The
two
sides,
who
had
already
confirmed
their
final
spots,
clashed
in
a
dress
rehearsal
for
the
Asia
Cup
2022
summit
clash,
scheduled
for
Sunday
(September
11)
at
the
exact
same
venue.
Chasing
a
paltry
122
after
Hasaranga
and
the
bowling
unit
shone,
Sri
Lanka
were
reduced
to
29/3
inside
five
overs
but
the
24-year-old
Nissanka
held
the
innings
together
with
his
unbeaten
55
off
48
balls.
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Defending
a
below
par
total,
Pakistan’s
pace
and
swing
was
on
full
display
inside
the
powerplay
as
the
duo
of
Haris
Rauf
and
Mohammad
Hasnain
claimed
three
wickets
between
them.
But
the
others
especially
Hasan
Ali,
who
was
the
weak
link
in
their
pace
armoury
in
absence
of
Naseem
Shah
failed
to
control
the
run
flow.
His
slower
pace
failed
to
trouble
the
batters
and
the
duo
of
Nissanka
and
Bhanuka
Rajapaksa
were
happy
to
go
all
out
against
him
to
rebuild
their
innings.
The
duo
put
together
a
crucial
stand
of
51
runs
before
Rajapaksa
(24)
fell
to
Usman
Qadir
Skipper
and
birthday
boy
Dasun
Shanaka
chipped
in
with
21
from
16
balls
to
take
Sri
Lanka
near
the
finishing
line
and
the
job
was
overseen
by
Nissanka,
who
carried
his
bat
with
an
unbeaten
fifty.
Earlier,
opting
to
bowl
first,
Sri
Lanka
led
by
Hasaranga’s
bowling
effort
of
a
three-wicket
haul
to
bundle
out
Pakistan
for
121.
Hasaranga
returned
with
3/21
including
two
in
successive
balls
in
his
last
over.
The
spinner,
who
also
took
two
catches
in
the
deep,
played
a
fine
cameo
smashing
two
boundaries
off
three
balls
in
his
10
not
out
from
three
balls
to
take
them
over
the
line
with
three
overs
to
spare.
The
Sri
Lankan
spin
troika
in
fact
accounted
for
5/60
in
12
overs
as
the
off-spin
duo
of
Maheesh
Theekshana
(2/21)
and
Dhananjaya
de
Silva
(1/18)
were
also
at
their
tidy
best
restricting
Pakistan
to
a
below-par
score.
The
wily
Hasaranga
deceived
Babar
Azam
with
a
slower
one
when
the
Pakistan
skipper
stepped
out
only
to
be
cleaned
up.
Hasaranga
also
took
two
catches
in
the
deep.
Debutant
Pramod
Madushan
started
it
all,
claiming
the
prized
wicket
of
in-form
Pakistani
opener
and
No
1
T20I
batter
Mohammad
Rizwan
(14)
inside
the
power-play.
Madushan
finished
with
a
memorable
2/21
from
his
2.1
overs
on
debut.
(With
agency
inputs)
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