendis, no run, tried the same shot again , but it catches the toe-end of the bat

Shayan: "@Venkat, I think the other Haris did more damage to Pakistan that day..."

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15Lahiru UdaraSineth Jayawardena
2nd59BKG MendisSineth Jayawardena
3rd98BKG MendisPHKD Mendis