Srilanka cricket team at Asia Cup 2023
Asian Cup 2023 PAK vs SL: Pakistan’s 2023 Asia Cup game is over. Nepal and Afghanistan were eliminated in the first round, after which the teams from Bangladesh and Pakistan were eliminated from the Super 4. Now there are only two contenders left for the title. The teams of India and Sri Lanka will compete against each other on September 17th. The team that wins this game will be crowned champions. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka achieved another great feat by defeating Pakistan. Let us talk about it.
After winning the toss, Pakistan captain Babar Azam decided to bat first.
In the 2023 Asian Cup Super 4 match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat first. However, the toss was delayed and in such a situation it was expected that the captain who won the toss would bat later as it would be easier for him if the target changed. But the captain thought something and struck first. Due to the rain, the game was initially played for 45 overs and then reduced to 42 overs when rain started again. In the set overs, Pakistan scored 252 runs for seven wickets and set a target of aiming for the same score as Sri Lanka. The overs were reduced and there was a chance of rain, so chasing it was not an easy task. But Sri Lanka’s opening batsmen started aggressively and scored runs quickly.
This is Sri Lanka’s third biggest chase in the Asia Cup.
Meanwhile, only once did it feel like this when Shaheen Afridi had put Sri Lanka on the back foot by taking two wickets in two consecutive balls in the 41st over, but after that, in the last over, Sri Lanka needed eight runs to win what the team needed. Made it on the last ball. This is now Sri Lanka’s third-biggest chase in ODI Asia Cup history. Sri Lanka had successfully made their biggest run against India in the 2014 Asia Cup. That was 265 runs. After that, Sri Lanka also won their match against Pakistan in the 2014 Asia Cup by scoring 261 runs and later batting. Has now chased 252 runs and reached the target of over 250 for the third time. The team has surpassed the 240-run tally against India in 1997.
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