LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ne Hafte ko khacha khach bhare Gaddafi Stadium mein final mein 326 runs ka hadaf hasil kar ke Sri Lanka ko teen wickets se shikast de kar ODI tri-series jeet li, Fakhar Zaman ne 127 runs banaye aur Arafat Minhas ne 31 gendon par 61 runs ki dhuan dhar innings kheli.
Captain Shaheen Shah Afridi ne 49wen over mein Hasan Nawaz ke score barabar karne ke baad Dilshan Madushanka ko midwicket ke oopar se chhakka laga kar nau gendein baqi rehte title apne naam kiya. Pakistan ne 48.3 overs mein saat wickets par 327 runs banaye, jo ODI final mein mushtarka taur par sab se bara kamyab taaqub hai.
Fakhar, jo fielding ke dauran chot lagne ke baad pehli innings ka zyada tar hissa maidan se bahar rahe, us waqt crease par aaye jab Pakistan chaar overs ke andar do wickets par 22 runs bana chuka tha. Teen aur phir 69 ke score par catch chhootne ke baad unhon ne 84 gendon par apni 12win ODI century mukammal kar ke team mein apni jagah par uthne wale sawalat ka jawab diya, aur Saad Baig ke saath 149 runs ki shirakat qaim ki, jinhon ne 75 gendon par 74 runs bana kar apni pehli half-century score ki. Fakhar 34wen over mein Madushanka ki gend par aage barh kar khelne ki koshish mein bowled hue, unhon ne 99 gendon par 11 chaukon aur chhe chhakkon ki madad se 127 runs banaye, aur tamashaiyon ne khare ho kar unhein daad di.
Is ke baad Minhas 37wen over mein paanch wickets par 230 runs ke score par crease par aaye, jab 78 gendon par 96 runs darkar thay, aur unhon ne teen chaukon aur chaar chhakkon ki madad se match ka rukh mor diya. 47wen over mein Asitha Fernando ko lagaye gaye un ke do chhakkon aur aik chauke ne hadaf ko pahunch mein la diya, jis ke baad woh 48wen over mein apni hi gend par catch ho kar out hue.
Kamindu ki century raigan
Pakistan ne toss jeet kar fielding ka faisla kiya tha. Kamindu Mendis ne 128 gendon par 131 runs banaye aur Pavan Rathnayake (65 gendon par 77) ke saath teesri wicket ke liye 146 runs ki shirakat qaim kar ke Sri Lanka ka score 40 overs ke baad do wickets par 238 tak pahuncha diya. Salman Ali Agha ne pehli do wickets hasil kin, jin mein Kusal Mendis ko out karne ke liye uchhal kar liya gaya return catch bhi shamil tha.
Is ke baad Pakistan ki death overs ki bowling ne Sri Lanka ko wapas dhakel diya. Shaheen ne Kamindu ko LBW kiya aur Dasun Shanaka ko out kiya, jabke Haris Rauf aur Naseem Shah ne yake baad deegare wickets hasil kin, aur Sri Lanka aakhri 10 overs mein 70 runs ke ewaz chhe wickets ganwa kar 325 runs tak mehdood raha. Shadab Khan pichhle match mein bouncer lagne ki wajah se team se bahar ho gaye thay, aur un ki jagah Faheem Ashraf ko shamil kiya gaya.
