12.10am After wonderful cricket today, it is only fair that the series ends in a draw. The frustration during the rain turned out to be more than worth it. On behalf of Danyal, and our scorer Chetan, this is Abhijato - signing off.
I will leave the last word with Shoaib Hunjra, who makes a sparse, eloquent point to sum it all up: "What a match we have seen".
12am It is midnight now, and the presentations are underway after a short match that felt like it went on forever - in the best way possible.
Wanindu Hasaranga walks up to collect the Player of the Match award. He's walking away but gets called back to collect the Player of the Series trophy too. Now, he speaks: "It was a hard game. The pitch had bite and was slow... Feeling good [about the upcoming T20 World Cup]. We have three more games before the World Cup, so want to get more preparation in."
Salman Ali Agha, who played a great knock but ends up as the captain of the losing side: "It was a great game. We gave away too many with the ball, but the batting was great. Fielding needs to be great. The way the batting unit went to it, the game could have gone either way... With the ball, we need to be better in the death overs."
Here's Wanindu Hasaranga, Player of the Match: "It''s a great win. Thanks to the ground staff for putting a game on. The crowd too, for expecting a game while it is raining. We weren't after a score, the other batters read the pitch and we wanted stability upfront. Everyone played their part. [Is this the role he wants to play more often?] Very happy about my performance. If I can get going, every team member can play their own roles. Even in practices, I was hitting it well. So, today was a good day to showcase it."
11.50pm Sri Lanka tie the series 1-1, and have plenty of positives to take away from a strong comeback win after their loss in the first T20I. What a match we've had today: on a difficult surface, mitigated by a wet outfield, both sides were evenly matched right up till the end. Hasaranga was the pick of the ball with his spell of 4 for 35, and mitigated the damage done by a blistering cameo from Salman Agha. He played an atypical knock, racing away to 45 off 11 before falling to Pathirana. Pakistan never recovered, and Pathirana's pitch-perfect final over, soon after, sealed the win for Sri Lanka.
Hamza: "9-ball 34 trumps 12-ball 45" - The two captains, Shanaka and Agha, were the pick of the batters for each side respectively. In the end, Shanaka's team was propped up better by the smaller cameos around him, and that made all the difference between the two sides.