Rawalpindi (TNS) Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 runs in the first one-day match after an exciting contest. In the match played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the Sri Lankan team could only score 293 runs for 9 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs in pursuit of a target of 300 runs. Pakistan’s all-rounder Salman Ali Agha scored a magnificent unbeaten century against the Sri Lankan bowling line.
Salman Ali Agha scored a century off 83 balls with the help of 9 fours. He returned to the pavilion with 105 runs not out off 87 balls, this is his second century in one-day cricket. Muhammad Nawaz, who shared a 66-run partnership with Salman Ali Agha for the sixth wicket, remained not out after scoring 36 runs. Among other players, Hussain Talat (62), Fakhar Zaman (32) and Babar Azam (29) were the prominent batsmen, while Saim Ayub (6) and Mohammad Rizwan (5) scored 5 runs. Sri Lankan bowler Vinodhasaranga dismissed 3 Pakistani batsmen for 54 runs. In the first match of the 3-match series, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field against Pakistan. Speaking on the occasion of the toss, national team captain Shaheen Shah Afridi said that if we had won the toss, we would have fielded, we will try to do well in this series as well as the previous series. Sri Lankan captain Cherith Asalanka said that we will try to play well in the series. Pakistan playing XI includes Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf. It should be noted that the second ODI will be played on November 13 and the third on November 15. Federal Interior Minister and Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Naqvi, while inspecting the security arrangements at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, said that the Sri Lankan cricket team has been given state guest status. Federal Interior Minister and Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi reviewed the security arrangements made for the ongoing Sri Lanka vs Pakistan match at the stadium in detail. On this occasion, Mohsin Naqvi said that the Sri Lankan cricket team has been given state guest status, no compromise will be made on the security of the visiting team. The Chairman PCB said that peace and stability as well as the promotion of sports and other activities is our common goal.
It should be noted that this visit has been made at a time when 12 people were martyred and 27 were injured in a suicide blast on a police vehicle outside a court in the G-11 area of Islamabad this afternoon.
The state-run broadcaster PTV News reported that the Indian-sponsored and Afghan Taliban proxy Fitnat al-Khawarij carried out a suicide bombing outside the Islamabad G-11 court.
