mobanmarketLahore: Sri Lanka, boosted by a career-best half century from opener Danushka Gunathilaka, posted 165-5 against Pakistan in the first Twenty20 international in Lahore on Saturday.
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Sent into bat, Sri Lanka raced to 84 with openers Gunathilaka scoring 57 off 38 balls including a six and eight boundaries and Avishka Fernando making 33 off 34.
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Debutant Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 32 off 22 with two sixes and as many boundaries while skipper Dasun Shanaka chipped in with 17 including two sixes.
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For Pakistan, teenage paceman Mohammad Hasnain took a hat-trick, finishing with 3-37.
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The second match will be played on Monday and the third on Wednesday – all in Lahore.
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