News18 Malayalam | September 15, 2023, 06:47 IST
Asia Cup Final: India and Sri Lanka will meet in the final on Sunday
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Colombo: India reached the finals of the Asia Cup cricket after defeating Pakistan by two wickets in a long and exciting fight till the last ball. The opponents in the final are India. (AP Image)
Score: Pakistan 252 for 7 in 42 overs.Sri Lanka 252 for 8 in 42 overs.Duckworth set a target of 252 under the Lewis rule as play was interrupted by rain. . (AP Image)
The start of the match was delayed due to rain and the match was reduced to 45 overs. After Pakistan started batting, rain came again and stopped it for half an hour, reducing it to 42 overs. Later, the target was set at 252 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis rule. (AP Image)
Kushal Mendis scored 91 off 87 balls for Sri Lanka. Charit Asalanka’s resistance (49 not out) gave the team the win. (AP Image)
Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and chose to bat. (AP Image)
Abdullah Shafiq (52), who replaced opener Imam-ul-Haq due to injury, scored his first career half-century. This is Abdullah’s fourth ODI. (AP Image)
Mohammad Rizwan, the fourth, remained unbeaten on 86 off 73 balls. This includes six fours and two sixes. (AP Image)
Opener Fakhar Zaman (4) returned in the fifth over but Abdullah and Babar Azam (29) added 64 runs for the second wicket. Seventh man Iftikhar Ahmed scored 47 runs off 40 balls. (AP Image)
Matisha Pathirana took three wickets and Pramod Madhushan took two wickets for Sri Lanka. Young spinner Dunit Vellalaghe took a wicket against India. (AP Image)
The opening partnership of Sri Lanka, who were batting in reply, quickly broke down, but the combination of Mendis and Samarawickrama held on for the third wicket. (AP Image)
Both of them added 100 runs in 98 balls and gave Sri Lanka hope of victory. Sadhira Samarawickrama (48) and Nissanka (29) scored ten runs. (AP Image)
Asalanka’s fighting spirit helped Lanka in the last overs, despite the constant loss of wickets. (AP Image)
Iftikhar Ahmed took three wickets and Shaheen Shah Afridi took two wickets for Pakistan. (AFP Image)
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