10.15 pm A nail-biter to start a tournament off, what more can we ask for? Well, in case you are that greedy, India meet hosts Bangladesh tomorrow so do join us then. But for now, this is goodbye from Alagappan Muthu

Lasith Malinga is the Man of the Match "At the moment, not much good rhythm. Really happy to take the five wickets. Last two games and the first half of the game, didn't bowl too well. But I used my variations and at the end we won the game. Not much dew today and I concentrated on my variations, slower balls, bouncers and at the end of the day, very happy we won the game"

"I still think we were 20 runs short considering the start Thirimanne and Sangakkara gave us," says Angelo Mathews. But in the past we've won these close games and it was good to come out on top again. He is a great team man and he will get you runs anywhere. Malinga is the best bowler for us and has been in the past few years. Whenever we are under pressure he is our go to man and he did it again. [Did he underbowl?] Well, maybe I'll try to bowl more"

10.10 pm "I think Umar [Akmal] batted really well, that was a crucial partnership. At that time we had six wickets in hand and we should have won this game," says Misbah ul Haq, "He played a really sensible knock today but played a rash shot and could not finish it. After the start they got, it was a really good effort to restrict them to 296. The way the pitch was playing, no turn nothing for the fast bowler. This should have been chased. I'm trying, there's nothing better for a batsman than scoring runs and I hope I can do that more often"

10.00 pm What a turnaround from the Sri Lankan spearhead, he was seven overs for no wickets but in his last 14 balls, he's turned Pakistan's chase the wrong way all by himself. Before that though, Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal looked set to win this by a canter. Until both batsmen lost their heads. That was the opening Sri Lanka needed and they just burst through. Join us in a few minutes for the presentation

"It was pretty Intense," says Kumar Sangakkara "We were under the pump for the greater part of the match, probably our own fault. We were 15-20 short and gave away too many loose balls. But in the end, Malinga the champion showed us just how good he is and Chaturanga de Silva, the debutant did well too with the ball and in the field. Bit more pace on the ball for Bhatti to hit in the latter overs, should have used the change up more. So lots of areas to improve and looking forward to do some training. We had cover for the last over. Thisara was there, Sachithra had an over and we had Lakmal too. But the key over was Malinga's and he did it for us. [Pakistan pulling Sri Lanka back in the latter overs of their batting] That's the way the game goes, they bowled really well, but Ange [Mathews] again, fifty not out to guide us towards 300"

Chirala Roop Ku: "2.5-0-11-5, this is called MALINGA LAW" 250 wickets in ODIs as well for the champion

Nasir: "Exactly why pakistan cricket has stalled in past 5-6 years. Poor decision making, poor shot selection and we still persist with them. Umar Akmal is a talent who will never realize how good he was. Afridi (no comments)"

kapil utvani: "@salmanov amjad : bhatti became a national hero..... .. ..of sri lanka :P"

deep square leg comes up, deep midwicket comes up. Point goes out and so has fine leg. Long-on is also in place. No wait, deep midwicket goes back and up comes point

Salmanov Amjad: "Time for Bhatti to become a national hero... "

Junaid Khan is the last man in

All four fielders inside the circle are on the leg side

A very manageable 17 off 12 now

Ziad Hyder: "No need to play rash against Malinga in this over, just take singles and get the runs needed to single digits for the last over....it should be a home stretch from there..."