Hasaranga, Fernando star as Sri Lanka whitewash number one Pakistan in T20 series – Sport

Sri Lanka, inexperienced, completed a clean 3-0 sweep in his Twenty20 series with world number one Pakistan on Wednesday with a 13-run victory at Lahore.

Chasing a modest goal of 148 races, Pakistan was on its way to victory with the 50-ball 52 of Haris Sohail with four limits and a six-player, but Wanindu Hasaranga, who changed the legs with 3-21 to restrict the hosts to 134-6 in 20 overs.

Hasaranga perplexed Sohail on day 16 and then fired Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed (16-ball 17) on day 18 to give victory to Sri Lanka on a day designated as Pink Day for Breast Cancer Awareness .

"It's really a good victory," said Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka. “All the players were united, that was the key to our success.

“There are no extraordinary players here, everyone has talent, but unity was the secret. If we play smart cricket, there is always the possibility of winning. "

Oshada Fernando had hit a bright 78 of 48 balls with three six and eight limits, the highest of a Sri Lankan player in the T20I debut, to raise Sri Lanka to 147-7 in his 20 overs.

Jehan Mubarak and Danushka Gunathilaka, who scored 46 each, had had the previous record for most of the races in a Twenty20 debut for Sri Lanka.

The victory of Sri Lanka was his first laundering of the Twenty20 series and was achieved despite missing 10 of his best players, including the usual T20 captain Lasith Malinga, who refused to tour Pakistan for fear of security.

However, his absences did not harm Sri Lanka, as they organized a remarkable return after losing the 2-0 day series by winning the first two games of the T20 series for 64 and 35 runs respectively.

Prior to this, Pakistan's only bleached lime defeat Twenty20 was at the hands of England in the United Arab Emirates in 2015.

“I think we recovered well in the bowling alley, but we needed another good partnership in the middle, but we were subdued; we don't express ourselves throughout this series, "said Captain Sarfaraz.

The start of Pakistan was once again disastrous, as they lost the aggressive starter Fakhar Zaman in the first ball of their innings, which Kasun Rajitha lost for nothing.

Babar Azam (32 balls 27) and Sohail added 76 for the second gate, but Sri Lanka applied the brakes as the limits dried.

Iftikhar Ahmed reached a six and a limit in his 17, but the goals of 37 in the last two overs and 28 in the last were beyond Pakistan.

Previously, Sri Lanka rode in a brilliant half-century maiden of Fernando, who kept the tickets together after Sri Lanka lost two wickets for 28 races in four overs.

Then they fell to 58-4 with Bhanuka Rajapaksa, the star of the second game, falling by only three. Fernando repaired the damage with a 76-race fight for the fifth wicket with Shanaka, who made 12.

Pakistan was again neglected in the field, dropping four catches while Sarfaraz rejected a great opportunity behind the gate.

Paceman Mohammad Amir, who was left without a goal in the first two games, finished 3-27.

Sri Lanka had made five changes to verify the strength of its banking, bringing Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Perera, Oshada Fernando, Lahiru Madushanka and Lahiru Kumara. They replaced Minod Bhanuka, Shehan Jayasuriya, Avishka Fernando, Isuru Udana and Nuwan Pradeep.

Pakistan omitted the failed Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal while resting fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain. They were replaced by Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed and Usman Shinwari.

The place for today's game, Gaddafi Stadium, dressed in pink after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) joined Pink Ribbon to raise awareness about breast cancer.

"The stumps for the last #PAKvSL T20I are marked in pink. All the sponsors of the series have also changed their brand colors on the floor to pink," the PCB said in a tweet.

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Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt, wk), Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Usman Shinwari

Sri Lanka: Danushka Gunathilaka, Sadeera Samarawickrama (week), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Angelo Perera, Oshada Fernando, Dasun Shanaka (capt), Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Madushanka, Lakshan Sandakan, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara