Kusal Mendis hits unbeaten 87 as Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by eight wickets

Kusal Mendis scored an unbeaten 87 off 48 balls to guide Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win in the third T20I against Pakistan at Rawalpindi on Tuesday. Sri Lanka chased down 169 with 17 balls to spare, securing their only victory in the three-match series which Pakistan won 2-1.

Dasun Shanaka took three wickets for 21 runs as Pakistan were restricted to 168 for eight after being sent in. Sahibzada Farhan top-scored for the hosts with 76 off 47 balls, but received limited support from the rest of the batting order.

Mendis also became Sri Lanka's leading T20I run-scorer with 2791 runs, surpassing Pathum Nissanka's tally of 2784. He was named player of the match while Farhan took the player of the series award.