Victory for Sri Lanka in twenty 20 match .. 3-0 -- Winning a series for first time!
Sri Lanka was successful in clinching a victory in the 3rd and final twenty 20 game played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan played at Gaddafi stadium in the city of Lahore. Having won a twenty 20 series of matches for the first time ... Sri Lanka enters the record books today.According to twenty 20 grading Sri Lanka has defeated Pakistan who incidentally was in position 1 when Sri
Lanka in fact was in position 8.
Lanka in fact was in position 8.
Having batted first the Sri Lankan team collected 147 runs for the loss of 7 wickets and Oshada Fernando notched 78 runs from 48 balls which of course became the focus of attention. In response to this target at the end of the 20 overs Pakistan was able to amass only 134 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. In this instance Wanidu Hasaranga bagged 3 wickets while Lahiru Kumara got 2 scalps.
The value of this series doubled because several new players took part in this series and it was an opportunity to identify their skills. It was Wanidu Hasaranga who became Man of the Match as well as the Man of the Series.