Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets (DLS method - due to rain) to reach to the Asia Cup 2023 final.

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The 5th Super Fours Match of the Asia Cup, 2023 was played yesterday between Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. In which Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets (DLS method - due to rain)

TOSS: Pakistan won the toss and opt to bat.

Match was resdused to 42 overs per side instead of 50 overs due to the rain.

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Pakistan Innings: Pakistan batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very well, althought the first wicket has dismissed very quickly, Mohammad Rizwan played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 86 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 6 boundaires in 73 balls, Abdullah Shafique played a brilliant half-century inning of 52 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 3 boundaries in 69 balls, Iftikhar Ahmed also played a brilliant inning of 47 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaires in 40 balls, apart from this, Babar Azam scored 29 runs with the help of 3 bouddaries in 35 balls, Fakhar Zaman dismissed just for 4 runs in 11 balls, Mohammad Haris runs in 9 balls, Mohammad Nawaz 12 runs in 12 balls, Shadab Khan 3 runs in 3 balls, and Shaheen Afridi was remains unbeaten for 1 run in 1 ball. In this way, Pakistan scored 252 runs after scoring 252 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 42 overs and DLS target was 252 runs for Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lankan bowlers- Matheesha Pathirana took 3 wickets for 65 runs in 8 overs, Pramod Madushan 2 wickets for 58 runs in 7 overs, Dunith Wellalage 1 wicket for 40 runs in 9 overs, Maheesh Theekshana 1 wicket for 42 runs in 9 overs,Dhananjaya de Silva wicketless for 28 runs in 6 overs, and Dasun Shanaka also wicketless for 18 runs in 3 overs.

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Sri Lanka Innings: Sri Lanka chasing 252 runs in the second inning achieved the target after losing 8 wickets in final ball of the inning. Kusal Mendis played a very brilliant powerful half-century inning of 91 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaires in 87 balls, Charith Asalanka played a brilliant unbeaten victory inning of 49 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in 47 balls, Sadeera Samarawickrama also played a brilliant inning of 48 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 51 balls, Pathum Nissanka scored 29 runs with the help of 4 boundiares in 44 balls, Kusal Perera 17 runs in just 8 balls, apart from this, Dhananjaya de Silva was dismissed just for 5 runs in 7 balls, Dasun Shanaka 2 runs in 4 balls, Dunith Wellalage dismissed without scoring in just 1 ball, Pramod Madushan dismissed just for 1 run in 3 balls, and Matheesha Pathirana was remains unbeaten without playing any ball. In this way, Sri Lanka chased the target after losing 8 wickets in final ball of the inning and won the match by 2 wickets (DLS Method).

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Pakistani bowlers Iftikhar Ahmed took 3 wickets for 50 runs in 8 overs, Shaheen Afridi 2 wickets for 52 runs in 9 overs, Shadab Khan 1 wicket for 55 runs in 9 overs, Mohammad Nawaz was wicketless for 26 runs in 7 overs, Zaman Khan wicketless for 39 runs in 6 overs, and Mohammad Wasim Jr also wicketless for 25 runs in 3 overs.

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PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Mendis was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant powerful half-century inning of 91 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaires in 87 balls.