Overview
- Wanindu Hasaranga cleaned up Babar Azam in the 24th over with a sharply turning googly that hit the top of off.
- At the time of reporting, Pakistan were 207/4 after 41 overs with Salman Ali Agha unbeaten on 73 and Hussain Talat completing a fifty.
- Hasaranga was reported to have three wickets in the spell, removing Fakhar Zaman for 32 and Mohammad Rizwan for 5 along with Babar.
- Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka won the toss and chose to bowl, and Pakistan replaced the unwell Abrar Ahmed with Naseem Shah.
- Sri Lanka head coach Sanath Jayasuriya celebrated Babar’s dismissal from the dugout, and a viral clip captured Hasaranga’s on-field taunt.