A fine show by bowlers, backed well by batters Saim Ayub and Babar Azam, steered Pakistan to a comfortable six-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the tri-nation series final at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Chasing a modest 115 for victory, the hosts came home in 18.4 overs thanks to Saim (36 off 33 balls).<\/p>\n
Babar (37 not out off 34) played an exquisite cut shot through point off pacer Dushmantha Chameera for a boundary to complete a well-deserved victory.<\/p>\n
Mohammad Nawaz won the Player of the Match, as well as Player of the Series.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo deliver when the team requires you is very important,\u201d he said in the post-match presentation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI plan with the coaches and try to keep it simple because as a fingerspinner, you don\u2019t have many options. So I try to read the game and bowl accordingly.<\/p>\n
Speaking on his batting, he said: \u201cI try to see what the situations demands: to build a partnership or attack. So I try to play accordingly.\u201c<\/p>\n
Skipper Salman Agha was pleased with his side\u2019s performance ahead of the World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great performance from us. This has been very good two months for us, against South Africa and Sri Lanka. We have been doing well in both ODIs and T20Is,\u201d he said after the match.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore going to the World Cup, you want your 15 ready. If anything happens to your main players, you want to have the back-up ready. So we are giving chances to everyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we are pretty much ready for the World Cup. We still have six games before the World Cup to try out things if we want but think we are pretty much clear on our 15 players.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka said his side needed to fine-tune their game ahead of the next series.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe expected the wicket to play better than this but they also bowled well in the middle overs. We couldn\u2019t have taken some chances: right-handers getting out to the left-arm spinner and left-hander to offspinner,\u201d he said after the match.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to fine-tune our game ahead of the next series. Mishara, Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Chameera, Maheesh, Hasaranga were the positives. And we showed good intent int he field.\u201c<\/p>\n
Earlier, Pakistan bowlers made a spectacular comeback to dismiss Sri Lanka for a paltry 114.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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