The final of the Asia Cup T20 between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be played today at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. ...
The final of the Asia Cup T20 between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be played today at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The final match between the two teams will start at 7 PM local time of Pakistan.
Both the teams will enter the field with determination to win the trophy.
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In the last match of the Super Four stage before the final of the Asia Cup 2022, Sri Lanka has proved itself to be a strong team to win the trophy by easily defeating Pakistan by 5 wickets thanks to Patham Nissanka's half-century after brilliant bowling.
However, Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has expressed his determination that he will enter the field with the determination of victory in the final.
Babar Azam said in a video statement released on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Twitter account yesterday that the final of the Asia Cup is expected to be very good, the effort will be to play good cricket.
He said that he is excited to reach the final of the Asia Cup, our team is very good, the performance the boys are doing, I expect the final of the Asia Cup to be very good, I think the second batting There is benefit.
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Shadab Khan and Naseem Shah, who were rested for the Super Four stage match against Sri Lanka, are likely to return to the national team for the Asia Cup final, with Hasan Ali and Usman Qadir replacing them.
On the other hand, Sri Lankan captain Dasan Shanaka said that after winning 4 matches in a row, the confidence has increased but we cannot take the Pakistan team lightly.
He said that we know that Pakistan is a very good team and they have enough good players that they can come back, for which we are ready.
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It should be noted that in the Asia Cup, Sri Lanka faced the worst defeat by 8 wickets in their first match against Afghanistan.
However, the 5-time Asia Cup champions staged a brilliant comeback beating Bangladesh, Afghanistan and favorites India to reach the finals.
The last match of the super floor stage played on Friday was a preparation for the final, in which Sri Lanka won for the fourth time in a row.
In today's final, Sri Lanka's bowling will depend on spinners Wanindu Hasaranga and Mahesh Thikeshana, who played a key role in dismissing Pakistan for 121 runs while Patham Nisanka batted well.
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It should be remembered that the first edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament organized by the Asian Cricket Council was held in 1984 at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, which was won by the Indian team.
The Sri Lankan team has the distinction of participating in the most Asia Cup finals of 14 events while they reached the finals of the recent 15th edition.
The Indian team has the honor of winning the most 7 Asia Cup titles while the Sri Lankan team has won the Asia Cup 5 times and is second in this list.
Pakistan team has won the Asia Cup title twice in 2000 and 2012.
On July 29, the Asia Cup was shifted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to the economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka.
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