PAK vs SL | Twitter thrilled as Hasaranga’s cold revenge leaves Abrar Ahmed with helpless smile

‌Pakistan did a great job of restricting Sri Lanka to 133/8 after opting to bowl in a crucial Asia Cup T20 2025 game in Abu Dhabi. Shaheen Afridi shone with the ball with a spell of 3/28 in four overs, while Haris Rauf and Hussain Talat chipped in with two wickets. Meanwhile, Kamindu Mendis stood tall, among all the ruins, with a fighting half-century to take his side to a respectable total.

Pakistan started the chase promisingly with openers Fakhar Zaman and Sahibzada Farhan taking the side to 43/0 within the first five overs. But spinner Maheesh Theekshana sent back both openers in his second over, in the space of a ball, to turn the game on its head.

Wanindu Hasaranga played a crucial part in the second wicket as he flew towards his right to complete a single-handed stunner at mid-off to dismiss Fakhar. He immediately got up and mimicked Abrar Ahmed’s celebration, shaking his head, gesturing towards the batter to walk back to the pavilion.

Hasaranga was waiting for the moment after Abrar had cleaned him up earlier in the innings to mock his celebration. The Sri Lankan leg-spinner went a step ahead in the next over when he bamboozled Saim Ayub with a beauty.

After being introduced in the first over after the powerplay, Hasaranga went past Ayub’s defence with a googly to disturb the furniture in the fourth ball of his first over. He was quick to turn towards the Pakistan dressing room and pull out the shaking head celebration again.

Twitter was in splits as Abrar could do nothing but respond with a sheepish smile amid the Hasaranga carnage.

Hasaranga Cooked!

— Symonds (@Symonds716624) 

Great!

How did hasaranga catch this?😵😵

Pakistan's 2nd wicket down  

— AAD 🪧 DEGEN (@aad2degen) 

He did!

Hey Abrar,



If you can do it, I CAN DO IT BETTER!!! 🔥



- Wanindu Hasaranga 

— Kanishka Roshan (@KrosaniTy) 

Reaction!

Hasaranga comes to haunt Abrar & Pakistan 😭 

— Taimoor Zaman (@taimoor_ze) 

Yeah!

Hasaranga not keeping anything to himself…  

— Vincenzo Cassano (@Vcassano11) 

haha!

Rajasthan Royal's Hasaranga owned Abraand Ahmed 🤣🤣🤣🤣



Abrar copied his celebration and now Hasaranga is cooking him after every wicket. 🔥🔥🔥



No one respects Pakistan 💩😂   

— King in the North (@Worship_Kohli) 

Giving back!

Giving back ft. Hasaranga 😆 

— Radoo (@Ungamma_ra) 

Brilliant catch!

What a catch by Wanindu Hasaranga , blinder man one handed

CATCH OF THE TOURNAMENT !!!  

— Stumper (@TheStumpStory) 

Superb !

Hasaranga with the Catch of the Tournament...🤯🇱🇰🔥 

— Wahida 🇦🇫 (@RealWahidaAFG) 

Lol!

Now, Wanindu Hasaranga comes up with Abrar Ahmed's celebration after picking the wicket 👌🤣🤣🔥     

— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01)