Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20 Highlights - October 9, 2019

Sri Lanka 147 for 7 (Fernando 78*, Amir 3-27) beat Pakistan 134 for 6 (Sohail 52, Hasaranga 3-21) by 13 runs

Sri Lanka's insane 2019 got considerably more bizarre on Wednesday, when they rolled out five improvements to the group that had won the initial two T20Is against Pakistan, yet figured out how to draw off a whitewash - debutant Oshada Fernando creating the characterizing innings, before legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga took three wickets in his second progressive match.

Oshada hit 78 not out off 48 balls, directing Sri Lanka's recuperation from 30 for 3 after five overs, at that point 58 for 4 after eight. Especially the charm in the innings - no other batsman made even 15 - he guided Sri Lanka to 147 for 7 on a moderate Lahore surface.

That all-out would demonstrate 13 such a large number of for Pakistan, who had a 76-run second-wicket organization but would never stretch out beyond the asking rate. Haris Sohail struck 52 off 50 balls for them, however, there was the feeling that the top request could have been increasingly aggressive in the initial 66% of the innings. After 12 overs the necessary rate had crawled up to nine. Iftikhar Ahmed and Wahab Riaz both struck edgy limits in the last overs, yet they had been left with a lot to do. Hasaranga's two wickets in the eighteenth over viably fixed the whitewash for the guests.

Sri Lanka has always lost a three-coordinate T20 arrangement 3-0. Pakistan has likewise never been whitewashed in a three-coordinate arrangement. This has all been accomplished without any semblance of normal chief Lasith Malinga, or the Kusals - Mendis and Perera - is confounding.

Oshada had been great in his first invasions into Test and ODI cricket, yet he was seemingly far superior on his T20I debut, flicking his first ball in the organization for four through the fine leg, before playing the quietest shot of the night second ball - a lazy straight punch for six. He had 10 keeps running off his initial two balls, and he kept on scoring openly, grabbing continuous singles and twos, yet additionally rebuffing even the smallest blunders from Pakistan's bowlers.

So certain was his beginning that at times he'd even descended the track to quick bowlers. He charged U Shinwari to hit him over mid-off for four right on time in the tenth over, before pulling him fine for four next balls. Oshada was no less viable against the turn, twice driving Shadab Khan for four through the offside in the fourteenth over. He arrived at his 50 years off his 33rd conveyance, and was just increasingly forceful from that point onward, hitting a six and a four off M Amir - both on the legside - before pummeling Wahab Riaz over the profound square leg before long. He remained not out until the end, clearing Amir aeronautically for four for a particularly paramount limit in the nineteenth over.

Pakistan's batting Powerplay went much superior to in their two past matches, but then, none of their batsmen were familiar on this surface, which may underscore the estimation of Oshada's thump. Fakhar Zaman has bowled off his cushions off the principal conveyance, yet Haris and Babar Azam applied a little control after that. But, albeit both batsmen looked to some degree agreeable, Pakistan went at under six an over in the Powerplay. Their rate animated not long after, however not by much. They were 63 for 1 after 10 overs. At the point when Lahiru Kumara had Babar gotten behind for 27 off 32 balls, they were 76 for 2 after 12.

Truth be told, between overs 6 and 16 Pakistan summoned just two fours, which is truly where the pursuit was sunk. L Sandakan sneaked in three modest overs through this period, as Hasaranga (notwithstanding Kumara) made his first achievement, having Haris confused after the batsman kept running down the pitch and neglected to peruse a googly. In his next finished - the eighteenth of the innings - W Hasaranga had A Ali gotten at long-on, before bowling Sarfaraz for the 2nd match in succession with another googly.

From that point forward, Pakistan required 37 off 12 balls, and despite the fact that Iftikhar and Wahab once in a while associated, a Pakistan triumph appeared to be far-fetched. At last, they limped to 134 fo 6.

Given the drained idea of Sri Lanka's squad, this visit was an early banana skin for Misbah-ul-Haq's residency as a mentor and selector. What's more, Pakistan has slipped.