Be that as it may, Pakistan, notwithstanding losing the last match, won the arrangement 3-2 as they had effectively secured the trophy at Premdasa Stadium on Wednesday.
The left-gave opener, who scored his second ODI hundred, mutual a splendid 162-run opening stand with dangerous Tillakaratne Dilshan (62), as the hosts set a mammoth focus of 369 keeps running for the guests.
Captain Angelo Mathews and Milinda Siriwardana did equity to this begin, by scoring a whirlwind recently limits as Sri Lanka amassed 107 keeps running in the last eight overs of the innings.
Pursuing the objective, Pakistan made a moderately moderate begin, including 46 keeps running in the initial nine overs. The group was cruising at 116-2 in the twentieth over after a better than average opening organization of 51 between captain Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad, before they succumbed to weight of the tremendous score and lost last eight wickets for only 87 runs.
Mohammad Hafeez (37) and Azhar (35) were the solitary patrons as the sightseers floundered seriously under lights regardless of good batting conditions.
Perera, who played a splendid thump of 116 runs, was proclaimed man of the match and Pakistan's batting all rounder Hafeez was pronounced man of the arrangement.
The two groups will now bolt horns for the two-match T20 arrangement, booked on July 30 and August 1, in Colombo.
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