पाकिस्तान vs श्रीलंका, पहला टी20, रावलपिंडी क्रिकेट स्टेडियम, रावलपिंडी, 09 October 2026 - लाइव कमेंट्री

A touch fuller, on off. Dasun Shanaka taps it with soft hands to cover and gets a single to bring Udara to strike.

No run.

 SIX! That's gone a mile! Good length around middle and leg, Udara shuffles across his stumps and picks it up with a contemptuous flick. The ball sails over the long leg fence and into the stands.

 FOUR BYES! Oh, dear! That has flown away. Razaullah drags it too short, banging it into the pitch around leg stump. Udara gives himself room by backing away and goes for the uppercut, but he swings and misses. The ball sails over the keeper’s head and races away to the fence behind.

Short of a length and outside off. Udara backs away again for room and slashes hard, gets an outside edge which sails on the bounce and down to deep third for a single.

A bit untidy from Nafay there! A length ball well outside off, Shanaka wants nothing to do with it. Nafay, though, seems to switch off for a moment behind the stumps. The ball pops out of his gloves and trickles away to short third. The batters pinch a bye.

Beaten! Back of a length, wide outside off, extra bounce. Udara swings his bat across the line, but gets beaten on the outside edge.

 FOUR! Brilliant batsmanship from Udara! Razaullah bangs it a tad shorter and on top of middle, Lahiru Udara creates room by moving leg side and cuts it over backward point for a boundary.

Onto the pads, short in length. Dasun turns it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Sensible batting by Shanaka.

A smidge short on middle, Lahiru Udara drags it across with a pull shot to deep square leg for a single.

The conventional leg break, short on off. Shanaka cuts it to the right of backward point. Saim dives and makes a fine stop and keeps the batters to a single only.

Skiddy delivery, on a length, on off. Udara stabs it off the back foot to covers.

PUT DOWN! Shadab drops a tough chance. That was travelling. Length delivery around off stump, and Udara swings it off the toe end, straight back at the bowler. Shadab gets both hands to it but cannot hold on, and the ball loops off his palms towards cover for a single.

SIX! But full marks for the effort in the deep! Short of a length around middle stump, a googly at 90.9 kph. Shanaka rocks back and pulls it flat and hard through the on side. Hasan Nawaz is stationed at deep mid-wicket right on the edge of the rope, and he holds the catch, but his momentum is carrying him over the boundary. He lobs the ball up, steps beyond the rope, scrambles back in and dives full length, but he cannot get there in time as the replay shows that he is in contact with the ropes while holding the ball.

 FOUR! Nicely done! Full and quick, on the leg stump line. Lahiru Udara gets low on his knee and firmly nails the sweep to the left of short fine leg for a boundary.

 100 up for Sri Lanka! Length ball around off at 86.5 kph. Udara drops down on one knee, and scoops it fine, over the keeper’s head and towards the long stop fence. The man at short third chases it down and cuts it off before the rope, and they settle for three.

Full on the stumps, quicker too, tapped off the front foot into the leg side.

Full, spinning in a touch, Dasun Shanaka clips it to square leg.

The carrom ball, full on the stumps, Dasun Shanaka eases it through cover-point for a single.

 FOUR! Udara keeps marching on! Abrar shortens the length this time, in front of the stumps. Lahiru Udara gives himself room by backing away and punches it crisply through the extra cover and mid off gap for a boundary.

 FOUR! Well-executed! Full and flat, on off, Lahiru Udara switches his stance while going low on his back knee and nails the reverse sweep, over backward point for a boundary. Udara moves to 48 off just 29.

Pitched a tad shorter, on leg, Udara hangs back and nudges it to the left of deep mid-wicket for a single.

Shorter than a length, on the leg stump. Dasun gently nudges it through mid-wicket for a single.

 PUT DOWN! Full and flat, outside off, Lahiru tries to power it down the ground, but mistimes it off the toe end. It goes flat and low towards the bowler. Saim Ayub crouches low to pluck it but the ball just pops in and out of his grasp and splashes away to cover.

FIFTY FOR LAHIRU UDARA! It takes him 32 balls to bring up his maiden T20I half-century, and he gets there with a single. A length ball around off, Udara stays back and cuts it to deep point to complete the job. It has been a superb knock, with the spinners singled out for special treatment. This is a big moment for him, having pulled his side out of a tight spot, and he will want to bat on till the end.

On the stumps, and full, blocked watchfully off the front foot by Dasun.

OUT! FANTASTIC CATCH! Imran has two to his name and he is pumped up. Good length, curving away from off stump with extra lift from over the wicket. Arachchige rises on his toes to meet it and goes for the cut, but the bounce beats him and he cannot get the elevation. It sails flatly to backward point, and Shadab Khan pouches it with both hands, diving to his left and fingers pointing to the sky.

Swings in a touch, full on middle, Dasun clips it to deep square leg for a single.

Good length, angling into the pads, Udara misses the glance as the ball deflects off his front pad towards short fine leg for a leg bye.

Length ball, on middle and leg. Shanaka again misses steering it across. They get a leg bye as the ball rolls off the thigh pad towards square leg.

Attacks the stumps, full in length. Lahiru flicks it wide of mid-wicket for a single.

Excellent spell from Imran on his T20I debut. He ends with figures reading 2/21 in 4 overs. Bowls a length-delivery that shapes in on top of off, Dasun Shanaka gets right behind the line and bunts it down the pitch.

On a nagging length, on middle, Lahiru Udara flicks it to deep mid-wicket and gets a couple due to a misfield by the fielding in the region. 

Short of a length around middle and leg. Udara rocks back and knocks it to the right of long on for a couple of quick runs.

Short, on middle, Lahiru Udara pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Saim breaks a budding 60-run stand. Flighted delivery, just outside the off pole, turning away slightly and enticing the attack. Mendis sinks to one knee to drag a slog-sweep across the line, but miscues it pretty badly. He can only manage a towering top-edge into the deep. Fakhar Zaman strolls in from the long off boundary, gets comfortably beneath the drop, and secures the catch cleanly. Sound, unhurried fielding in the deep.

Angling in, fuller one, on middle. Sahan Arachchige works it to long on for one.

FOUR! Up and over! Pitches it up, around the leg stump. Lahiru Udara gets down on one knee and sweeps it late, over the short fine leg fielder for four runs. 

Fuller, on middle, Lahiru Udara pats it to cover. There's a bit of confusion between the batters, as Mendis sets off early to take a single, but Udara rejects the call, and rightfully so. 

Pitches it up, on middle, Lahiru Udara pushes it to long on for a single.

Flatter and fuller. Kamindu Mendis charges down the track and ends up yorking himself. However, he does well to jam it back to the bowler.

FOUR! Exceptional from Mendis! He is looking top-notch from the moment he stepped on the crease. Flighted and a bit fuller, around the toes of the batter. Kamindu Mendis stays low and reverse sweeps it between backward point and short third for a boundary. This brings up the 50-run partnership between Kamindu and Udara.

Short, around middle, Kamindu Mendis works it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Flatter and a bit fuller, on leg. Udara gently taps it through mid on for a single.

Fuller, on middle, Kamindu Mendis skips down the track and flicks it to long on for one.

FOUR! What a gorgeous stroke! Pitched full and on middle, Lahiru Udara makes room and goes inside out over extra cover for a beautifully-timed boundary.

Risky running! Short of a good length outside off. Udara gets on the back foot and cuts smartly to the left of deep point to collect two runs. Razaullah collects and releases a swift throw to the keeper's end. Nafay prepares for the dismissal but spills the ball, dislodging the bails purely with his gloves.

FOUR! Oh, what a shot that is! A touch fuller, around off. Lahiru Udara gets down on one knee and sweeps it firmly into the gap, between deep mid-wicket and long on for a boundary.

Excellent running between the sticks! Tossed up, fuller, outside off. Lahiru Udara slog sweeps it to wide of long on and gets a brace.

Fuller, on middle, Lahiru Udara nudges it to mid-wicket for one.

Fullish, just outside off, Kamindu Mendis drives it to long off for one. 

Short of a length, on middle and leg. Lahiru Udara miscues his pull to long on for a single.

A touch fuller, around middle and off. Kamindu Mendis does pretty well to connect the reverse sweep, but finds the backward point fielder.

Tossed up, around off, Kamindu Mendis nudges it to long on for a single.

Wrong'un now, from Abrar Ahmed, shorter length yet again. Lahiru Udara stays on his back foot and pulls it to the right of long on for a comfortable double. 50 up for Sri Lanka! In 6.5 overs.

Drags his length back, does Abrar, around off, Lahiru Udara works it across with soft hands toward sqaure leg and gets a brace.

Back of a length, angling away from the left-hander. Kamindu Mendis rocks back and looks to lash it over cover, but gets beaten on the outside edge due to some extra bounce off the deck.

Hits the deck hard, does Imran, over off. Kamindu Mendis pats it back to the bowler.

Nails a yorker, on middle, Lahiru Udara squeezes it to deep square leg and gets a single.

FOUR! Edged and over! Once again, it's the pace and bounce from Imran, pitching it hard on the good length, outside off. Kamindu Mendis attempts to hit it across the line, but gets nicked on the top edge and it loops over short third for four runs.

FOUR! Pure placement from Mendis! Just a shade behind the good length, slanting away from the batter. Kamindu Mendis opens the face of the bat and steers it beautifully through cover-point for four runs. 

A slightly slower one, on the back of a good length, around leg. Kamindu Mendis misses his flick and wears high up on the pad. The ball drops dead on the track and the batters gets across for a leg bye.

 Right on the money! Hits the back of a length, and gets the ball to swing back into the batter, on top of off. Kamindu tries to punch it through cover, but the ball sneaks between the yawning bat and pad gap.

Pushed outside off, slightly fuller, Mendis drives it through cover-point for a single.

 FOUR! Absolutely belted away! Full and speared in on middle. Lahiru Udara backs away to create room, exposes all the stumps and smashes it through the cover and mid off gap for a cracking boundary.

WIDE! Too straight down leg, on a good length. Udara tries to tickle it behind but misses.

Fuller than a length, curving away from the batter. Udara mistimes the drive off the inner half of the bat. It rolls down to mid on.

 Big swing and a miss! Over 145 kph, full and swinging away, outside off. Lahiru Udara does not move his feet at all and tries to smack it over covers, but gets beaten comprehensively.

 FOUR! Expertly played by Udara! Fuller ball, on the stumps, Lahiru Udara backs away to give himself some room. He uses the pace and slices it over backward point for a boundary.

 Good length around the off stump, swinging away across the batter. Mishara swings across the line and gets a leading edge, and the ball lobs towards widish deep backward point on the bounce for a single.

Back of a length, climbing on the batter, jagging back. Lahiru miscues the pull shot off the splice and it goes on a couple of bounces to mid on for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Kamil Mishara was swinging the bat like a rusty gate. But his struggles come to an end. On a back of a length, around off, Kamil Mishara stays put and looks to pull it across the line but only manages a thick leading edge that flies up the chimney, over mid off. Fakhar Zaman lurks under it and takes a fine catch. And Imran has his first T20I wicket. Sri Lanka are 18/2, in 3.3 overs.

WIDE! Banged short and goes over the head of the batter. Mendis lets it through.

 Beauty! Hammers it on a length, angling it across the batter. Kamindu Mendis gets squared up to defend, but just manages to withdraw his bat inside the line to leave.

 FOUR! First genuine shot off the middle of the bat! On a length, nipping away sharply. Kamindu Mendis gets the timing spot on and pings a square cut through backward point and cover-point for a crisp boundary.

Pitched short and moving across the batter with some bounce. Kamindu Mendis is pegged back and tries to block it down the pitch but gets a fat outside edge. The ball flies wide of the short third fielder and they take a single.

Holds up on the surface, full on middle and leg. Lahiru Udara looks to flick but he is perhaps a fraction early on the shot and chips it on the bounce and wide of mid-wicket. One run taken.

Beaten! Pushed wide outside off, on a fuller length, Mishara throws the bat at it to slap it to the cover region but gets beaten all ends up. He is yet to get off the mark and looks pretty restless.

Nips back in this time around, on a good length. Mishara is cramped for space, tries to work it across but gets an inside edge onto the thigh pad.

 FOUR! Not convincing, but that will ease his nerves massively! Slightly back of a length, on leg, Kamil Mishara heaves it off the inner half of the bat but gets it over mid-wicket for a boundary to get off the mark after nine balls.

Fuller and outside off, Kamil Mishara drives it crisply off the front foot, but finds the fielder at cover-point.

Pitched outside leg on a length, Kamil Mishara hangs back and whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Shapes into the right-hander, full on middle, Lahiru Udara whips it to deep fine leg for a single.

Shapes away, on a good length, around off. Mishara hangs back and taps it with soft hands to backward point.

 Swing and a miss! Good-length delivery, swinging away, outside off. Kamil Mishara tries to cut it square on the off side, but the ball zips over his angled bat.

 And again! Back of a length, curving away late, outside off. Kamil Mishara tries to flay it behind point but gets beaten on the outside edge once more. Good swing and carry for Imran.

Play and a miss again! Angles it across the batter, on a length, wide outside off. Kamil, this time, tries to whack it across the line, trying to access the leg side, but misses to connect as the ball keeps leaving him.

Off the middle, but straight to the fielder. Five dots on the bounce and that's a handsome start for the debutant Imran. On a length, shaping away, Mishara prods forward and cracks it but fails to pierce the cover gap.

Swing straightaway! Full and outside off, shaping away, Udara, with barely any footwork tries to drive it to cover, but gets it chipped wide of backward point for a single. Sri Lanka and Udara are off the mark.

FIVE WIDES! Oh dear! That's gone horribly wrong for Naseem. Swings down the leg side on a shorter length. Kusal lets it through and the ball stays out of the reach of the diving keeper, Khawaja Nafay, and races to the deep fine leg fence.

WIDE! Far too wide outside off, on a length. Mendis leaves as the ball breaches the tramline.

A bit too straight onto the pads, on a fuller length. Kusal Mendis whips it wide of deep backward square leg for a single and gets off the mark.

Outswinger on a fuller length, around off. Udara confidently drives it but straight to cover.

Slightly fuller and on the stumps, Lahiru Udara tucks it wide of the mid on fielder for a quick single.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Naseem dismisses the Sri Lankan captain and is beaming with a broad smile. Naseem gets a fair bit of outswing, on a fuller length, wide outside off. Kusal chases the outgoing delivery and flashes hard at it, only manages a thick outside edge and the ball flies straight towards deep third. Mohammad Imran stationed there, bends a bit low and takes a fine catch. Sri Lanka are 9/1 in 0.5 overs.

Fuller and ouside off, Mishara goes for a cover drive but the ball squirts behind to the keeper off the bottom edge.