Sri Lanka v Pakistan 5th ODI 5 talking points

Sri Lanka v Pakistan 5th ODI 5 talking points: The final ODI of the Sri Lanka v Pakistan 5-match series at Hambantola was hoped to end up as yet another dominating performance for the Pakistanis. But a fearless Sri Lankan side with nothing to lose as the series had already been lost, took up the ante right from the start of the match. Opting to bat first, they made a thunderous start and nailed a gigantic total of 369 runs for the Pakistanis to chase. In reply, Pakistanis looked to have readily accepted the challenge but failed to capitalize by losing wickets at constant intervals. In the end, it resulted in a smooth victory for Sri Lanka by a margin of 165 runs. To sum it up, here are the five talking points of Sri Lanka v Pakistan 5th ODI: 1. Thunderous start to the Sri Lankan innings: Tilakaratne Dilshan and Kusal Perera gave a good start to Sri Lanka. (Photo Source: AFP) After winning the toss, a desperate start was something much required for the Sri Lankans. As it happened, the Sri Lankan openers in the likes of Kusal Perera and Tilekaratne Dilshan geared up the scoring rate of the team right from the initial overs. In fact, Perera managed to score a glamorous century as he scored 116 runs off 109 deliveries with 9 fours and 4 sixes. Dilshan assisted Perera well and scored 62 off 70 deliveries with 6 fours. The opening partnership contributed to a total of 164 runs in 25 overs when Dilshan was dismissed in the 26th over of the innings. 2. Bad day for Pakistani pacers: Bad day for Pakistani pacers. (Photo Source: AFP) The Pakistani pacers in the likes of Mohammad Irfan, Anwar Ali and Rahat Ali were way too much expensive and failed to create the least spots of bother for the Sri Lankan batsmen. Sri Lankan openers found no difficulty at all in playing them and thus resulted in putting up a huge score. Irfan conceded 73 in his 10 overs, Anwar Ali conceded 74 runs in his 9 overs whereas Rahat Ali conceded 74 runs but managed to pick up 2 crucial wickets. 3. Glamorous cameo by Angelo Mathews: Glamorous cameo by Angelo Mathews. (Photo Source: AFP) Coming in late down the Sri Lankan innings, Angelo Mathews did manage to put a cherry on the cake of the Sri Lankan innings. He scored a total of 70 runs off 40 deliveries with the aid of 8 fours and 2 sixes. Such a blistering innings helped Sri Lanka to impose cruise control over the game and the perfect start to the Sri Lankan innings was put to good shape by the Captain’s knock. 4. Failure of Pakistani middle order: Failure of Pakistani middle order. (Photo Source: AFP) In response to such huge pressure, the Pakistani batsmen choked in front of the Sri Lankan bowling. After the first wicket fell at the score of 51 runs, the Pakistan middle order could not hold on as they kept losing wickets at constant intervals. Mohammad Hafeez and Sarfraz Ahmed did manage to get starts but failed to convert them into big ones. As a result of their collective failures, Pakistan were bundled at the score of 203 runs in 37.2 overs 5. Fruitful spells from Senanayake and Thisara Perera: Sachithra Senanayake. (Photo Source: AFP) After putting up such a huge score on the board, all the Sri Lankan bowlers had to do was to keep things simple and tight. Sachithra Senanayake and Thisara Perera utilized the pressure of the big score to good effect against the Pakistani batsmen and eventually both were rewarded with a number of wickets. Senanayake took 3 wickets in his 8 overs by conceding 39 runs while Perera took 2/38 in his 8 overs.

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