{"id":7326,"date":"2026-01-07T22:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=7326"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:23:03","slug":"pakistan-defeat-sri-lanka-by-6-wickets-first-t20i-of-three-match-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2026\/01\/07\/pakistan-defeat-sri-lanka-by-6-wickets-first-t20i-of-three-match-series","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan clinch 6-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in first T20I"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dambulla : Sri Lanka set a target of 129 runs for Pakistan, which the Green Shirts successfully chased down in 16.4 overs, losing 4 wickets in the process.<\/p>\n

Sahibzada Farhan played a brilliant knock, scoring a half-century with 51 runs off 36 balls. Other notable contributions came from Saim Ayub (25), Salman Ali Agha (16), and Fakhar Zaman (5).<\/p>\n

Earlier, Sri Lanka had been bowled out for 128 runs in 19.2 overs, with Janith Liyanage top-scoring for them with 40 runs.<\/p>\n

Pakistan’s bowlers played a key role, with Salman Mirza and Abrar Ahmed claiming 3 wickets each, while Mohammad Wasim and Shadab Khan took 2 wickets each.<\/p>\n

The Pakistan team included Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Salman Mirza, and Abrar Ahmed.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka’s final XI consisted of Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka, Janith Liyanage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, and Nuwan Thushara.<\/p>\n

The second match of the series will be played on January 9, followed by the third match on January 11.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dambulla : Sri Lanka set a target of 129 runs for Pakistan, which the Green Shirts successfully chased down in 16.4 overs, losing 4 wickets in the process. Sahibzada Farhan played a brilliant knock, scoring a half-century with 51 runs off 36 balls. Other notable contributions came from Saim Ayub (25), Salman Ali Agha (16), …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[32,160,1378,2294],"class_list":["post-7326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-cricket","tag-headline","tag-t20","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7330,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7326\/revisions\/7330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}