ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan\u2019s men\u2019s under-19 cricket team thrashed the Sri Lankan side in the ICC U19 World Cup 2022 by a heavy margin of 238 runs and secured the fifth position on Thursday at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua.
\nThe Sri Lankan team won the toss and decided to field first, but could not perform up to the mark as the Pakistan side set a huge target of 366 runs with only three wickets down.
\nOpener Mohammad Shahzad smashed 73 runs off just 69 deliveries, while Haseebullah Khan also took Sri Lankan bowlers to the cleaners with his outstanding century and scored 136.
\nQasim Akram played a captain\u2019s knock and scored 135 runs off 80 balls with the help of 13 fours and 6 sixes and remained not out.
\nOn the other hand, Sri Lankan batters could not score more than a mere total of 127, and the half team of the opponent side went back to the pavilion with just a total of 41 runs.
\nDespite the top order\u2019s early collapse, captain Dunith Wellalage struggled to score 40 runs while tail-ender Vinuja Ranpul did his best and scored 53 runs in the hope of winning.
\nEight players from the Sri Lankan side were unable to cross a figure of more than five runs as Pakistani bowlers tightened the screw and all the opponents were bowled out for 127 runs.
\nCaptain Qasim Akram first played a magical inning with the bat, then showed his class with the ball as he took a five-wicket haul.
\nAvais Ali, Zeeshan Zameer, Mehran Mumtaz, and Abbas Ali took one wicket each.
\nThe National Under-19 team skipper, Qasim Akram, was also declared the man of the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Pakistan\u2019s men\u2019s under-19 cricket team thrashed the Sri Lankan side in the ICC U19 World Cup 2022 by a heavy margin of 238 runs and secured the fifth position on Thursday at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua. The Sri Lankan team won the toss and decided to field first, but could not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3761,3762,20,793,3760],"class_list":{"0":"post-242708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cwc","9":"tag-dominate","10":"tag-pakistan","11":"tag-sri-lanka","12":"tag-u19"},"yoast_head":"\n