Pakistan won the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka 2-1, despite losing the final game in Rawalpindi by eight wickets.
The match
Pakistan made 168 for 8. Sahibzada Farhan top-scored with 76 from 47 balls, including seven fours and three sixes.
Sri Lanka reached 172 for 2 with 17 balls to spare. Kusal Mendis made 87 not out from 48 balls and was named player of the match.
Farhan was named player of the series.
What the scorecard says about the bowling
Losing by eight wickets with nearly three overs unused is not a narrow defeat, and it was not a batting failure: 168 is a competitive total on most surfaces.
Pakistan took two wickets in the innings. A total defended by two dismissals in 17.1 overs points at the attack rather than the top order, and it is the question the side carries out of an otherwise successful series.
The series
Pakistan had already secured the series before the final match, which is the context for a dead-rubber defeat. Farhan’s form was the constant across all three games.
[Image: File image via The Express Tribune]
Sources: ESPNcricinfo, Pakistan Cricket Board, Geo News
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