Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup Final: Dilshan Madushanka concedes nine runs without a legal delivery

Sri Lanka seamer Dilshan Madushanka conceded eight runs without bowling a legal delivery in the first over of the Pakistan innings at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. Sri Lanka assigned a target of 171 for Pakistan in the second over but started in a lousy manner as Madushanka gave away eight extras at the start. Madushanka started with a no-ball straight away and awarded Mohammad Rizwan a free-hit to free the shackles. He then bowled two back-to-back wides down the leg side to give more extra runs to their opponent. If that was bad, the next ball brought a bigger gift for Pakistan as an in-swinging delivery swung far away from the wicketkeeper as well and only settled after crossing the boundary line. The boundary of a wide delivery was only followed by another wide to add to the frustration of Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka.

Pakistan scorecard read 9/0 (0.0 overs). The timeline read: N, WD, WD, 5WD, WD. However, Madushanka then got his act straight giving away only three runs in the six legal deliveries and Pakistan ended the first over of their run chase at 12/0. Sri Lanka then cramped Pakistan for runs for the rest of the powerplay as Pramod Madushan dismissed Babar Azam (5) and Fakhar Zaman (0) on back-to-back deliveries. Pakistan’s batting mainstay Rizwan tried to steady the innings scoring 16 off 22 deliveries. Pakistan ended their six overs of powerplay at 37/2 even after starting with nine extras. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .