Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I: Maaz Sadaqat's 96 and Mohammad Imran's 3-11 seal series with 82-run win

Key takeaways

• Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 82 runs in the second T20I at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday, 11 October, and lead the three-match series 2-0 with one game left.
• Maaz Sadaqat made 96 off 51 balls (six fours, seven sixes) and was named player of the match, his first such award in T20Is.
• Captain Sahibzada Farhan scored 73 off 44. Pakistan's 215 for 3 is their highest T20I total on home soil, Dawn reports.
• Mohammad Imran (Imran Randhawa) took 3 for 11 in four overs as Sri Lanka finished on 133 for 7.
• The PCB says this is Pakistan's fifth T20I series win in a row at home. The final match is on Tuesday, 13 October.

How Pakistan built 215

Pakistan were held to 46 in the powerplay after Fakhar Zaman (22 off 17) fell to Maheesh Theekshana in the seventh over. Farhan and Maaz then added 88 for the second wicket. Farhan, who survived an early dropped catch, hit back-to-back sixes off Theekshana in the next over, reached his fifty off 32 balls and fell for 73 to Dasun Shanaka in the 15th over.

Maaz, 21, was slow to start and was dropped on 44 by Nuwan Thushara off his own bowling. He punished the miss: three sixes in Theekshana's final over took him past fifty, and he kept scooping and clearing the ropes until the last ball, when he was caught at deep cover off Eshan Malinga, four short of a maiden T20I hundred. Hasan Nawaz added a quick 19 not out off nine balls. Cricbuzz counted at least three dropped catches by Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's chase never started

Salman Mirza, back from injury, removed Lahiru Udara, who had made 91 in the first match, for five in the opening over. Imran had Sineth Jayawardena (22) caught at the end of the powerplay, then struck twice in two balls in the eighth over to remove captain Kusal Mendis (9) and Sahan Arachchige (0), both caught by wicketkeeper Khawaja Nafay. At 74 for 6, the game was over. A 50-run stand between Chamindu Wickramasinghe (29) and Theekshana (32 not out) only reduced the margin.

Scorecard summary

Result: Pakistan won by 82 runs. Series: Pakistan lead 2-0.

Saim Ayub and Shadab Khan took a wicket each. Maaz and Farhan hit 12 sixes between them; Sri Lanka managed three in their whole innings, according to Cricbuzz.

What the captains said

Farhan, who won his first series as Pakistan captain, praised the side's six-hitting and attacking intent. Sri Lanka captain Mendis said his batters needed to take more responsibility on a pitch made for strokeplay, Dawn reports.

Two debutants making a mark

Both Maaz and Imran made their debuts in Friday's first match, which Pakistan won by four wickets thanks to Farhan's 89. Maaz hit a 29-ball fifty on debut, and Imran, 29, conceded just five runs in his first two overs on Sunday.

What happens next

• 3rd T20I: Tuesday, 13 October. Pakistan can complete a 3-0 sweep.
• Next at Rawalpindi: The PCB says physical tickets for the upcoming ODI tri-series go on sale at TCS Express centres from 14 October, with online booking already open.