Malinga Bruises Pakistan Openers || Asia Up 2014||

Malinga Bruises Pakistan Openers || Asia Up 2014||
Star Online Report

PAKISTAN 17/2 (3.5 ov)

Lankan fielder Thisara Perera takes a catch on long-on as Pakistan opener Sharjeel Khan threw his wicket in Lasith Malinga's delivery during the final match of Asia Cup 2014 in capital's Mirpur. Photo: TV grab

Sri Lankan ace speed demon Lasith Malinga hit on Pakistan's opening batsmen in the final match of the tournament this year in Mirpur, Dhaka today.
He picked up opener Ahmed Shehzad minutes after he sent the other opener Sharjeel Khan.
The defending Asia Cup champions Pakistan are facing irresistible Sri Lanka today.

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. The match will begin from local time 2:00pm (8:00am GMT) at Sher-e Bangla Stadium.
State-run Bangladesh Television and private channel, Channel 9, will be broadcasting the match live.
Lankans are leading the tourney with 17 points bagging all four matches in their favour while Pakistan lost only one match of their four with 13 points – the inaugural one – against today’s opponents.

PAKISTAN XI
Sharjeel Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Umar Akmal (wk), Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Talha, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan
SRI LANKA XI
MDKJ Perera, HDRL Thirimanne, KC Sangakkara (wk), DPMD Jayawardene, SMA Priyanjan, AD Mathews (c), PC de Silva, NLTC Perera, SMSM Senanayake, RAS Lakmal and SL Malinga

Sources:: Daily Star
Published: 1:32 pm Saturday, March 08, 2014

Last modified: 2:22 pm Saturday, March 08, 2014

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