Maaz Sadqat and skipper Sahibzada Farhan did an excellent job to allow Pakistan submit 215-3 towards Sri Lanka of their second T20I on the Pindi Stadium in Rawalpindi on Sunday.
Maaz (96) and Farhan (73) shared 88 runs off 48 balls for the second wicket stand to take the hosts to an honest whole ultimately.
Farhan was dropped on 12 when he skied one early within the innings. Nevertheless, he capitalised on the chance and went on to hit his second successive fifty of the collection. He introduced in his fifty off 31 balls and hammered 5 sixes and 4 fours in his commanding 44-ball 73.
Earlier, he, together with Fakhar Zaman supplied a fast begin to the hosts, sharing 55 off 35 balls for the opening stand.
Fakhar fell for 17-ball 22 with 4 fours to off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana.
Maaz, who introduced in his second successive fifty off 30 balls, then went after the ball and performed some very good strokes.
He additionally hit Theekshana for 3 superb sixes in a single over which yielded 22 runs.
He together with Hasan Nawaz scored a fast 72 runs for the third wicket partnership to take Pakistan to an enormous whole.
Maaz hammered seven sixes and 6 fours in his gallant 51-ball 96.
He misplaced his wicket off the ultimate ball of the innings when he went for a giant hit in a bid to finish his century however was held within the deep.
Hasan Nawaz remained not out on nine-ball 19 with one six and one 4.
Theekshana remained the most costly bowler as he completed with 1-55 in his quota of 4 overs.
Eshan Malinga (1-41) and Dasun Shanaka (1-30) have been the opposite profitable bowlers.
Earlier, Sri Lanka received the toss and elected to bowl first. Pakistan made one change, bringing in Salman Mirza instead of Razaullah who had made his T20I debut within the earlier recreation on the similar venue.
Sri Lanka made two adjustments.
Pakistan lead the three-match collection 1-0. Within the first match on the similar venue on Friday Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 4 wickets with seven balls to spare.