ABU DHABI: Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by two wickets in a sensational last over finish in the second Twenty20 international in Abu Dhabi on Friday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Pakistan needed 125 runs to clinch the T20 series against Sri Lanka after another brilliant display of bowling. The Pakistan batting , though, appeared to have collapsed against a calculated Sri Lankan bowling, bringing the Green Shirts down to 113-8 in the last over.
But young Shadab came to the rescue, hitting a spectacular six off the third-last ball to get Pakistan inches to Sri Lanka’s 125-target. Shadab scored the winning runs off the second-last ball, taking Pakistan to an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.