Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 23 runs within the Asia Cup remaining at Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday to assert their sixth title.
Put to bat first, Sri Lanka had been in serious trouble, dropping their 5 wickets for simply 58 earlier than Bhanuka Rajapaksa rescued his aspect. Rajapaksa performed a high knock of 71 runs from simply 45 deliveries to encourage the Lankans to put up a goal of 171.
Aside from the left-handed batter, Hasaranga additionally performed a fast knock of 36 runs off 21 balls. For Pakistan, Haris Rauf took three wickets, whereas Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, and Iftikhar Ahmed took one scalp every.
Within the chase of 171, Pakistan couldn’t handle to type a good partnership and saved dropping wickets at common intervals. Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan smashed 55 off 49 balls with the assistance of 5 boundaries, however he didn’t get any help from different batters because the Males in Inexperienced had been bundled out for 147, dropping the grand finale by 23 runs.
A four-wicket haul by Pramod Madushan and a three-wicket over by Wanindu Hasaranga was the eye-catching performances from Sri Lanka whereas defending 170. Chamika Karunaratne and Maheesh Theekshana scalped two and one wickets, respectively.
Asia Cup titles:
- 7 India
- 6 Sri Lanka *
- 2 Pakistan
Right here is how Twitter reacted:
Take a bow, Sri Lanka! 🙌 🙌
Males’s #AsiaCup Champions for the 6️⃣th time! 🏆#RoaringForGlory #SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/9xf2sjlIBX
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) September 11, 2022
Sri Lanka 𝐖𝐈𝐍 the #AsiaCup2022 🏆
Scorecard: https://t.co/xA1vz7cSW0 pic.twitter.com/IL3DaXmwIs
— ICC (@ICC) September 11, 2022
Regardless of the turmoil on and off the sector,the #SriLanka aspect has proven immense character by profitable the #AsiaCup2022Final.Congratulations @OfficialSLC
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) September 11, 2022
From dropping vs Afg to profitable the Asia Cup, properly performed @OfficialSLC 👏🏽 #PAKvSL #AsiaCupT20 pic.twitter.com/FzEkP8hhA1
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) September 11, 2022
A event that began with a thrashing by the hands of Afghanistan ends in a cracking fashion for Sri Lanka.
Absolute crew work!#PAKvsSL | #AsiaCupT20 | #SLvPAK | #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/0n0g9Z9ByH
— 🏏Flashscore Cricket Commentators (@FlashCric) September 11, 2022
A superb and totally fulfilling event. The two finest groups made it to the ultimate and Sri Lanka had been deserving winners #AsiaCup2022 #Cricket
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) September 11, 2022
Pakistan have been bowled out thrice underneath 150 and had been 9 down in one other on this Asia Cup. What’s attention-grabbing is that they weren’t blown away in Powerplay in any of those video games.
Their 10-over scores in these matches had been 68/2, 52/3, 66/2 & 68/2.— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) September 11, 2022
The fielding right now has been spectacular past creativeness for anybody who watched SL subject from circa 2015-2020.
Pakistan not a nasty fielding aspect, however Sri Lanka have made the distinction between them appear to be a gulf.
— Andrew Fidel Fernando (@afidelf) September 11, 2022
Kings and Queens of Asia! What a day! #AsiaCup2022 #ANC2022 pic.twitter.com/zfQFMlS1IQ
— Estelle Vasudevan (@Estelle_Vasude1) September 11, 2022
Not Pakistan’s fault. They had been on the unsuitable aspect of regulation of averages when it comes to profitable tosses and profitable video games.
— cricBC (@cricBC) September 11, 2022
Sri Lanka began the Asia Cup 2022 by dropping to Afghanistan and a pair of weeks later they gained the Asia Cup 2022 – Take a bow, Sri Lanka.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) September 11, 2022
Sri Lanka – The New Asia Cup Champions#Congratulations pic.twitter.com/qc8SnW0ezn
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) September 11, 2022
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Congratulations @OfficialSLC for profitable the Asia Cup.#AsiaCup2022 | #SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/1EB2EZt8Ts
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 11, 2022
Congratulations to Sri Lanka – the brand new Asia Cup champions!!!
Excellent efficiency!! #SLvPAK
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA) September 11, 2022
You’ve made these two and your total nation proud. Congratulations, @OfficialSLC 🇱🇰🏆 pic.twitter.com/6OyhB1jX9I
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) September 11, 2022
🤣🤣 #AsiaCup2022Final pic.twitter.com/RAYsAlVwES
— Angoor Stark 🍇🇮🇳 (@ladywithflaws) September 11, 2022
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TAGS: Asia Cup 2022, Pakistan, SLvPAK, Sri Lanka
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