Twitter Reactions: Pakistan ride on ravishing performances by Imam-ul-Haq and Hasan Ali

In what was the third One Day International between both the sides, Pakistan continued their scintillating performance as they gained an unassailable lead of 3 nil in the series. On the other hand, Sri Lanka were outplayed in all the departments today as their losing streak continued.

Earlier in the day, it was skipper Upul Tharanga who won the toss as Sri Lanka elected to bat first. Sri Lanka had Chamara Kapugedera coming in for them while Pakistan included Imam-ul-Haq and Fahim Ashraf in the playing XI.

Batting first, Hasan Ali drew first blood as he got the wicket of Niroshan Dickwella. While Upul Tharanga managed to score a half century, Dinesh Chandimal got lost half way into his innings as he played a strange knock of 19(49). Sri Lanka never recovered from there as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

The middle order continued to collapse like a pack of cards as they failed to learn any lessons from the past few games. Thisara Perera’s cameo ensured Sri Lanka crossed 200 runs. They even failed to last 50 overs as the whole team was dismissed with 208 runs on the board.

Hasan Ali was the pick amongst the Pakistani bowlers as he got a five wicket haul. Shadab Khan also continued to impress as he got a couple of wickets. Junaid Khan and Mohammed Hafeez also got a wicket each.

Pakistan on the other hand were off to a solid start. Debutant Imam-ul-Haq scored a spectacular hundred in his debut game. Coming in place of Ahmed Shehzaad, he made his presence felt with a magnificent knock first up. No one else was required to play a huge role as the target wasn’t quite big.

Pakistan ended up winning the game by 7 wickets dominating in both the departments. Lahiru Gamage and Jeffrey Vandersay got a wicket each. Twitter was at it’s splendid best, right from lauding Hasan Ali to trolling Dinesh Chandimal, right from lauding Imam-ul-Haq to trolling Sri Lankan bowling, here are some of the amazing Twitter reactions during the course of the game.

Congrats 2?? 4winning series brilliant 100by debutdant imamulHaq proud moment4him&family.great bowling @RealHa55an & @76Shadabkhan #PakvsSL

— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) October 18, 2017

Well done Team #Pakistan and hats off to #hasanali and #Imamulhaq , what an amazing debut!
#PAKvsSL

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 18, 2017

What a dream debut for Imam-ul-Haq . I really hope he gets to his maiden 100 on his debut..

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 18, 2017

Brilliant performance by #hasanali, now lets see how we bat.What do you guys think will Pak win today?#PAKvsSL

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 18, 2017

That's the series #pakvsl Congratulations @TheRealPCB Really sad to see SL struggle this way

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) October 18, 2017

Proud uncle#PakvSL pic.twitter.com/tw5XaWNX4J

— Dennis Does Pakistan (@DennisCricket_) October 18, 2017

Inzamam proving rather more successful at letting his nephew take responsibility than Suresh Raina. #PAKvSL

— Pavilion Opinions (@pavilionopinion) October 18, 2017

Good debut so far, the “Ul Haq” legacy is here to stay ? #PakvSL

— Fazeela Saba (@FazeelaSaba1) October 18, 2017

Soon, it’ll be time for the man of the match to be decided.I don’t know about you, but for me, the choice is clear. Dinesh Chandimal #PAKvSL

— Hemant (@hemantbuch) October 18, 2017

Hasan Ali has literally changed the middle overs game for pak,picks up wickets doesnt go for many runs and will only get quicker! #pakvsl

— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) October 18, 2017

Pakistan seem to be behind the over rate. Sarfraz could be suspended since it happened in Cardiff too. So question: who'll keep? #PakvSL

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) October 18, 2017

Hassan Ali takes his ODI best 5/34 as Sri Lanka are dismissed for 208 in Abu Dhabi. Will it be an easy pursuit for Pakistan? #PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/4CcR4FbKSS

— ICC (@ICC) October 18, 2017

Imam-ul-Haq is now the second highest scorer for Pak on debut in ODI's – Salim Elahi with a century at the top #pakvsl

— zainab abbas (@ZAbbasOfficial) October 18, 2017

Faster than Saqlain. Faster than Waqar. Hasan Ali gets to 50 ODI wickets in a record 24 matches for Pakistan#SLvsPAK #PAKvSL pic.twitter.com/PfMDNLAUkF

— Syed Mohsin Ali (@imsmohsin) October 18, 2017

The 'L' in Sri Lanka's 'Luck' has been replaced with an 'F' ? #slvpak

— Shihaaz Buhary (@shihiboy) October 18, 2017

DickWelled !!#PakvSL #SLVPAK pic.twitter.com/oQXHyf7qy3

— Encrypted Layman!! (@FreddieFaizan) October 18, 2017

a sad tragedy in cricket is how kapugedera keeps getting a place in sri lankas team but fawad alam cant find one for pak #SLvPAK

— #TEAMINDIA (@ECwc2015) October 18, 2017

Sri Lankan Cricket Should Re-Model Its Cricketing Structure Like England With Someone Coming Forward like Strauss #PakVSL #SLVPak

— RAHUL (@RAHULS34) October 18, 2017

"Don't worry about the toss, worry about the pitch" @iramizraja's advice to both the teams. Dry pitch will help the spinners more #PakvsSL

— Aalia Rasheed (@aaliaaaliya) October 18, 2017

After becoming the highest wicket-taker this year, Hasan Ali is increasing the distance between him and second spot bowler. #PAKvsSL

— Cricingif (@_cricingif) October 18, 2017

Mohammad Hafeez seems to be timing the ball really well since CT Semi-Final #PAKvSL #PakvsSL

— Saad ?? (@SaadAwais22) October 18, 2017

Ahmed Shahzad waiting of Imam ul Haq in pavilion ???#PakvsSL #PakvSL pic.twitter.com/XU5xP7GS85

— Mmmm… (@Waqas_amjad) October 18, 2017

Ahmed Shahzad when Imam Ul Haq scored 50 on debut. #PakvsSL pic.twitter.com/uPExjry1HH

— Jibran T. Siddiqui (@jibransiddiqui) October 18, 2017

Brilliant performance by #hasanali, now lets see how we bat.What do you guys think will Pak win today?#PAKvsSL

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) October 18, 2017

Good decision to include Fahim Ashraf. We need to grow fast bowling all rounder who can hit in lower order.#PakvSL

— Abdul Ghaffar (@GhaffarDawnNews) October 18, 2017

Not saying Lankas innings has ground to a halt, but a sloth has just shouted at them to get a move on… #pakvsl

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) October 18, 2017

Wasted balls. Wasted the review. Legend. @chandi_17 #PAKvSL

— Lahiru De Silva (@lahiruDar) October 18, 2017

You use up 49 balls to score 19, then review something hitting middle half way up….should be given a long rest…. #pakvsl

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) October 18, 2017