Sri Lanka won the title of Asia Cup 2022!!!
Sri Lanka defeated pakistan by 27 runs in the final of the Asia Cup 2022 on sunday to win the sixth title. Both the teams have faced each other four times in the final of the Asia Cup and three times pakistan has lost. Batting first, sri lanka scored 170 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing the target of 171 runs, pakistan were bundled out for 147 runs in 20 overs. In this way, sri lanka won the title of Asia Cup for the sixth time.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and invited sri lanka to bat first. sri lanka had a poor start and on the third ball of the first over, Naseem Shah clean bowled Kusal Mendis. After this, Haris Rauf bowled sharply from the other end and along with Pathum Nissanka showed Gunathilaka the way to the pavilion. Till the powerplay, sri lanka had scored 42 runs for the loss of three wickets.
After this, Bhanuka Rajapaksa took the lead and first made a good partnership with Dhananjaya de Silva and then Wanindu Hasaranga. After half the team returned to the pavilion for 58 runs, both played open shots and took the team beyond 100. In the last 5 overs, Karunaratne played a good part of Rajapaksa and together they took the team to 170.
Chasing the target of 171 runs, Pakistan's start was not good and Babar Azam was dismissed after scoring 5 runs in the fourth over. Fakhar Zaman was also clean bowled by Pramod Madhushan on the next ball. Mohammad Rizwan again played a brilliant inning in this match and together with Iftikhar ahmed took the team close to 100. After Rizwan's dismissal on the score of 110, no batsman could last long and the entire team was bundled out for 147 runs. Pramod Madhushan took four wickets, while Wanindu Hasaranga, who turned the tide of the match, showed three batsmen the way to the pavilion.
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