Pressure tells on Babar Azam as Hasaranga strikes timber

Pakistan clearly lost the plot after the PowerPlay. Their batters struggled to rotate the strike against spin and ended up conceding as many as six wickets in total during the middle overs. If it wasn’t for Mohammad Nawaz sparing the blushes with an 18-ball 26, the final score would have looked much worse. A chase of 122 should be stroll in the park for Sri Lanka.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has been short of runs in the Asia Cup and the pressure was evident as he stepped out of the crease only to miss the ball and lose his stumps. After a good powerplay which saw Pakistan score 49/1, the spinners put a tight lid on the scoring rate.