Pakistan chased the biggest run of the World Cup

Pakistan made the biggest run chase of the World Cup at the Hyderabad stadium on Tuesday. Sri Lanka had given a target of 345 runs to Pakistan. Which the Pakistani team achieved in the 49th over. This record was recorded in the name of Ireland. The Irish team chased the target of 329 runs against England in the 2011 World Cup at Bengaluru.

This is Pakistan's second consecutive victory in the World Cup 2023. The team had defeated Netherlands by 81 runs in the first match.

Initially on Tuesday, Pakistan had lost 2 wickets for 37 runs, but Rizwan and Abdullah Shafiq sealed Pakistan's victory by scoring centuries.

3 records made in the match

• For the first time in the World Cup, 4 centuries were scored in a match. Kusal Mendis and Sadira Samarawickrama from Sri Lanka scored centuries, while Abdullah Shafiq and Mohammad Rizwan from Pakistan scored centuries. This happened for the first time in the World Cup, when 4 centuries were scored in a match.
• Biggest run chase in World Cup: Pakistan made the biggest run chase in ODI World Cup history. Earlier, Ireland had chased 329 runs against England in 2011. Pakistan's biggest chase in the World Cup came in 1992. Then the team chased 264 runs against New Zealand.
• Mendis scored the fastest century for Sri Lanka. Kusal Mendis scored a century on 65 balls against Pakistan. With this he became the player to score the fastest century for Sri Lanka in the World Cup. He broke the record of Kumar Sangakkara, who scored a century on 70 balls against England in 2015.

See the scorecard of Sri Lanka-Pakistan match

Rizwan scored a century on 97 balls
Mohammad Rizwan, who came to bat at number four, scored a century on 97 balls. This is the third century of his ODI career and first century in the World Cup. He felt strain several times while batting, but he continued batting and scored a century for the team.

Rizwan added 50+ runs with Shakeel
After Shafiq was out, Mohammad Rizwan made a half-century partnership with Saud Shakeel for the fourth wicket.

Shafiq's first century
Pakistani opener Abdullah Shafiq scored the first century of his ODI career. He completed his century on 97 balls. He became the victim of Mathish Pathirana after scoring 113 runs.

Strong partnership of Shafiq-Rizwan
After losing 2 wickets for 37 runs, Abdullah Shafiq along with Mohammad Rizwan took charge of Pakistan. There was a partnership of 176 runs between the two for the third wicket. Shafiq was out after scoring 113 runs and the partnership between the two broke.

Pakistan suffered two setbacks in the powerplay
Pakistan had a bad start while chasing the target of 345 runs. The team lost two wickets in scoring 48 runs in 10 overs. Imam-ul-Haq was out after scoring 12 runs and Babar Azam was out after scoring 10 runs.

This is how Pakistan's wicket fell

• First: Imam-ul-Haq- 12 runs: Dilshan Madushanka got caught by Kusal Perera on the third ball of the fourth over.
• Second: Babar Azam – 10 runs: Second ball of the 8th over, Dilshan Madushanka bowled a good length on the leg stump. Babar Azam went to flick, but was caught by the wicketkeeper.
• Third: Abdullah Shafiq - 113 runs: The first ball of the 34th over was bowled short of good length by Mathish Pathirana outside the off stump. Shafiq played a cut shot, but substitute fielder Dushan Hemanth, standing at the backward point, took an excellent catch by diving to his right.
• Fourth: Saud Shakeel- 31 runs: Mahish Teekshana got caught by Vellalaghe on the third ball of the 45th over.

Sri Lankan innings from here

• Sri Lanka scored 344 runs, Mendis-Samarawickrama scored centuries
• Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad.
• The Sri Lankan team, who came to bat first, scored 344 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs.
• Kusal Mendis (122 runs) and Sadira Samarawickrama (108 runs) played century innings. Opener Pathum Nissanka (51 runs) scored a half-century. Pace bowler Hasan Ali took 4 wickets for Pakistan. Haris Rauf got two wickets. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan got one wicket each.

Samaravikrama's first century
Sri Lanka's middle order batsman Samarawickrama scored the first century of his ODI career. He scored 108 runs on 89 balls. He was caught by Hasan Ali at the hands of wicketkeeper Rizwan.

Mendis's third century
Kusal Mendis completed the third century of his ODI career with a brilliant six. Mendis scored a century on 65 balls. He scored 122 runs on 77 balls at a strike rate of 158.44. This innings of Kusal included 14 fours and 6 sixes.

Nissanka's half century on 57 balls
Opener Pathum Nissanka scored the 10th fifty of his ODI career and faced 57 balls for this. Nissanka was out after scoring 51 runs on 61 balls at a strike rate of 83.61. He was caught by Shadab Khan at the hands of Abdullah Shafiq.

Nissanka-Mendis took charge of Sri Lanka
After the wicket of Kusal Perera fell for 5 runs, Nissanka-Mendis took over the team by making a half-century partnership. Both of them made a partnership of 102 runs on 95 balls.

Powerplay- Mixed start for Sri Lanka
After winning the toss and coming to bat, the Sri Lankan team made a mixed start. The team scored 58 runs losing one wicket in 10 overs.

Hasan Ali's brilliant bowling, took 4 wickets
Pacer Hasan Ali, who was included in the team in place of injured Naseem Shah, bowled brilliantly. He took 4 wickets for 71 runs in his quota of 10 overs. He took the wickets of Kusal Perera, Sadira Samarawickrama, Kusal Mendis and Charith Asalanka.

This is how Sri Lanka's wickets fell

• First: Kusal Perera - 0 Run: Hasan Ali got caught by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan on the fourth ball of the second over.
• Second: Pathum Nissanka – 51 runs: Shadab Khan got caught by Abdullah Shafiq on the second ball of the 18th over.
• Third: Kusal Mendis- 122 runs: Hasal Ali got caught by Imam-ul-Haq on the 5th ball of the 29th over.
• Fourth: Charith Asalanka- 1 run: Hasan Ali got caught by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan on the first ball of the 31st over.
• Fifth: Dhananjay de Silva - 25 runs: Mohammad Nawaz got caught by Shaheen Afridi on the first ball of the 42nd over.
• Sixth: Dasun Shanaka - 12 runs: Shaheen Afridi got caught by Babar Azam on the third ball of the 47th over.
• Seventh: Sadira Samarawickrama - 108 runs: Hasan Ali got caught by Mohammad Rizwan on the last ball of the 48th over.
• Eighth: Mahish Teekshana- 0 Run: Haris Rauf bowled the second ball of the 50th over.
• Ninth: Dunith Vellalage- 10 runs: Haris Rauf got caught by Abdullah Shafiq on the last ball of the 50th over.

Playing XI of both the teams

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (captain), Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjay de Silva, Dunith Vellalage, Mathish Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka and Mahish Theekshana.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf.