Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 52 runs in one off T20, Afridi Man of the Match

Shahid Afridi played a captain's inning of 50 runs and took 1 wicket in one off Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka by 52 runs on August 12, 2009 at Colombo.T20 World Champions Pakistan once again outperformed Sri Lanka in the shortest version of the game.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first made 172/5 in 20 overs. Imran Nazir hit 40 runs and Shahid Afridi made 50 runs while Umar Akmal and Abdul Razzaq contributed 30 runs and 25 not out respectively.

Sri Lanka in reply bowled out on 120 runs in 18.1 overs and only Sangakkara scored 38 runs due to fine bowling by Saeed Ajmal and Naved-ul-Hasan took 3 wickets each.

Pakistan 172 for 5 (Afridi 50, Nazir 40) beat Sri Lanka 120 (Sangakkara 38, Ajmal 3-18, Naved 3-19) by 52 runs.

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