{"id":576022,"date":"2026-11-05T05:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T00:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=576022"},"modified":"2026-11-05T05:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T00:35:22","slug":"mendis-leads-sri-lanka-recovery-against-patrons-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/mendis-leads-sri-lanka-recovery-against-patrons-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendis leads Sri Lanka recovery against Patron\u2019s XI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Islamabad<br \/>\nKusal Mendis leads Sri Lanka XI\u2019s recovery with an unbeaten 45 as the visitors reached 162 for five against Patron\u2019s XI in their warm-up match at Islamabad Cricket Club on Wednesday.<br \/>\nSri Lanka, who elected to bat after winning the toss, recovered from a difficult start after losing three wickets for just 40. Till filing of the story they had progressed to 162 in 38.4 overs, with Mendis providing the backbone of the innings.<br \/>\nMendis struck eight boundaries in his 48-ball knock, maintaining an aggressive approach despite the early setbacks. Anjala Bandara was unbeaten on seven.<br \/>\nEarlier, Lahiru Udara anchored the innings with 65 from 105 deliveries, including seven fours and three sixes. His contribution proved crucial after Pasindu Sooriyabandara fell for eight and Dinesh Chandimal departed without scoring, both to Saqib Khan.<br \/>\nDhananjaya De Silva added 14 before becoming Mohammad Salman\u2019s only victim, leaving Sri Lanka struggling at 40-3.<br \/>\nUdara subsequently combined with Mendis to rebuild the innings before Ali Shabbir dismissed him for 65. Shabbir later removed Sonal Dinusha for ten to finish with two wickets.<br \/>\nSaqib was the standout bowler, returning figures of 2-25 from 11 overs, while Shoaib Akher Juniorr. impressed with an economical spell, conceding just 12 runs in seven overs.<br \/>\nThe match provides Sri Lanka with valuable preparation ahead of their upcoming two-Test series against Pakistan, scheduled to begin in Rawalpindi on November 9, with the second Test in Lahore from November 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad Kusal Mendis leads Sri Lanka XI\u2019s recovery with an unbeaten 45 as the visitors reached 162 for five against Patron\u2019s XI in their warm-up match at Islamabad Cricket Club on Wednesday. Sri Lanka, who elected to bat after winning the toss, recovered from a difficult start after losing three wickets for just 40. Till [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mendis leads Sri Lanka recovery against Patron\u2019s XI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/mendis-leads-sri-lanka-recovery-against-patrons-xi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mendis leads Sri Lanka recovery against Patron\u2019s XI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad Kusal Mendis leads Sri Lanka XI\u2019s recovery with an unbeaten 45 as the visitors reached 162 for five against Patron\u2019s XI in their warm-up match at Islamabad Cricket Club on Wednesday. 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