Summary Batting first, the Men in Green posted a total of 157 runs on the board
KOLKATA (Dunya News) – Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by a margin of 15 runs in the warm-up match played between the two on Monday at the Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata, reported Dunya News.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Pakistani openers Sharjeel Khan and Ahmed Shahzad made 23 and 18 runs apiece while star batsman and former captain of team Mohammad Hafeez smashed 70 runs.
Wicket keeper Sarfraz Ahmed only hit 17 runs and Umar Akmal scored 19 runs.
On the other hand, captain Shahid Afridi gone for a duck.
Talking about Sri Lankan side, SMSM Senanayake, HMRKB Herath and PVD Chameera took one, one wicket each whereas NLTC Perera snatched two wickets.
When it came to bowling, Imad Wasim stunned everyone as he was able to pick 4 crucial wickets giving away 25 runs. Skipper Afridi was equally disappointing with the bowl as the Lankan batsmen thrashed him all over the ground; he conceded 40 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
Thirimanne and Chandimal scored 45 and 30 runs respectively as the Lankan lions were able to score 142/9 within their 20 overs.
Mohammad Irfan also picked 2 wickets.
Pakistan’s performance in recently held Asia Cup was not satisfactory but the players have come back with a bang by hitting a good target.
Earlier on Sunday, the green shirts participated in a training session at the Eden Gardens under tight security while Afridi said that he was looking forward to playing in front of India s raucous crowds.
Afridi said his team had always been "physically and mentally" prepared for the tournament despite weeks of uncertainty over whether they would be allowed to travel to arch rivals India, hosts of the World T20.
In his first comments since arriving with the team on Saturday night, Afridi said they were confident of success in their first outing against an unknown qualifier on Wednesday and the much-anticipated showdown against India on Saturday.
Afridi said he expected a strong performance from Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir, who is returning from a five-year spot-fixing ban.
"Amir is a top international bowler and he has given great performances recently," he said.
Teams
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Imad Wasim, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Nawaz (3), Mohammad Sami, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sharjeel Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz
Sri Lanka: AD Mathews, PVD Chameera, LD Chandimal, TM Dilshan, HMRKB Herath, DSNFG Jayasuriya, CK Kapugedera, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, SL Malinga, NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, MD Shanaka, TAM Siriwardana, HDRL Thirimanne
