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The Super Four, Match 6 (B1 v A2) of the Asia Cup 2022 was played yesterday between Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. In which Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first, Pakistan batted first, started the inning not very well, the entire team was dismissed just for 121 runs in the first ball of the final over, Babar Azam scored 30 runs in 29 balls, Mohammad Nawaz 26 runs in 18 balls, Mohammad Rizwan 14 runs in 14 balls, Fakhar Zaman 13 runs in 18 balls, Iftikhar Ahmed 13 runs in 17 balls, apart from this, Khushdil Shah dismissed just for 4 runs, Usman Qadir 3 runs, Haris Rauf 1 run, Asif Ali, and Hasan Ali dismissed without scoring, and Mohammad Hasnain remains unbeaten without scoring, in this way continuously wickets fallen one after another and end of the result the entire team all-out just for 121 runs in 19.1 over, and set a target of 122 runs in front of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Wanindu Hasaranga took 3 wickets just for 21 runs in his spell, Maheesh Theekshana took 2 wickets just for 21 runs in his spell, Pramod Madushan took 2 wickets just for 21 runs in 2.1 over, Dhananjaya de Silva took 1 wicket for 18 runs, Chamika Karunaratne took 1 wicket for 4 runs.
Sri Lanka chased the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in just 17 overs, Sri Lanka started the inning very badly, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quicky in seocnd ball of the first over, Kusal Mendis dismissed without scoring, the team score was just 1 run, next batsman Danushka Gunathilaka came to bat and he also dismissed without scoring as second wicket in second ball of the 2nd over, the team score was just 2 runs, next batsman Dhananjaya de Silva came to bat and he good strike rotate with Pathum Nissanka for a while, the third wicket has gone for 29 runs in last ball of the 5th over, Dhananjaya de Silva dismissed 9 runs in 12 balls, followed by Bhanuka Rajapaksa came to bat handle the innig and played a brilliant half-century partnership with Pathum Nissanka, the fourth wicket has gone for 80 runs in 11.3 over, Bhanuka Rajapaksa dismissed after scoring 24 runs in 29 balls, next batsman Dasun Shanaka came to bat and played well with Pathum Nissanka, the fifth wicket has gone for 113 runs in second ball of the 17th over, Dasun Shanaka dismissed for 21 runs in 16 balls, followed by Wanindu Hasaranga came to bat and he remains unbeaten for 10 runs in just 3 balls with Pathum Nissanka, and Pathum Nissanka was came to bat and played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 55 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 48 balls. In this way, Sri Lanka archived the target by losing just 5 wickets in just 17 overs and won the match by 5 wickets.
Pakistani bowlers Haris Rauf took 2 wickets for 19 runs, Mohammad Hasnain took 2 wickets for 21 runs, and Usman Qadir got 1 wicket.
Sri Lankan all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 21 runs in his spell.
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