Asia Cup 2022 Final: Sri Lanka thrashed Pakistan in final to lift trophy
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Sri Lanka thrashed Pakistan in final to lift trophy
LAHORE (Web Desk) - Sri Lanka on Sunday stunned Pakistan by 23 runs in Asia Cup final at the Dubai Cricket Stadium on Sunday as Green Shirts were bowled out for 147.
-PAKISTAN’S INNINGS-
FIRST OVER
Dilshan Madushanka started off the proceedings for Sri Lanka and taking the pressure, he gave away nine extras as Pakistan reached 12/0.
SECOND OVER
Maheesh Theekshana came to bowl his fist over and bowled an excellent over as he conceded only four runs.
THIRD OVER
Mohammad Rizwan hit beautifully through the off-side and earned a boundary. Thiw was Pakistan s first boundary with the bat as Madhushanka came back after conceding a boundary and gave away just four runs.
FOURTH OVER
Babar Azam while facing the newcomer, Pramod Madushan perished on 5 (6). In the next delivery, Pramod got better of Fakhar Zaman as Pakistan stumbled on 22/2. Pramod gave only four runs in a succesful over.
FIFTH OVER
Madhushanka came into bowl in the fifth over and conceded eight runs as Pakistan reached 32/2.
SIXTH OVER
Pramod continued to bowl his second over and conceded only five runs as Pakistan 37/2.
SEVENTH OVER
Hasaranga came into bowl and just gave away six runs. Pakistan reached 43/2.
EIGHTH OVER
Chamika Karunaratne in his first over went for 10 runs as at this stage Rizwan reached 25 (27) and Iftikhar on 13 (15). This took Pakistan’s total to 53/2.
NINTH OVER
Maheesh Theekshana conceded 10 runs in his second over. Pakistan reached 63/2.
TENTH OVER
Hasaranga continued to bowl in the 10th over as he only gave away five runs as Pakistan reached 68/2.
ELEVENTH OVER
Chamika Karunaratne came to bowl in the 11th over and he just gave away six runs.
TWELFTH OVER
In the 12th over, Rizwan showed some intent and smashed one sixer and boundary as 14 runs were smoked in this over and Pakistan reached 88/2,
THIRTEEN OVER
In the 13th over, Maheesh Theekshana came into bowl as he only conceded three runs. Pakistan reached 91/2.
FOURTEENTH OVER
Pramod conceded only five runs as Pakistan reached 97/3.
FIFETEENTH OVER
Dhananjaya de Silva came into bowl and bowled brilliant to conceded only four runs as Pakistan reached 101/3.
SIXTEENTH OVER
In the 16th over, Chamika Karunaratne got rid of Nawaz who merely made 6 (9). Chamika conceded only 8 runs.
SEVENTH OVER
In the 17th over, Hasaranga came into bowl and conceded only two runs and gave away three wickets.
EIGHTEENTH OVER
Theekshana came into bowl in the 18th over and conceded only eight runs as Pakistan reached 120/8.
NINETEENTH OVER
Pramod came in to bowl and he got rid of Naseem Shah, while he conceded 19 runs.
TWENTIETH OVER
Karunaratne came to bowl the last over of this Asia Cup and bowled out Pakistan to 147.
-SRI LANKA’S BOWLING-
Pramod Madushan Liyanagamage was outstanding and bagged four wickets and Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva picked up three wickets. While Chamika Karunaratne took two wickets, while Theekshana grabbed one wicket.
-SRI LANKA’S INNINGS-
FIRST OVER
Naseem Shah came into the attack to bowl in the first over, while Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis opened the innings for Sri Lanka. In the third ball Shah got rid of Kusal Mendis who made his way back to the pavilion without troubling the scorecard. In the first over, Shanka XI managed to score four runs.
SECOND OVER
Dhananjaya de Silva came into replace Kusal Mendis who in the over of Mohammad Hasnain smashed two brilliant boundaries through the off side and at this stage, Sri Lanka reached 16. Hasnain went for 12 runs in his first over.
THIRD OVER
Naseem Shah came into bowl his second over and during which Pathum Nissanka played a lovely cover drive and that reached for four in no time, but in the next bowl Shah came back strongly, but Nissanka managed to rotate a strike. In this Shah gave away 7 runs and Sri Lanka amassed 23 in their three overs.
FOURTH OVER
Haris Rauf started the proceedings in fourth over and bagged a wicket of Pathum Nissanka who made 8 (11). Danushka Gunathilaka joined de silva. As rauf conceded five runs. Sri Lanka reached 28/2.
FIFTH OVER
In the fifth over, Dhananjaya hammered a boundary to Mohammad Hasnain. The over went for eight runs as in the last bowl, an overthrow gave an extra run to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka reached 36/2.
SIXTH OVER
Haris Rauf started off the over by shattering the stamps of Danushka Gunathilaka who made 1 (4). New batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa went off the mark straight away with a boundary and the over went for six. At this stage, Sri Lanka reached 42/3.
SEVENTH OVER
Shadab Khan came to bowl the 7th over and went for five runs. Sri Lanka reached 47/3.
EIGHTH OVER
Babar brought Iftikhar Ahmed into the attack. During his over, Bhanuka Rajapaksa smoked four. But when Dhananjaya de Silva was in strike, he was removed by Iftikhar Ahmed on 28 (21). Sri Lanka reached 55 and Iftikhar conceded eight runs.
NINTH OVER
Shadab Khan came into bowl in the ninth over and got better of skipper Dasun Shanaka 2(3). Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva hammered a boundary as Sri Lanka reached 62/5.
TENTH OVER
Iftikhar in his second over conceded five runs as Sri Lanka reached 67/5.
ELEVENTH OVER
Shadab Khan came into bowl his third over during which he went for two boundaries, first by Rajapaksa and then by de Silva. Shadab gave 10 runs. Sri Lanka reached 77/5.
TWELFTH OVER
Iftikhar Ahmed came into bowl his third over and went for a boundary as Rajapaksa played delicately. Iftikhar conceded eight runs.
THIRTEEN OVER
Hasnain came back to the attack and the over went on to be costly as he conceded 14 runs.
FOURTEENTH OVER
Shadab Khan came to bowl his last over and conceded seven runs, one of the leg bye. In his four over, Shadab went for 28 runs and grabbed one wicket.
FIFTEENTH OVER
Haris Rauf came into bowl the fifeteenth over and the over went on to be productive as it went for 11 runs, but Rauf got rid of Hasaranga, who chipped in with runs and made brilliant 36 (21).
SIXTEENTH OVER
Mohammad Nawaz came to bowl his first over and bowled an economical over as he went for just runs. Chamika Karunaratne joined Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who is playing a fine innings.
SEVENTEENTH OVER
Naseem Shah came into bowl in the 17th over and went for plenty as Sri Lanka batters went on to attack the pacer for sixteen runs. Sri Lanka reached 136/6.
EIGHTEENTH OVER
In the 18th over, Rauf conceded 11 runs, which also included 4 leg byes. Sri Lanka reached 148/6, while Rajapaksa scored well-deserved 50.
NINETEENTH OVER
Hasnain came into bowl and everything was going in his favour, but in the last ball, two fielders collided and the ball had gone over the ropes as a result of which Rajapaksa smashed his second six. Sri Lanka reached 155/6. Hasnain conceded eight runs.
TWENTIETH OVER
Naseem Shah bowled the last over and went for 15 runs. Sri Lanka managed to score 170/6 in their 20 overs.
-PAKISTAN’S BOWLING-
For Pakistan, Haris Rauf took three wickets, while Naseem, Shadab and Iftikhar Ahmed took a scalp each.
-SPOTLIGHT-
The player who played anchoring role in reconstructing the innings of Sri Lanka was Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who looked belligerent for his 71 off just 41 deliveries and was supported well by Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva who smoked 36 off 21 balls. Besides his batting, Hasaranga also took three wickets. Moreover, the newcomer in T20I, Pramod Madushan bagged four wickets.
-PLAYER OF THE MATCH -
For his fiery 71 (45), Bhanuka Rajapaksa was chosen as the Player of the Match.
-PLAYER OF THE SERIES-
Wanindu Hasaranga bagged the Player of the Series award as he took nine wickets and scored 66 runs in the tournament.
-TOSS-
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and put Sri Lanka to bat who amassed a total of 171.
