Mohammad Rizwan scored 131 not out while Abdullah Shafique hit 113 as Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to record the highest chase of World Cup history. Earlier, fiery centuries from Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama guided Sri Lanka to 344 for 9 in 50 overs.
Pak skipper Babar Azam said, All credit to the boys, especially Abdullah and Rizwan, the way they built the partnership and put pressure on Sri Lanka. We weren’t up to the mark in the first 20-30 overs. All credit to Mendis, he played an outstanding knock. We finished well, all credit to the bowlers. (On Shafique) Very happy with the way he’s playing. This is his first World Cup. His hunger to play, I saw him in the nets so I decided to play him. The way Rizwan and Abdullah built the partnership, they helped us. We believed and built partnerships. Thank you so much (Hyderabad crowd) for supporting us throughout the one and a half weeks.