Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

PAK vs SL Asia Cup 2022 Final Live Score: Get all the latest updates, commentary and highlights as Pakistan faces Sri Lanka in the summit clash in Dubai on ...

FOUR! Nissanka gets a thick inside edge as the ball swings in sharply and runs away to fine-leg for a single. Length ball on the pads and Nissanka taps this on leg side. de Silva punches this length ball between cover and point for a boundary. Gunathilaka is off the mark with a single off the third ball he faces. Pitched up and it moves into the left-hander to beat his defence and clatter into the stumps. A bit of confusion in the middle as Hasaranga guides one off the backfoot to mid-on and hares for a single but is sent back halfway down the pitch. Goes for the slog sweep, gets an inside edge onto his pads and the ball loops up but falls short of the bowler. Stays low and puts this yorker away through the covers with a jab. Hasaranga pushes one to long-off for a single and that’s 100 up for SL in 13.1 overs. Karunaratne shuffles across a bit and the ball goes off his thigh for four leg-byes. The ball pops out and goes over the rope for a maximum and Shadab is down on the ground and seems to have hurt himself.

Sri Lanka will be defending a target after winning four consecutive games while chasing targets, including the victory in the last Super 4 game against ...

Meanwhile, Pakistan won the toss and elected to field against Sri Lanka in the final. Captain Dasun Shanaka said he would’ve bowled first had he won his fifth toss in a row, but was also happy to bat first in the final. Pakistan pacer Shahnawaz Dahani proved himself to be a wonderful ambassador of his national cricket team when he gifted his jersey to a Sri Lanka before the final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

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Oh this means the world to a team that most pundits would have had as their weakest of the five competing nations in this Asia Cup. Had confidence in the talent in the team. Sri Lanka cricket were on a slide: starting with the retirement of some big names in 2015, to the constant chopping and changing, to the musical chairs with the captaincy, to getting wiped out even at home. We wanted to spend some time in the crease and that helped in getting 170. Mendis: Very very happy to get the runs. The authorities are taking forever to set the stage up, but the Sri Lankan fans in the stands and the Papare band just refuse to get tired. I look to bowl at the stumps in these conditions and that is why I am successful. The last ball six and the last over helped us with the momentum and this is a game of momentum. I love to bowl in the subcontinent. I want to thank the Sri Lankan cricket board and the selectors as well. We were 100% today, credit to the players and the coaching staff. Our fielding wasn't up to the mark and the batting couldn't finish it off well.

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Ups and downs will be there, but it would be nicer if we made lesser mistakes. We started well, but we gave away 15-20 extra runs and couldn't finish well. This was a true wicket and it is always nice playing in Dubai.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa formed the backbone of the Sri Lankan innings, rescuing his side from 58 for 5 with an unbeaten 45-ball 71 that saw them post 170. It was ...

It wasn't until the sixth ball that the innings even began with the left-arm seamer starting off with a no-ball and following it up with four wides, one of which went down to the boundary for an extra four. There might never have been a game that saw such a contrast at the start of each bowling performance. Sri Lanka caught like a side possessed, too, whereas the only montage you could make of Pakistan's fielding would be about their sloppiness. Madushan's two-in-two to remove Babar and Fakhar Zaman set the tone. Off the fifth ball of his innings in Rauf's scintillating sixth over, the bowler sent down a near unplayable leg-stump yorker at the in-form Rajapaksa. Most memorable of all though, was the way he took on Naseem at the end, a bowler who had begun so sensationally in the Powerplay. What followed was an innings of high class, that saw through a period of consolidation while Hasaranga at the other end took on a more proactive role. It made a beeline for the stumps, at searing speed, and the hapless Mendis could do little about it. Babar Azam's side never quite sure how to pace their innings, with an unrelenting Sri Lanka refusing to let them grind through the gears. [tumult at home](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/andrew-fidel-fernando-cricket-cannot-solve-sri-lankas-massive-problems-but-at-least-it-can-be-a-distraction-1319458)and [turbulence in the UAE](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2022-1327237/afghanistan-vs-sri-lanka-1st-match-group-b-1327269/full-scorecard)has ended with them taking home the Asia Cup trophy. Pakistan were stifled through the first half and then blown away in the second. It was followed by a spirited showing in the field as Sri Lanka outmatched Pakistan's intensity, with [Wanindu Hasaranga](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/wanindu-hasaranga-de-silva-784379)and [Pramod Madushan](http://www.espncricinfo.com/player/pramod-madushan-liyanagamage-826689)taking seven wickets between them during a listless batting performance.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa | MoM: It was not easy out there. Pakistan were bowling well. When Wanindu came in, we got a plan. We wanted to be positive all through.

Had confidence in the talent in the team. Oh this means the world to a team that most pundits would have had as their weakest of the five competing nations in this Asia Cup. We wanted to spend some time in the crease and that helped in getting 170. Sri Lanka cricket were on a slide: starting with the retirement of some big names in 2015, to the constant chopping and changing, to the musical chairs with the captaincy, to getting wiped out even at home. The authorities are taking forever to set the stage up, but the Sri Lankan fans in the stands and the Papare band just refuse to get tired. I look to bowl at the stumps in these conditions and that is why I am successful. The last ball six and the last over helped us with the momentum and this is a game of momentum. I love to bowl in the subcontinent. There comes the trophy, there come the fireworks, and there come the celebrations. I want to thank the Sri Lankan cricket board and the selectors as well. We were 100% today, credit to the players and the coaching staff. Our fielding wasn't up to the mark and the batting couldn't finish it off well.

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He hit six fours and three sixes and the flick off Naseem for a maximum was a treat for the eyes. Equally good was was ramp flick off Naseem that went for four before a slashed six over cover point took Lanka to 170. There was another 54 run stand with Chamika Karunaratne and Sri Lanka did cross the 160-run mark. While Pakistan was poor on the field dropping catches, Sri Lankans took some smart catches and were outstanding in the deep mid-wicket boundary. Finally when the pressure went above critical limit, Hasaranga had him caught at deep. Young Naseem Shah (1/40 in 4 overs) and the uber cool Haris Rauf (3/29 in 4 overs) bowled with a lot of pace and fire extracting movement off the track as they broke the backbone of the Lankan batting within the Powerplay overs before Rajapaksa scored one of his finest fifties considering the situation that his team was in.

Sri Lanka fought back from 58 for five after being put in to bat to tame Pakistan's aggressive batting lineup and lift their sixth Asia Cup title courtesy a ...

With Sri Lanka 67-5 at the halfway stage of their innings, Hasaranga (36) combined with Rajapaksa in their most productive partnership of 58 runs from 36 balls. Sri Lanka fought back from 58 for five after being put in to bat to tame Pakistan’s aggressive batting lineup and lift their sixth Asia Cup title courtesy a 23-run win in the final. Sri Lanka had lost half their side for just 58 but managed to win a sixth Asia Cup title with a 23-run win.

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Had confidence in the talent in the team. Oh this means the world to a team that most pundits would have had as their weakest of the five competing nations in this Asia Cup. We wanted to spend some time in the crease and that helped in getting 170. Sri Lanka cricket were on a slide: starting with the retirement of some big names in 2015, to the constant chopping and changing, to the musical chairs with the captaincy, to getting wiped out even at home. The authorities are taking forever to set the stage up, but the Sri Lankan fans in the stands and the Papare band just refuse to get tired. I look to bowl at the stumps in these conditions and that is why I am successful. The last ball six and the last over helped us with the momentum and this is a game of momentum. I love to bowl in the subcontinent. There comes the trophy, there come the fireworks, and there come the celebrations. I want to thank the Sri Lankan cricket board and the selectors as well. We were 100% today, credit to the players and the coaching staff. Our fielding wasn't up to the mark and the batting couldn't finish it off well.

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Where will the PAK vs SL Asia Cup 2022 final be played? The Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2022 final will be aired live on the Star Sports Network. The Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2022 final will be streamed live on Disney+Hotstar.