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Asia Cup 2022 Scenario: With Sri Lanka already with two Super Four wins, that will confirm a Pakistan-Lanka title clash.

Needless to say, they need to beat Afghanistan on Thursday, that too by as convincing a margin as possible. One thing possibly going in India’s favour is that their two defeats have come on the penultimate balls of the matches, and a big win over Afghanistan can still put them back in the equation, if other results go their way. That will seal the Lankans’ spot in the final with three consecutive wins, and the other three teams with one win each, with net run rate being the deciding criterion.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (w), Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, ...

Rohit and Suryakumar got together with India in trouble at 13 for two. It came down to the last over, bowled by Arshdeep Singh, with Sri Lanka needing seven to win. Earlier, Sri Lanka grabbed wickets at regular intervals to limit India to a par score. It took a brilliant over from leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal to pull India back into the contest. Only a few favourable results, and an India win in its last Super 4 match (against Afghanistan on Thursday) can allow the side to progress to the final. Chasing 174, Sri Lanka crossed the finish line with one ball to spare.

Asia Cup 2022: Although India suffered a six-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2022 on Tuesday, 6 September, Twitter heaped praises on Arshdeep ...

I need to get answers from the younger ones," Rohit said after the match. Courtesy of a few accurately executed yorkers, Arshdeep conceded only five runs in the first four deliveries. [ ](https://www.thequint.com/news)and [ Breaking News ](/)at the Quint, browse for more from [ sports ](https://www.thequint.com/sports)and [ sports-buzz](https://www.thequint.com/sports/sports-buzz) Chahal and Bhuvi are the senior pros and have been doing it for a while. Besides social media, Arshdeep Singh has also garnered praise from his skipper Rohit Sharma for his performance in the last over of the match. However, in less than 48 hours, Arshdeep turned his critics into his fans, courtesy of an impressive last over against Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka posted a 6-wicket win in the final over to upset the favourites..team india. asia cup super 4. india verus sri lanka. dasun shanaka. ravi bishnoi.

Suryakumar also got into the act, striking Madushanka for a maximum. He followed that up with a four and then another six. It also meant that India skipper Rohit Sharma's scintillating 41-ball 72 went in vain, as the islanders completed a chase of 174 with a ball to spare. In the first ball of the next over, Sri Lanka suffered a body blow as Chahal got the big wicket of Mendis, who was trapped lbw in front of the wicket. Sri Lanka were off to a dream start as they removed opener KL Rahul (6) and one-down Virat Kohli (0) in quick succession, leaving defending champions India in early trouble at 13 for two in the third over. The result left the Men in Blue at the mercy of the other teams to have a chance of making it to the final.

The Asia Cup heads into the business end of the tournament with just three games left to decide the two finalists.

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Defending champions India were staring at an early exit from the Asia Cup after suffering a six-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in Dubai on Tuesday night.

Also the selectors and team management need to look at developing a team with T20 specialists. India had notched up series wins over New Zealand (3-0), West Indies (3-0) and Sri Lanka (3-0) at home, while getting the better of Ireland (2-0), England (2-1) and the West Indies (4-1) in away series after the group stage exit in the last T20 World Cup. However, the Indians failed to capitalise on an excellent platform and ended up with 181/7 against Pakistan in the opening Super 4 encounter. Chasing 174, the Lankan openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis got their team off to a flier. However, just as in the Pakistan game, the Indians failed to finish strongly as they lost wickets in a heap. Defending champions India were staring at an early exit from the Asia Cup after suffering a six-wicket loss to Sri Lanka in Dubai on Tuesday night.

India would be hoping that Afghanistan beats Pakistan in the super 4s match today in order to keep their hopes alive in the tournament.

Speaking about head to heads Afghanistan has never beaten Pakistan in any form of cricket so far. Later, Mohammad Rizwan slammed 71 while Mohammad Nawaz scored 42 for Pakistan to grab victory by 5 wickets in the end. On the other hand, Pakistan defeated India by 5 wickets.

A win will take Pakistan closer to the final while Afghanistan will be keen to open their account in the Super 4s.

With a strike rate of 166.66 in the Asia Cup, the hard-hitting opener presents a serious threat to the Pakistan bowlers. Though Pakistan have a perfect record against Afghanistan - having won both the matches in 2013 and 2019 - it's going to be anybody's game in Sharjah. They will need to keep to those levels if Afghanistan are to make the final. He is also among a key group of players Afghanistan will be relying on to lift them up from the bottom of the Super 4 table. Pakistan, meanwhile, have been able to put up convincing victories despite injuries to key players and their captain being out of form. He also hit an 18-ball 40 in a low-key chase in the Asia Cup opener. Bowling still remains their biggest strength, with spinners Shadab Khan and Nawaz sharing 13 wickets between them from three matches. The likes of Fakhar Zaman and Khushdil Shah have also chipped in, and in the previous match, against India, allrounder Mohammad Nawaz blazed away to 42 off 20 balls after being promoted to No.4. And overall, they've shown they no longer just rely on the spin trio of Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and captain Mohammad Nabi for wickets anymore. Especially with the experienced Haris Rauf struggling a little bit. The 19-year-old has picked up five wickets in three matches so far in the competition and will have a big role to play in restricting Afghanistan's improved batting. [Najibullah Zadran](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/najibullah-zadran-524049), [Rahmanullah Gurbaz](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/rahmanullah-gurbaz-974087)and [Ibrahim Zadran](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ibrahim-zadran-921509)have all stepped up to the challenge.

A high-flying Pakistan will take on spirited Afghanistan in a 2022 Asia Cup Super 4 round match in Sharjah.

The surface in Sharjah is likely to have a glossy sheen and dry spots that could aid the spinners. Rizwan underwent an MRI scan on his right knee soon after Pakistan beat India by five wickets in Dubai. If it does, it will have to rely on other results going its way to have a chance of making the final. In comparison, Rashid has four wickets at a higher economy rate of 6.08. Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s 84 off 45 balls had put Afghanistan on course for 200 at one stage, but Sri Lanka restricted it to a lower total by picking wickets in a cluster. For Pakistan, captain Babar Azam’s troubles at the top have been balanced out by Mohammad Rizwan, who comes into this match on the back of two consecutive fifties.

The Indian cricket team suffered its second straight loss in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022 on Tuesday night as it failed to defend a target in excess ...

[Asia cup 2022](https://sports.ndtv.com/asia-cup-2022)and check out [Schedule](https://sports.ndtv.com/asia-cup-2022/schedules-fixtures), [Points table](https://sports.ndtv.com/asia-cup-2022/points-table)and [Live Score](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/live-scores). Like us on [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robo.ndtv.cricket&hl=en)or [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/ndtv-cricket/id418320331?mt=8). India had set Sri Lanka a target of 174 runs and the Lankans chased it down with 6 wickets in hand and a ball to spare. India would now need Sri Lanka to beat Pakistan and that too by a big margin. But Rohit Sharma's team can still qualify for the final. The Indian cricket team suffered its second straight loss in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022 on Tuesday night as it failed to defend a target in excess of 170 runs yet again.

10 months back, at the very same country, India's hopes depended on Afghanistan beating New Zealand in 2021 T20 World Cup. On Wednesday, India will be ...

Also get updates on [Asia Cup 2022](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/asia-cup). If Afghanistan lose, both India and Mohammad Nabi's men will bid adieu to the tournament, implying a Pakistan-Sri Lanka final. Sri Lanka had struggled to get their campaign off to a good start few nights back with the tournament had kicked off as they have been in the format over the last few months. With just a game in hand now, can Rohit Sharma's men still qualify for the Asia Cup final? 10 months back, at the very same country, India's hopes depended on Afghanistan beating New Zealand in 2021 T20 World Cup. But in a space of three nights, India lost two consecutive matches in the Asia Cup for the first time since 2014, leaving them on the brink of elimination.

Rohit Sharma played down concerns about India's form ahead of next month's T20 World Cup after successive Asia Cup defeats, insisting the dressing room ...

"But we should not think about it too much. he is a confident lad." Few losses here and there, one dropped catch, we don't look too much into it," said Rohit. So we should not judge him on two or three games." I don't think it's a cause of worry." "We don't talk like this in the dressing room, because we have played so many matches after the (last) World Cup and won.

Defending champions India went perilously close to elimination after a six-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in their super four stage match of the Asia Cup ...

It also meant that India skipper Rohit Sharma's scintillating 41-ball 72 went in vain, as the islanders completed a chase of 174 with a ball to spare. He followed that up with a four and then another six. Suryakumar also got into the act, striking Madushanka for a maximum. Do not type comments in all capital letters, or in all lower case letters, or using abbreviated text. (example: u cannot substitute for you, d is not 'the', n is not 'and'). The result left the Men in Blue at the mercy of the other teams to have a chance of making it to the final.

Middle-order crumbles again as Sri Lanka push Rohit & Co to the exit door of Asia Cup.

But that was the end of it. The middle-order collapsed, leaving Ashwin to scrape through the last two overs as they finished with 173/8. He reacted by using his hands to hook while standing upright in the middle of the pitch. Having had his share of short bursts — an average of 23.4 at a strike rate of 138.18 in the last 16 innings through 2022, a big inning from Rohit Sharma was due. India went with a defensive approach against Sri Lanka in Dubai on Tuesday, dropping a frontline bowler in Ravi Bishnoi for the off-spinner. While it is true that Bishnoi is more of a googly bowler than a leg-spinner, purely based on form, India could have backed him in a must-win clash.

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This will only be the third T20I match between Pakistan and Afghanistan. These two teams have had different fates in the Super 4 so far, Pakistan is coming off a win against India while Afghanistan is coming off a defeat against Sri Lanka. They will be hoping to make considerable improvements in the bowling department as well.

MUMBAI : Successive defeats by Pakistan and Sri Lanka have left India on the brink of exiting the Asia Cup but captain Rohit Sharma is not concerned about ...

There's nothing lacking as such, the team has quality. "There are lot of questions that we need to answer and in the last three or four series that we've played, we've found some answers. "In a bilateral series you play against the same opposition for three-five matches so you can plan better.

Do the last 18 months in Sri Lankan cricket show that the transition phase is finally over, wonders Andrew Fidel Fernando.

And in [Kusal Mendis](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/kusal-mendis-629074), the top-order operator every good T20 side needs. [Bhanuka Rajapaksa](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/bhanuka-rajapaksa-342619), Sri Lanka seem to have discovered a reliable middle-order hitter. is this Sri Lanka team [allowed to do that](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/asia-cup-2022-ban-vs-sl-sri-lanka-lucky-or-back-to-punching-above-weight-1332051)? Having debuted in this tournament, he has an economy rate of 7.38 and could become Dushmantha Chameera's fast-bowling partner at the T20 World Cup next month. Hit more boundaries, raise the run rate, canter to that finish if you can, because there are only nine overs left, but plenty of batting resources in the tank. Sri Lanka is a team in transition, said administrators and coaches. He was out for 52 off the 37th delivery he faced, doing pretty much exactly what a batter in that situation should be doing. Used to happen all the time in the 90s, but this is the Big-Three dominant, IPL-crazy, Tik-Tok age. In 2016 - just two years after they had won the T20 World Cup - Sri Lanka lost 13 of the 16 T20Is they played. In other formats, there were unprecedented home-series losses to Zimbabwe, repeated whitewashes at the hands of India, and fielding performances that would have embarrassed a cricket team of penguins, let alone paid professionals. Problem was, at times it seemed the transition was complete; they had just become a trash-heap team. Sri Lanka won five Asia Cups, made three T20 World Cup finals, won one of those - their players at the forefront of the game's evolution, their attack so varied it was almost perverse, their batting engine room consistently putting up runs, plus pretty decent at making speeches, even to posh white people.

Pakistan take on Afghanistan in their second Super 4 clash of the Asia Cup 2022. A victory for Pakistan would confirm their progression into the final.

[Mohammad Nawaz](/topic/mohammad-nawaz)and [Mohammad Rizwan](/topic/mohammad-rizwan)to thank for their thrilling victory over India in the last match. Having beaten India in their last match, Pakistan are in pole position to take up the second spot in the final. [PAK vs AFG Asia Cup 2022 live streaming: When and where to watch Pakistan vs Afghanistan match online?] [Asia Cup 2022](/topic/asia-cup-2022)has arrived, with Pakistan and Afghanistan going into the Super 4 showdown with an eye on Sunday's final.

Rohit Sharma played down concerns about India's form ahead of next month's T20 World Cup after successive Asia Cup defeats, insisting the dressing room ...

"But we should not think about it too much. he is a confident lad." Few losses here and there, one dropped catch, we don't look too much into it," said Rohit. So we should not judge him on two or three games." I don't think it's a cause of worry." "We don't talk like this in the dressing room, because we have played so many matches after the (last) World Cup and won.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan (PAK vs AFG), Asia Cup Super 4 match Live streaming: Afer a record-breaking win over India on Sunday, in-form Pakistan are all set ...

A win for Pakistan will mean that both Sri Lanka and Pakistan will qualify for the final with 4 points each. Pakistan vs Afghanistan (PAK vs AFG), Asia Cup Super 4 match Live streaming: Afer a record-breaking win over India on Sunday, in-form Pakistan are all set to take on Afghanistan in their second Super 4 match of the Asia Cup in Sharjah today. Where will the Pakistan vs Afghanistan (PAK vs AFG) Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 match be played?

Sri Lanka are best placed at the moment, but they are not in the final yet.

The only way they can fall short is if they lose to Pakistan, and Afghanistan beat both Pakistan and India. If Pakistan beat Afghanistan, both India and Afghanistan will be eliminated. If Pakistan beat Afghanistan, they will qualify for the final along with Sri Lanka. India's only chance of making the final is if Sri Lanka finish with three wins, and the three other teams have one win each. If Sri Lanka lose to Pakistan, then three teams will be level on two wins, and net run-rate will come into play. If Afghanistan lose to Pakistan, they will be eliminated [along with India].

India suffered a six-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 match in Dubai on Tuesday.

It will also need to beat Afghanistan by a big margin on Thursday. The two-time defending champion now faces a situation where its qualification for the final depends on other results – Pakistan’s to be precise. India’s road to the final now depends on Pakistan’s results in its remaining Super 4 matches against Afghanistan (Wednesday) and Sri Lanka (Friday).

Pakistan will take on Afghanistan in the fourth match of the Super 4 stage in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Wednesday, ...

- Pakistan wins the toss and bats first Two of the three matches played here in the ongoing competition saw batters going for the full monty. The track at Sharjah favours spinners, and both sides have some top-quality tweakers.

Afghanistan will have to be at their best if they want to remain alive in the competition as they are up against Pakistan, who are riding high on ...

Spinners Shadab Khan and Nawaz have been lethal sharing 13 wickets between them in three matches and the young pacer Naseem Shah has been a headache for the opposition batters. Babar Azam-led Pakistan have been the most impressive team in the tournament so far. In the batting department, the likes of Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran have all stepped up to the challenge and made the task hard for the opposition bowlers. Popular gadgets including laptop, tablet and mobile specifications, features, prices, comparison. Now, the team does not rely only on Rashid Khan-led spin attack for wickets as their pacers Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen-ul-Haq have also emerged as match-winners for them. Afghanistan will have to be at their best if they want to remain alive in the competition as they are up against Pakistan who are riding high on confidence.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 Live Score: Led by Babar Azam, Pakistan face Afghanistan in their Super 4 stage fixture of Asia Cup 2022, ...

Toss is expected to be at 7:00 PM IST, with play to begin at 7:30 PM IST. Hello and good evening everyone! Rizwan has become the number-one ranked T20I batter for the first time in his career, removing Babar from top spot. Pakistan defeated India by five wickets on Sunday in their Super 4 opener. Pakistan vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 Stage, Live Cricket Score and Updates: Aiming to seal a berth in the final, Pakistan take on Afghanistan in their Super 4 stage clash of Asia Cup 2022 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah, on Wednesday. Follow here live cricket score and updates of PAK vs AFG T20 Asia Cup match.

Asia Cup 2022 Points Table: Rohit Sharma & Co. are on the brink of an early exit from the Asia Cup 2022 after hosts Sri Lanka defeated Team India in the ...

0 Also get updates on [Asia Cup 2022](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/asia-cup). Team India will need Mohammad Nabi-led Afghanistan to upstage Babar Azam's Pakistan in the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup. 2 1 While the Shanaka-led Sri Lanka side has revived their campaign in the Super 4 phase, defending champions India are on verge of suffering a premature exit from the showpiece event.

PAK vs AFG, Asia Cup 2022, Score Updates: Pakistan face Afghanistan in a crucial Asia Cup Super-4 clash at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.

Pakistan eye a win which will take them to the final, while a defeat for Afghanistan will end their journey in the tournament.Stay tuned for more updates! Like us on [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robo.ndtv.cricket&hl=en)or [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/ndtv-cricket/id418320331?mt=8). In today's match, Pakistan take on Afghanistan in the Super 4 in Sharjah. A Pakistan win will also end India's hopes of reaching the final. Pakistan eye a win which will take them to the final. PAK vs AFG, Asia Cup 2022, Score Updates: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl against Afghanistan in a crucial Asia Cup Super-4 clash at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium. [Asia cup 2022](https://sports.ndtv.com/asia-cup-2022)and check out [Schedule](https://sports.ndtv.com/asia-cup-2022/schedules-fixtures), [Points table](https://sports.ndtv.com/asia-cup-2022/points-table)and [Live Score](https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/live-scores). PAK vs AFG, Asia Cup 2022, Score Updates: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl against Afghanistan in a crucial Asia Cup Super-4 clash at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Asia Cup Live Score Updates Between Pakistan and Afghanistan straight from the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Sri Lanka and Pakistan could meet twice in the space of three days, including the final on Sunday, if Afghanistan fail to win today. A defeat for Afghanistan, on the other hand, will end their journey at the Asia Cup, having already lost their opening Super-4 fixture to Sri Lanka. Pakistan vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2022, Live Updates: Pakistan Win Toss, Elect To Bowl vs Afghanistan

Asia Cup 2022 PAK vs AFG: Here are the live toss and playing XI updates as Pakistan and Afghanistan face off in a Super 4 match in Sharjah on Wednesday.

Afghanistan lost the toss. Afghanistan won the toss. - ⦿ Afghanistan lost by five wickets. Pakistan lost the toss. - ⦿ Afghanistan lost by seven wickets. Pakistan won the toss. - ⦿ Pakistan won by four wickets. - ⦿ Pakistan won by eight wickets. - ⦿ Pakistan won by seven wickets. - ⦿ Pakistan lost by three wickets. - ⦿ Pakistan lost by five wickets. - ⦿ Pakistan won by five wickets.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2022, Live Score Updates, Star Sports Network, Disney+ Hotstar Live: PAK vs AFG, Super Four Match Live from Sharjah ...

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If it does, it will have to rely on other results going its way to have a chance of making the final. The mood is cool and calm, and we will try to continue that momentum. Toss and match result in last Asia Cup meeting: Pakistan won by three wickets. Pakistan and Afghanistan have only met twice in T20Is. We have a lot of good games in the past and we will try our best to not repeat our mistakes. - ⦿ Right then, we are all set for a terrific encounter and both teams are out in the middle for their respective National Anthems. Pakistan aims to seal the final berth, while the whole of India will be backing Afghanistan to come out all guns blazing. Ibrahim Zadran and Karim Janat are out in the middle as Afghanistan aims to rebuild. A lot is at stake for Afghanistan and the team has already announced they are no more underdogs. - ⦿AFG 20/0 after 2 overs: Gurbaz and Zazai have given Afghanistan a good start with Gurbaz hammering back-to-back sixes off Mohammad Hasnain as the ball flies into the stands. - ⦿AFG 105/6 after 17 overs: Pakistan has dismantled the Afghanistan line-up and all that Rashid Khan would like to do is get some boundaries to help Afghanistan post a decent total on board. - ⦿AFG 48/2 after 6 overs: The PowerPlay belongs to Pakistan as Mohammad Hasnain and Haris Rauf have removed the Afghanistan openers.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Updates: Pakistan bowlers bowled well to restrict Afghanistan to a low total of 129/6 after having conceded more than 37-0 in ...

[Afghanistan](/topic/afghanistan)beat Pakistan tonight at the Sharjah Cricket Ground, they will have two points and when they face India in the last game, they would want a win and for Pakistan to lose against Sri Lanka to make it to the final. [Asia Cup Twenty20 ](/topic/asia-cup-twenty20) Afghanistan, who have already lost a game against Sri Lanka, must win against [Pakistan](/topic/pakistan)to have any chance of reaching the final.

The Babar Azam-led side defeated India in their Super 4 opener, winning by five wickets. Mohammad Rizwan was in dominating form with the bat as Pakistan chased ...

Toss is expected to be at 7:00 PM IST, with play to begin at 7:30 PM IST. Rizwan has become the number-one ranked T20I batter for the first time in his career, removing Babar from top spot. Pakistan defeated India by five wickets on Sunday in their Super 4 opener. A win for Afghanistan will make the race for the other spot in the final extra intense and will put Nabi's side, Pakistan and India in contention. A win for Pakistan will mean a berth in the final for Babar Azam's side. The mood is cool and calm, and we will try to continue that momentum. Pakistan think to review but don't at the end! Babar chases it and pulls it back to save a run. He fumbles and takes his time to try a direct hit. He thick edges it to Rizwan for a catch! Follow here live cricket score and updates of PAK vs AFG T20 Asia Cup match. Rashid uppercuts it over sweeper cover for a cracking six!

Ibrahim Zadran top-scored for Afghanistan with a 37-ball 35 while opener Hazratullah Zazai made 21.

With four points each, Pakistan and Sri Lanka qualified for the title clash. Pakistan: 131 for 9 in 19.2 overs (Shadab Khan 36, Iftikhar Ahmed 30; Fazalhaq Farooqi 3/31, Fareed Ahmad 3/31, Rashid Khan 2/25). Pakistan chased down the target with four balls to spare, reaching 131 for 9 in 19.2 overs.

Until the 19th over, it was Pakistan. In the 20th over, for the first time Afghanistan held the upper hand but Naseem Shah smashed two consecutive sixes to ...

Loose balls are rare, semi-rare balls are rarer, they are at you all the time, changing their trajectories, mixing their pace, slipping in their variations. Both bowl spin, can bat and are terrific fielders, but those virtues of similar hues have often pitted them as suitors for the same spot, not only in Pakistan’s white ball sides but also when they were together in Pakistan A side and even with the Edmonton Royals, a club in Canada. Nonetheless, they are good friends, collaborators and in this Asia Cup, their side’s tag-team destroyers, bagging more than half of the wickets Pakistan have managed in this tournament. But in the first place, Pakistan had little business being in this heart-pounding juncture but for their own self-implosive traits. The second stroke was a replica—a missed yorker and a neat blow over long-off. But there was a twist, rather a series of twists before Pakistan sneaked into the final with a one-wicket win over a defiant Afghanistan, whose players were reduced to tears.

Asia Cup 2022: Afghanistan's sensational Super Four win over Pakistan has helped India stay alive in the race for the Asia Cup final.

This is India’s first defeat in the Asia Cup since the 2014 edition. The win also confirmed Pakistan and Sri Lanka as the finalists of the tournament, with India and Afghanistan losing both the matches they have played in the Super Four. India has been eliminated from the Asia Cup 2022 final race by Pakistan after it beat Afghanistan by one-wicket in a Super Four match in Sharjah on Wednesday.

Pakistan scores a thrilling win over Afghanistan to set up Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka, knocking out rivals India.

Tailender Naseem Shah hit two last-over sixes as Pakistan pulled off a thrilling one-wicket win over Afghanistan on Wednesday to set up an Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka, knocking out rivals India in the process. India play Afghanistan in Dubai on Thursday in a dead-rubber, with Pakistan facing Sri Lanka on Friday in a preview of Sunday’s final. Pakistan pulls off a thrilling win over Afghanistan to set up Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka, knocking out rivals India.

Winless in two matches, India and Afghanistan are out of Asia Cup after Pakistan beats Afghanistan by one wicket.

Despite the losses, India still had a mathematical chance to qualify for Sunday's final if Afghanistan had beaten Pakistan on Wednesday. India was, on Wednesday, knocked out of contention for the Asia Cup final after Pakistan beat Afghanistan by one wicket in a tense Super 4 match in Sharjah. After convincing wins over Pakistan and Hong Kong, India looked clueless in the Super 4 stage.

The Afghan fans allegedly started damaging the Cricket Stadium, and reportedly could not control their emotions and expressed anger by hitting Pakistani ...

He asked the passengers to follow COVID protocols, and keep wearing their masks Follow us on [also read] [India](https://www.firstpost.com/category/india) [Pilot makes announcement in Punjabi-English mix; internet loves it](https://www.firstpost.com/india/pilot-makes-announcement-in-punjabi-english-mix-internet-loves-it-11112901.html) Afghanistan was shown the exit door after posting just 129/6 on the board. Pakistan’s decades old strategic depth policy and interventionist misadventures in Afghanistan is why Afghans have a problem with Pakistan. Using a cricket match as an excuse to hurl racist abuse against Afghans is peak shamelessness. Pakistan’s decades-old strategic depth policy and interventionist misadventures in Afghanistan are why Afghans have a problem with Pakistan. Mohsin Dawar, Member of National Assembly from North Waziristan in Pakistan, tweeted, “Using a cricket match as an excuse to hurl racist abuse against Afghans is peak shamelessness. [September 7, 2022] Afghan fans allegedly hit Pakistani fans inside the stadium. Afghan fans allegedly started damaging Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Videos of the riots-like situation have surfaced where fans from both sides can be seen indulging in violence and damaging Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

This is a game and its supposed to be played and taken in the right spirit.” Akhtar tagged former chief executive of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) Shafiq Stanikzai in his tweet. Needing 11 off the last over and only one wicket in hand, Shah hit consecutive sixes off fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi’s two low full tosses to take Pakistan to 131-9. This is what they’ve done in the past multiple times.