Asia Cup Final 2022 SL vs Pak: Sri Lanka Defeated Pakistan

Asia cup Final 2022 SL vs Pak: Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan to win the Asia Cup title, and became champion again after the 2014.

The Sri Lankan team showed the world an example of the power of unity in Dubai on Sunday.

The team which was not considered worthy of reaching the Super-4, leave it as the contender for the Asia Cup, and that team became the champion of Asia.

This team also proved that you don’t need big players but trust and solidarity in each other to win a title.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s bat was calm in this tournament, but playing a useful unbeaten half-century in the final match gave his team Sri Lanka the winning trophy of the Asia Cup T20.

Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 23 runs in the final match.

Sri Lanka’s score was at one time 58 for five and it seemed that the Sri Lankan team would be reduced to a small score, but with the help of Rajapaksa’s innings, they gave Pakistan a strong target of 171 runs.

Rajapaksa played an unbeaten 71 off 45 balls and hit six fours and three sixes. He was well supported by all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga who scored 36 runs in 21 balls. He hit five fours and a six.

Both shared 58 runs in 36 balls for the sixth wicket. With the help of both of them, the Sri Lankan team managed to score 170 runs for six wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

Apart from Hasranga, Rajapaksa also shared a 31-ball 54-run partnership with Chamika Karunaratne (14 not out) for the seventh wicket.

In reply, the Pakistani team also had a poor start and the team was reduced to 147 runs in 20 overs.

Mohammad Rizwan (55) scored the most runs for Pakistan and apart from him, Iftikar Ahmed (32) was able to sustain to some extent. Both shared 71 runs in 59 balls for the third wicket.

When both of them were batting, the Pakistani team remained in the match, but after the break of this partnership, the Sri Lankan bowlers did not give Pakistan a chance to return.

Pramod Madushan (4/34) and Vanandu Hasaranga (3/27) bowled well for Sri Lanka. Chasing the target, Pakistan got some runs for free at the beginning itself.

Sri Lanka’s left-arm fast bowler Dilshan Madushan bowled four balls wide and one ball no ball in the first five balls.

The country was given a chance to celebrate: Sri Lanka, which has faced a social and economic crisis and the worst democratic turmoil in its history, has been given a chance to celebrate by its players.

Sri Lanka is the host of the Asia Cup in a way, but due to security reasons, it could not organize it in its home country and hence the United Arab Emirates got the opportunity to organize this tournament.

It would have been a happy moment for the Dasun Shanaka-led side playing the final at their home ground.

Lost the first match then won: The Sri Lankan team had lost its first match in this tournament.

The team was defeated by Afghanistan. From that match, everyone started saying that as bad conditions are in the country of Sri Lanka, so is its game.

But the team won five consecutive matches after that and proved that they are also no less and the team which took them lightly in the tournament, was overshadowed by them.

Officials of the Sri Lankan Cricket Board also praised their team saying that it is wonderful to be the Asia Cup champion after losing to Afghanistan in the first match. hats off to you.

Sri Lankan cricket came alive: Before the final match, Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan in Super-4. From that match, Sri Lanka was considered a contender to win the final.

Because from the batting of the Sri Lankan team to the bowling, there was nowhere for the Pakistani team.

Now with this victory, Sri Lanka made their cricket alive. Now this team will go into the upcoming T20 World Cup with great confidence.