Updated : Tuesday January 20 , 2009 7:19:54 PM
KARACHI: Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in first one-day international here Tuesday, reported ARY OneWorld.Earlier, Pakistan paceman Rao Iftikhar returned career-best figures of 4 for 42 and Umar Gul took three wickets to help bowl out Sri Lanka for 219 runs in the first ODI.The performances of Iftikhar and Gul, who took three for 30, overshadowed the return of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to the one-day team after a gap of 14 months. Shoaib did not take a wicket in his seven overs.Sri Lanka got off to a fast start, reaching 71 from 53 balls with openers Tillakaratne Dilshan (42) and Sanath Jayasuriya (38) in fine form.But Gul removed both openers and later Iftikhar derailed the innings with a double strike in the 35th over when he got the key wickets of Kumar Sangakkara (49) and the hard-hitting Thilan Thushara for a duck.Sri Lanka, after winning the toss and chosing to bat first, lost wickets at regular intervals to some loose shots and were indebted to resolute knocks from Chamara Kapugedera (27) and Nuwan Kulasekara (24).
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