Fight For Championship of Asia Cup:
Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup Final Highlights:
First Innings:
It was Sunday, 11 September, and both teams were very excited to win the Asia cup. The match starts with a toss and Pakistan wins a toss. The toss was such a good start because in the entire Asia cup the team that won the toss chose to field. Similarly, Pakistan won the toss and decided to field first. Pakistan started their bowling very well and Naseem shah cleanly bowled Kusal Mendis on the 3rd ball of the inning.
Similarly, Sri Lanka scored 40 runs for the loss of 3 wickets at the end of the powerplay. After that, Sri Lanka's batsman's wickets continued to fall from time to time and 5 players lost their wickets for 58 runs. In the starting 10th over, Sri Lanka scored only 67 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. after that, Sri Lanka scored 103 runs for the loss of only 1 wicket in the last 10th overs but a top knock of 71 runs off 45 balls by Rajapaksa helped them post a target of 171 in 20 overs. For Pakistan, Haris Rauf took 3 wickets.
Second Innings:
In the second innings, Pakistan started their innings very slowly and scored only 37 runs for the loss of 2 wickets at the end of the powerplay. But after that, it was a partnership between Rizwan and Iftikhar. the partnership was on the rise with a slow run rate but the effect of a slow run rate on the required run rate was significant. And then Iftikhar or Rizwan was out and Pakistani batsman's wickets continued to fall from time to time and the target was out of the reach of the Pakistan team. Hasaranga took 3 wickets in 1 over and Pakistan was eliminated from the match. Chasing 171 runs, Pakistan was bowled out for 147 runs in 20 overs. And Sri Lanka won the final match and won the title of the Asia Cup 6th time.
Player of the Match: Bhanuka Rajapaksa(SL) . 71* (45)
Player of the Tournament: Wanindu Hasaranga





