Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Highlights: Sri Lanka clinch Asia Cup by 23 runs

Asia Cup 2022 Final Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Highlights: Sri Lanka clinched its sixth Asia Cup title beating Pakistan by 23 runs. Rajapkasa (71), Madushan (4-34) and Hasaranga (36, 3-27) were the heroes

11:38 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Match Summary

 

Sri Lanka clinched its sixth Asia Cup title beating Pakistan by 23 runs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa (71* off 45) with the bat, Pramod Madushan (4-34) with the ball and Wanindu Hasaranga's all-round showing (36, 3-27) took the Lankan team home. 

 

After being asked to bat, Sri Lanka were down to 58-5 at one point in time before Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Wanindu Hasaranga built a great partnership to get Sri Lanka past 100. Even after Hasaranga’s wicket, Rajapaksa continued and got to a fifty. He was supported by drop catches and Sri Lanka made 170/6 in their 20 overs. 

 

Chasing total Pakistan could never get into the game as they were given early blows. Just when things started looking bright with a 71-run stand between Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed, the latter perished and then wickets kept falling as Pakistan eventually got all out for 147 on the last ball of the innings. 

 

11:30 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Sri Lanka clinch their sixth Asia Cup title

 

Sri Lanka clinched its sixth Asia Cup title beating Pakistan by 23 runs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa (71* off 45) with the bat, Pramod Madushan (4-34) with the ball and Wanindu Hasaranga's all-round showing (36, 3-27) took the Lankan team home. 

 

11:24 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Sri Lanka win Asia Cup by 23 runs

 

Karunaratne is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball. So now the victory is beyond Pakistan 

 

Ball 2 Single to long-off 

 

Ball 3 Single down the ground once again 

 

Ball 4 That would not be called a wide and in fact, it would be a dot ball 

 

Ball 5 Six!! Haris Rauf is increasing his batting average here by hitting a six where it would make no difference to the outcome of the game now 

 

Ball 6 Wicket!! That’s it. Pakistan have got all out and Sri Lanka win the Asia Cup 2022 by 23 runs 

 

Pakistan Live Score 147-10 after 20 overs

 

11:20 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: 32 needed off 6 balls

 

Madushan is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wide down the leg first ball 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Top edge past short third-man 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! Naseem Shah has hit it straight down to long-off where Karunaratne takes an easy catch and celebrates 

 

Ball 3 Slower one and Hasnain couldn’t get a bat on ball

 

Ball 4 Hit down the ground for a single 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Had Dhanjaya de Silva got that, it would have been a sensational catch. Or maybe not! It has been called a no-ball 

 

Ball 5 Free Hit!! It has been called a wide for height and the free hit continues 

 

Ball 5 Free Hit!! Single down the ground 

 

Ball 6 Six!! Slower one and it was picked way early by Hasnain who delivers it for a six over deep mid-wicket. The match moves to the final over 

 

Pakistan Live Score 139-9 after 19 overs

 

11:15 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Lanka one wicket away from Asia Cup title

 

Madushan is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wide down the leg first ball 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Top edge past short third-man 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! Naseem Shah has hit it straight down to long-off where Karunaratne takes an easy catch and celebrates 

 

11:11 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Pakistan eight down

 

Theekshana is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Edge and four behind the wicket-keeper 

 

Ball 2 Dot ball. Played back to the bowler 

 

Ball 3 Hit hard down the ground, but only for a single 

 

Ball 4 Single again 

 

Ball 5 That would be wicket number eight as Haris Rauf has been run out at the non-striker’s end in a futile attempt to run two runs. But thanks to Theeskhana’s hurry, he could not collect the ball and broke the stumps with his hands 

 

Ball 6 Wicket!! Anyways its’s a wicket and that of the better batter Shadab as Pakistan are now eight down with two overs to go 

 

Pakistan Live Score 120-8 after 18 overs

 

11:07 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Sri Lanka inching closer to victory

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! Hasaranag has done the trick and got the big fish in Mohammad Rizwan as he went for the big shot. With the asking rate of 15, he had no other option but to go for the slog sweep. 

 

Ball 2 Single taken 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Asif Ali has failed consistently now as he went for the big shot again and gets castled by Hasaranga’s googly 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball. Played to long-on for a single 

 

Ball 5 Wicket!! What an over this has turned out to be. Three wickets have gone and still a ball to come. Hasarnaga and Sri Lanka have been just unbelievable 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball. That would end a great over for Sri Lanka 

 

Pakistan Live Score 112-7 after 17 overs

 

11:05 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Triple wicket over for Hasaranga

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! Hasaranag has done the trick and got the big fish in Mohammad Rizwan as he went for the big shot. With the asking rate of 15, he had no other option but to go for the slog sweep. 

 

Ball 2 Single taken 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Asif Ali has failed consistently now as he went for the big shot again and gets castled by Hasaranga’s googly 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball. Played to long-on for a single 

 

Ball 5 Wicket!! What an over this has turned out to be. Three wickets have gone and still a ball to come. Hasarnaga and Sri Lanka have been just unbelievable 

 

11:03 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Asif Ali castled

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! Hasaranag has done the trick and got the big fish in Mohammad Rizwan as he went for the big shot. With the asking rate of 15, he had no other option but to go for the slog sweep. 

 

Ball 2 Single taken 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Asif Ali has failed consistently now as he went for the biog shot again and gets castled by Hasaranga’s googly 

 

11:01 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Hasaranga gets big fish Rizwan

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! Hasaranag has done the trick and got the big fish in Mohammad Rizwan as he went for the big shot. With the asking rate of 15, he had no other option but to go for the slog sweep. He is caught at deep mid-wicket 

 

10:59 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Pakistan Live Score 110-4 after 15 overs

10:55 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Nawaz out, Pakistan four down

10:51 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Great over from DDS

 

Dhananjaya de Silva is into the attack

 

Ball 1 This is one of the brilliant pieces of fielding executed n this Asia Cup as Gunathilaka saves a certain boundary 

 

Ball 2 Two more runs taken by Nawaz. Seems like the throw of the dice by Shanaka is going to turn wrong for him 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball

 

Ball 4 Dot again. That is how Shanaka would have imagined it 

 

Ball 5 And that is the third dot in a row

 

Ball 6 Almost a wicket there and it would have turned out to be perfect over for Sri Lanka. But just from from it and they would take that any day 

 

Pakistan Live Score 101-3 after 15 overs

 

10:47 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Pakistan Live Score 97-3 after 14 overs

10:46 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Madushan among wickets again, gets Iftikhar

10:40 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Only three from the over

 

Theekshana is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Pulled in the gap and by the time the fielder fields it, the batters will take two 

 

Ball 2 Fielded well by Shanaka to prevent a single 

 

Ball 3 Worked away on the on side for a single 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball

 

Ball 5 Two dots in a row 

 

Ball 6 Was that a drop chance? Even if not, it still is a dot ball and a great over for Sri Lanka 

 

Pakistan Live Score 91-2 after 13 overs

 

10:37 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Good over for Pakistan

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball 

 

Ball 2 Six!! In the air…but falls just past the deep square leg boundary for a six 

 

Ball 3 Four!! Leg spinner spotted early and hit down the ground by Iftikhar for a four 

 

Ball 4 Two runs taken 

 

Ball 5 Worked on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 6 Swept away for a single to end the over 

 

Pakistan Live Score 88-2 after 12 overs

 

10:32 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Six runs from the over

 

Karunaratne is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball 

 

Ball 2 On the pads and worked way on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 3 Worked away on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 4 Guided to third-man for a single 

 

Ball 5 Pulled away by Iftikhar for single 

 

Ball 6 Very well fielded by Dhanushka Gunathilaka but he couldn’t prevent two runs 

 

Pakistan Live Score 74-2 after 11 overs

 

10:25 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Time for Drinks

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Swept away for a single 

 

Ball 2 Worked away on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 3 Huge appeal for LBW but the umpire was not impressed and Sri Lanka have gone for the review straightaway 

 

DRS is loading and it is bat first and Sri Lanka have lost the review 

 

Ball 4 Single taken again 

 

Ball 5 Swept away and once again it would only be a single 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball will end the over and it is now time for drinks. Pakistan would need 103 in the last 60 balls to win the match and the Asia Cup 2022

 

Pakistan Live Score 68-2 after 10 overs

 

10:23 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Sri Lanka lose review

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Swept away for a single 

 

Ball 2 Worked away on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 3 Huge appeal for LBW but the umpire was not impressed and Sri Lanka have gone for the review straightaway 

 

DRS is loading and it is bat first and Sri Lanka have lost the review 

 

10:18 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: 10 from the over again

 

Theekshana is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Hit down the ground for a single 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Rizwan gets cheeky this time and guides this past the keeper with a late cut for a four

 

Ball 3 Driven to deep covers for a single 

 

Ball 4 Played to deep backward square leg for a single 

 

Ball 5 Short and worked away in the gap for two runs even as Hasaranga tried his best to release the ball quickly 

 

Ball 6 Single off the last ball 

 

Pakistan Live Score 63-2 after 09 overs

 

10:14 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Fifty up for Sri Lanka

 

Karunaratne is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Short and pulled away by Rizwan for a four 

 

Ball 2 Tow more runs added to the total 

 

Ball 3 Quick single taken as Rajapaksa aims a throw but misses

 

Ball 4 Pulled away for a single 

 

Ball 5 Another single taken 

 

Ball 6 Finally a single will end the over 

 

Pakistan Live Score 53-2 after 08 overs

 

10:10 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Pakistan rebuilding

 

Hasaranga is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball as Hasaranga comes into the attack 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Too full too wide and Iftikhar goes inside out to get a four 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball. Played back to the bowler

 

Ball 4 Single taken on the offside 

 

Ball 5 Huge appeal for LBW and although the keeper looked interested, Shanaka says no to DRS 

 

Ball 6 Single off the last ball will end the over 

 

Pakistan Live Score 43-2 after 07 overs

 

10:06 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Pakistan Live Score 37-2 after 06 overs

10:02 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Rizwan survives as Lanka do not review

 

Madushanka is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Pulled away in the gap by Rizwan for two runs 

 

Ball 2 Rizwan takes another quick single 

 

Ball 3 No room to cut the ball as Madushanka keeps it on good length outside off 

 

Ball 4 Single taken finally 

 

Ball 5 Dot ball 

 

Ball 6 Four!! Cracked through the covers for a four 

 

Pakistan Live Score 32-2 after 05 overs 

 

9:57 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Double wicket over by Madushan

 

Madushan is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Pulled away in the gap by Babar for two runs 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! So Babar Azam will once again have no role in the final anymore and once again he has perished purely on luck. The ball was there to be hit and one metre here or there and it would have been a four but when luck is not going your way all the chances go to the hand. Pakistan lose their first wicket 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! So its tow in tow for Madushan as Fakahar Zaman has chopped this onto his stumps and the young Sri Lankan is running all over the ground 

 

Ball 4 On a hat-trick and Madushan bowls it on the pads which is played easily by Iftikhar Ahmed for a single to get off the mark

 

Ball 5 Dot ball 

 

Ball 6 Quick single taken by Rizwan to end the over 

 

Pakistan Live Score 24-2 after 04 overs 

 

9:54 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Two wickets in two balls

 

Madushan is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Pulled away in the gap by Babar for two runs 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! So Babar Azam will once again have no role in the final anymore and once again he has perished purely on luck. The ball was there to be hit and one metre here or there and it would have been a four but when luck is not going your way all the chances go to the hand. Pakistan lose their first wicket 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! So its tow in tow for Madushan as Fakahar Zaman has chopped this onto his stumps and the young Sri Lankan is running all over the ground 

 

9:52 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Pramod Madushan gets Babar

 

Madushan is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Pulled away in the gap by Babar for two runs 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! So Babar Azam will once again have no role in the final anymore and once again he has perished purely on luck. The ball was there to be hit and one metre here or there and it would have been a four but when luck is not going your way all the chances go to the hand. Pakistan lose their first wicket 

 

9:50 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Good over for Lanka

 

Madushanka is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball first up as the ball leaves Rizwan 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Too full and driven down the ground for a four 

 

Ball 3 Tried driving it while being away from the ball and almost got an edge 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball 

 

Ball 5 That would be dot again as Rizwan drives this to mid-on

 

Ball 6 Madushanka finishes yet another economical over for Lanka

 

Pakistan Live Score 20-0 after 03 overs 

 

9:45 PM

Asia Cup Final SL vs PAK Live: Four from the Theekshana over

 

Theekshana is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single off the first ball

 

Ball 2 Wide down the leg

 

Ball 2 Played to mid-on for no runs 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball again as Theekshana offers no room

 

Ball 4 Dot again.Good over so far 

 

Ball 5 Short and pulled away to deep square leg for a single 

 

Ball 6 Worked away on the on-side and good running will mean tow runs for Pakistan

 

Pakistan Live Score 16-0 after 02 overs