Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 2019: 1st T20I – Sri Lanka's rare win, Hasnain's hat-trick, Akmal's record duck and more stats

Sri Lanka finally got a win on the tour of Pakistan as they defeated the hosts by a huge margin the 1st game of the 3-match T20I series. Danushka Gunathilaka’s 38-ball 57 was backed by a couple of 30s from the top-order. They failed to capitalize on the quick start and settled down with 165/5. Some good bowling from Sri Lankan pacers rattled Pakistan’s top-order who were never comfortable in the chase after that. They eventually got bowled out for only 101; their lowest T20I total ever at home.

All the statistical highlights from Sri Lanka’s first win in the ongoing tour of Pakistan:

A rare win over Pakistan for the Lankans:

7 – For the first time in seven T20Is, Sri Lanka has managed to defeat Pakistan. Coming into this match, they lost all the six T20I matches they played against Pakistan since the start of 2015. In fact, this was the first time Sri Lanka has defeated Pakistan in a limited-overs match since their win in an ODI in 2015 at home. They lost successive ODI/T20I matches in this span against Pakistan (8 ODIs and 6 T20Is).

1 – Pakistan lost a T20I in Pakistan while chasing a target for the first time. They won all their previous four home T20Is while chasing. In fact, Pakistan had a 9-1 record in the 10 T20Is they played in Pakistan.

Not a great comeback for Akmal:

9 – Umar Akmal now has bagged a most number of ducks among Pakistan players in T20I cricket surpassing Shahid Afridi’s 8 ducks. Akmal’s nine ducks are the joint 2nd most by any player. He is only behind Tillakaratne Dilshan who got out for a duck on ten occasions in T20Is.

26 – Number of ducks Umar Akmal has bagged in Twenty20 cricket; the joint 2nd most for any player in this format. Dwayne Smith tops the list with 28 ducks while Chris Gayle also has 26 ducks. Umar went past his elder brother Kamran Akmal’s tally of 25 ducks.

Hasnain takes a hat-trick:

2 – Mohammad Hasnain became only the 2nd Pakistan player and overall the 8th player to take a T20I hat-trick. Faheem Ashraf became the first during the 2017 Abu Dhabi T20I also against Sri Lanka.

19y 183d – At the age of 19 years and 183 days, Mohammad Hasnain became the youngest player to take a hat-trick in T20I cricket. The previous youngest was Rashid Khan who was 20 years and 157 days old when he took four wickets in four balls against Ireland this year.

Overall, Hasnain is the 2nd youngest player to take a hat-trick in all International cricket. He was 19 years and 81 days when he took an ODI hat-trick against in 1991.

Top-order gives a perfect start to the visitors:

3 – Only the 3rd time Sri Lanka’s top three scored 30+ runs in a T20I match. 2015 Pallakele T20I against West Indies and 2018 Sylhet T20I against Bangladesh are the other two instances.

Babar continues to be troubled against Lanka:

16.33 – Babar Azam managed to score only 49 runs at an average of 16.33 against Sri Lanka across four T20Is. He has a batting average of 50+ against the remaining six other teams he faced in the T20I cricket.