{"id":128252,"date":"2026-10-10T11:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T06:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=128252"},"modified":"2026-10-10T11:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T06:16:20","slug":"islamabad-tns-pakistan-defeats-sri-lanka-by-6-wickets-in-first-t20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=128252","title":{"rendered":"ISLAMABAD (TNS) Pakistan Defeats Sri Lanka by 6 Wickets in First T20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (TNS)  Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the first T20 match, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. In the match played on Friday at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 182 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. In response, Pakistan chased down the target of 183 runs in the 19th over, losing 6 wickets in the process. For Sri Lanka, Lahiru Udara displayed excellent batting, scoring 91 runs off 55 balls\u2014including 11 fours and a six\u2014though he fell short of a century; his innings was instrumental in setting a challenging target. Additionally, Kamindu Mendis scored 23 runs off 18 balls and Dasun Shanaka scored 18 runs off 15 balls, while the other seven batsmen failed to reach double figures.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For Pakistan, Naseem Shah bowled impressively, claiming 3 wickets for 36 runs, while debutant Mohammad Imran Randhawa took 2 wickets for 21 runs. Shadab Khan, Saim Ayub, and Razaullah each claimed one wicket.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka concluded their innings at 182 for 8 in the allotted 20 overs, a total that included 29 extras. Pakistani bowlers also bowled 18 wides and one no-ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (TNS) Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the first T20 match, taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. In the match played on Friday at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first, scoring 182 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in their allotted 20 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":128251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/128251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}