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Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 82 runs to take unassailable 2-0 T20 series lead

Pakistan made 215-3 in the second T20I at Rawalpindi and bowled Sri Lanka out for 133-7 to win by 82 runs. The result gives them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

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Image: Arab News
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The story, neutrally told

Mixed · 2Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 82 runs in the second T20 international at Rawalpindi on Sunday 11 October, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Mixed · 2Pakistan posted 215-3, their second highest T20 total. Their record is 232-6 against England in 2021. Mixed · 2Maaz Sadaqat scored 96 off 51 balls, with seven sixes and six fours. He was dismissed off the last ball of the innings, four runs short of a maiden international century. Eshan Malinga took the wicket.

Mixed · 2Captain Sahibzada Farhan made 73, including five sixes and four boundaries. Gulf News says the pair added 88 for the second wicket. According to the AP report, both batters benefited from dropped catches: Maheesh Theekshana and Sineth Jayawardene missed chances off Farhan, and Nuwan Thushara missed a return catch when Sadaqat was on 44. Centre · 1Gulf News reports that 215 was Pakistan's highest T20I score at home, passing 208-3 against the West Indies in Karachi in 2021. It also says Sadaqat's seven sixes equalled the Pakistani record for a men's T20I innings. Mixed · 2Fast bowler Mohammad (Muhammad) Imran took 3-11 from four overs. Sri Lanka, who chose to field first, were 49-4 in the eighth over and finished on 133-7. Theekshana top-scored with an unbeaten 32 and Chamindu Wickramasinghe made 29.

Right · 1Sadaqat said he was trying to make the most of his form and plays with positive intent. Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis said batters needed to take responsibility, that the pitch was good for batting and that his side needed at least 200. He also said the team's fielding had not been up to the mark in the last two matches. Right · 1Pakistan won the first match by four wickets. The final game is on Tuesday in Rawalpindi, before England join for an ODI tri-series starting the following Sunday. AP says it is Sri Lanka's third successive T20 series loss away from home, after a 2-1 defeat in the West Indies and a 3-0 loss to England. Mixed · 2The two reports differ on who was in only his second T20 international. AP says it was Imran, while Gulf News says it was Sadaqat, who it says scored a half-century on debut on Friday.

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Centre1 outlet

Framing
Gulf News leads with Sadaqat's near-century and the records the innings set, treating it as a personal milestone story.
Emphasis
Record-book detail, Sadaqat's rise, and links to related features on him.
Leaves out or plays down
Says little about the dropped catches, Sri Lanka's reaction or the quotes from the captains.
Charged language
“Maaz Sadaqat is mass!”
For example
“his explosive batting helped the hosts rewrite the record books against Sri Lanka on Sunday” — Gulf News

Right1 outlet

Framing
Arab News carries AP's match report, which leads with Pakistan's total and the series win. It then examines Sri Lanka's dropped catches and its poor run away from home.
Emphasis
Imran's bowling, Sri Lanka's fielding lapses, and post-match quotes from Sadaqat and Mendis.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not mention the home-soil record or the Pakistani six-hitting record.
Charged language
“scrappy Sri Lanka”“Sloppy Sri Lanka fielding”
For example
“Sri Lanka pays price for dropped catches” — Arab News