Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 52 runs in only T20 - Afridi Man of the Match for 50 runs

Twenty20 word Champions Pakistan continues their dominance in the shortest version of the game as the beat Sri Lanka again easily by 52 runs in a day night match at Colombo on 12th August, 2009.

Pakistan made 172 runs thanks to Imran Nazir and captain Shahid Afridi score 40 and 50 runs respectively and then Naved-ul-Hasan and Saeed Ajmal too 3 wickets each to bowled out Sri Lanka on 120 runs in 18.1 overs.

Match Summary:

Pakistan - 172/5 in 20 overs (Afridi 50, Imran Nazir 40, Thushara 2-37)

Sri Lanka - 120 all out in 18.1 overs (Sangakkara 38, Ajmal 3-18, Rana 3-19)

Toss - Pakistan, who chose to bat first.

Man of the Match - Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

Result - Pakistan won by 52 runs.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka One Off Twenty20 Live Score - Pak v SL T20 Live

One Off Twenty20 International between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be played on Wednesday, 12th August, 2009 at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo starting from 19:00 local, 13:30 GMT, 20.00 Pakistan time.

2009 T20 World Cup semi-final and final hero Shahid Afridi will lead the team for the first time. They have upper hand as they defeated the same team in the T20 WC final last monthe and win in the last 2 ODI's. Umar Akmal and Naved-ul-Hasan will likely find a place in the playing 11.

Sri Lanka has a great chance to take a revenge of 20 20 WC defeat as they are playing at home and they defeated then in both tests and ODI's. Muttiah Muralitharan will be back in team after rest in last 2 ODI's.

Pakistan Playing 11 for only T20 at Colombo (Likely):

Shahid Afridi (Captain), Fawad Alam, Imran Nazir, Misbah-ul-Haq/Mohammad Yusuf, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal (WK), Abdul Razzaq/Naved-ul-Hasan Rana, Umar Gul/Iftekhar Anjum, Mohammad Aamer, Saeed Ajmal.

Sri Lanka Playing 11 for only T20 at Colombo (Likely):

Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedara, Thilina Kandamby, Angelo Matthews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Thilan Thushara

Watch and enjoy the one off T20 live score card with commentary between Pakistan and Sri Lanka Here.