Asia Cup: Pakistan lose embarrassingly before final, Sri Lanka strengthen trophy claim
Before the final of Asia Cup (Asia Cup 2022), Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the Super 4 match. Sri Lanka achieved the target given by Pakistan (Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka) in 18 balls only.
Before the final of the Asia Cup (Asia Cup 2022), Sri Lanka broke the passion of Pakistan. On Friday, Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka Cricket Team) defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the Super 4 match. Now after 2 days both the teams will meet once again in the title match and due to this match the final is expected to be even more high voltage. The Pakistan Cricket Team, who came to bat first, could not even play the entire over and were bundled out for 121 runs in 19.1 overs. Pakistani stars kneel down against Sri Lankan star bowler Wanindu Hasranga. Hasaranga took 3 wickets for 21 runs.
Babar scored the most runs
Pakistan captain Babar Azam has struggled with poor form in this tournament, but against Sri Lanka he was the only batsman from the Pakistan camp to reach 30 runs. Apart from that, Mohammad Nawaz scored 26 runs. Apart from these two batsmen, none of Pakistan’s batsmen could show their superiority at the crease. Even Mohammad Rizwan, who was in explosive form, could only score 14 runs. At the same time, Fakhar Zaman and Iftikhar Ahmed played an innings of 13 runs each. Both Asif Ali and Hasan Ali could not even open an account. Apart from Hasaranga, Mahish Dikshana and Pramod Madush took 2 wickets each. While Dhananjay de Silva and Chamika Karunaratne got one success each.
A hero of narrow victories
Chasing the target, the Sri Lankan team did not get off to a good start as they lost 2 of their wickets for just 2 runs. However, opener Pathum Nisanka stayed at one end and formed a small partnership with Bhanuka Rajapaksa and skipper Dasun Shanaka to take the team to the brink of victory. Nissanka scored an unbeaten 55 off 48 balls. While Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunatilka could not even open the account. Dhananjay de Silva could also score only 10 runs. Mohammad Hasnain and Haris Rauf scored 2-2 for Pakistan.
