In the International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI World Cup 2023 match, Sri Lanka piled up a mountain of runs against Pakistan, giving the green shirts a target of 345 runs to win.
In the match played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and invited captain Babar Azam to the field.
Sri Lanka scored 344 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs, Kusal Mendis scored 122 runs and Sadeera Samarawickrama scored 108 runs. On behalf of Pakistan, Hassan Ali dismissed 4 players.
A change has been made in the national team today, Abdullah Shafiq has been included in the team in place of opener Fakhar Zaman.
This is the highest score by any team against Pakistan in a World Cup match, the previous highest score against Pakistan in a World Cup was 336 runs scored by India in 2019.
In the history of the World Cup, Pakistan and Sri Lanka faced each other 8 times, while once in 2019, the match could not be played due to rain.
Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka in 7 matches between 1975 and 2011, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 192 runs in the 1975 match.
The national team defeated Sri Lanka twice in the 1983 World Cup, the first time by 50 runs and the second time by 11 runs.
In the 1987 World Cup, two matches were played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the Green Cap won the first by 15 runs and the second by 113 runs.
The green shirts only faced Sri Lanka in the 1992 World Cup in which Pakistan won by 4 wickets.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka did not meet in the 1996, 1999, 2003, and 2007 World Cups.
The two teams last met in the 2011 World Cup in which Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 11 runs to maintain their winning streak in World Cup history.
Will Pakistan create new history in the World Cup 2023 against Sri Lanka?
Let us tell you that Pakistan has never successfully achieved a target of 265 runs or more in a Cricket World Cup.
The Pakistan cricket team’s most successful World Cup chase is 263 runs which they achieved against New Zealand in 1992.
If Pakistan is to create new history in the World Cup 2023, the Green Shirts will have to achieve the biggest target in their World Cup history against Sri Lanka today.
it should be noted that Pakistan will face India in their third match of the ICC Men`s Cricket World Cup 2023 on 14th October at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
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