Pakistan have beaten Sri Lanka by 6 wickets on Tuesday (10th October). Mohammad Rizwan's unbeaten 134* and Abdullah Shafique's fantastic 113 defied Mendis' swashbuckling 122 and Sadeera Samarawickrama's 108. Pakistan now have won two matches they played in this World Cup.

Earlier, Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and opted to bat first. Coming out to bat they had a huge blow as they lost their opener Kusal Perera for a 4 ball duck. But that didn't bother Sri Lanka much as Kusal Mendis' imperious hitting and Pathum Nissanka's brilliant batting helped Lankans coming out from deep hole. The duo had 102 runs stand with Nissanka notched up a classy fifty off 61 balls before falling to Shadan Khan.

After the departure of Nissanka, Mendis put on a show. He decimated the new ball, made the Pakistani pacers lacklustre, his ominous batting bamboozled Pakistan. Mendis notched up a glorious hundred off only 65 balls and went for scoring a swashbuckling 122 off 77 deliveries with a jaw dropping strike rate of 158.44.
Sadeera Samarawickrama too was on top and was smashing the Pakistani bowlers at ease. Sadeera notched up a fantastic ton. He made a brilliant 108 off 89 balls before falling to Hasan Ali. With dual centuries from Mendis and Samarawickrama helped Sri Lanka post an indomitable total of 344 on the board.
In reply, Pakistan stuttered earlier after losing their inform batter Imam - Ul - Haq for 12 off 12. Things would've been fine if Babar stayed in the crease. But Babar too failed on the occasion and went back to the pavilion scoring 10 off 15 balls.

And then the real show started. Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Rizwan put on a show. The duo was calculative, agile and crafty. They added 176 to the board. Shafique notched up his maiden ODI hundred and scored a magnificent 113 off 103 balls. On the other hand, Rizwan too was adamant and he too brought up his hundred. He was unbeaten on 134* off only 121 balls and took Pakistan home with 10 balls to spare and 6 wickets in hands.