Sohail Tanvir of Pakistan plays a shot during the 2nd T20 match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Dubai, on December 13, 2013. PHOTO: AFP
Chasing a massive target of 212 runs, Pakistan folded for 187 runs in 19.2 overs.
Opener Sharjeel Khan was the highest scorer for Pakistan, he made 50 runs from just 25 balls. But the rest of the batting order never got going and the team had slumped to 85-7 with Umar Akmal, Umar Amin and Bilawal Bhatti all returning to the pavilion without adding any runs.
But the lower order decided to put up a fight, starting with a battling 28 from veteran all rounder Shahid Afridi.
But reeling at 121-8, bowlers Sohail Tanvir and Saeed Ajmal held on to add 63 runs for the ninth wicket partnership, giving a ray of hope to Pakistan.
Tanvir got out after scoring 41 runs off 26 balls, while Ajmal scored 20 runs of 15 balls.
Sachithra Senanayake was the pick of the bowler for Sri Lanka, he took three wickets for 27 runs in his four overs.
Earlier, after being put in to bat by Pakistan, Sri Lanka put up a massive total of 211 runs for the loss of three wicket in their allotted 20 overs in the second Twenty20 International in Dubai, Espncricinfo reported.
The chief destroyer of Pakistani bowling was opener Kusal Perera. His brilliant knock of 84 runs off just 59 balls was punctuated with five fours and four sixes.
Saeed Ajmal was the pick of the bowler for Pakistan, he took two wickets for 25 runs in his four overs.
Earlier, following their victory in the first Twenty20 on Wednesday, Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez had chosen to bowl first with an unchanged side after winning the toss in the Second Twenty20 International in Dubai on Friday.
Pakistan had edged out Sri Lanka by three wickets in a thrilling last-over finish in the first match on Wednesday.
Pakistan named an unchanged side, while Sri Lanka have left out Ajantha Mendis to hand a debut to Seekkuge Prasanna.
Pakistan:
Ahmed Shehzad, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez (c), Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal (wk), Shahid Afridi, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Usman Khan.
Sri Lanka:
TM Dilshan, MDKJ Perera, KC Sangakkara (wk), LD Chandimal (c), AD Mathews, HDRL Thirimanne, NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara, SMSM Senanayake, SL Malinga, S Prasanna.
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Great to see Sharjeel delivering in style and with confidence.Now there is no reason to leave him in coming matches as is the case with players from Karachi or Hyderabad.
Cricket is a more business than sports. Everything is planned and fixed.
Well this a game where one will win and the other will lose. we should take it as it is. We should stop out of proportion importance to games like cricket.
Well done Sri Lanka, it has been a good series so far! I hope the same level of competitvness carries over to the ODIs.
Now let the rain frogs come out of their caves
Chasing aside, 187 was quite a decent score thanks to the lower order and sharjeel. such a loss i can handle. But Pakistanis took the lankans very lightly, and that was unprofessional, they are the best t20 team at the moment and they proved so tonight by knocking the bowlers all over the place. We need to respect every team even if we were ahead in the series.