Pakistan edge past Sri Lanka by 82 runs to clinch series with 2-0 lead
Pakistan posted its second highest total in Twenty20 cricket and beat scrappy Sri Lanka by 82 runs on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Fast-improving Maaz Sadaqat (96) and captain Sahibzada Farhan (73) both profited from dropped catches to score second successive rapid half centuries in Pakistan's 215-3.
Pakistan's highest-ever T20 score is 232-6 against England in 2021.
Pakistan pacer Mohammad Imran, playing in only his second T20, then did the damage with his incisive swing bowling.
He took 3-11 in four unchanged overs as Sri Lanka only managed 133-7 to lose its third successive T20 series away from home.
Sri Lanka lost 2-1 in the West Indies and came to Pakistan after it was swept 3-0 by England.
Rawalpindi, where Pakistan won the first match by four wickets, will host the final game on Tuesday before England joins the two teams for the ODI tri-series, starting next Sunday.
Sri Lanka pays heavy price for dropped catchesSloppy Sri Lanka fielding
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