Asia Cup 2023 PAK vs SL highlights: Babar Azam-led Pakistan is scheduled to play on the 5th match of the Super Fours in the Asia Cup 2023, against Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka.
| Match No | Asia Cup 2023, Super Fours 5th match |
| Match | Pakistan vs Sri Lanka |
| Date | September 14, 2023 |
| Toss | Pakistan won the toss and opt to bat |
| Venue | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Result | Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets (DLS Method) |
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Pakistan Squad
Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Haris, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Zaman Khan
Sri Lanka Squad
Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana
Asia Cup 2023 PAK vs SL Scoreboard
| Team | Scoreboard |
| Pakistan | 252/7 (42 ov) |
| Sri Lanka | 252/8 (42 ov) |
Asia Cup 2023 PAK vs SL highlights
Pakistan innings
Winning the toss, Pakistan chose to bat where Shafique and Fakhar Zaman opened for Pakistan while Pramod Madushan opened a bowling attack. Shafique had a good start scoring 52 runs and Fakhar Zaman was sent out with four runs by Pramod Madushan. After Babar Azam’s dismissal with 29 runs on 35 deliveries by Dunith Wellalage, Shafique was sent out by Pathirana. With his dismissal, Pakistan was down to three wickets for 100 runs.
Rizwan backed Pakistan by scoring an unbeaten 86 runs on 73 deliveries which includes six boundaries and 2 sixes. Mohammad Haris and Mohammad Nawaz was sent out with 3 and 12 runs respectively. With Iftikhar Ahmed’s 47 runs, Shadab Khan and Shaheen Afridi scored 3 and 1 runs by the end of 42nd over.
Matheesha Pathirana scalped three wickets, while Pramod Madushan took two wickets. Theekshana and Dunith Wellalage dismissed one wicket each. By the end Pakistan had scored 252 runs on losing seven wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Abdullah Shafique | c Pramod Madushan b Pathirana | 52 | 69 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 75.36 |
| Fakhar Zaman | b Pramod Madushan | 4 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Babar Azam (c) | st †Mendis b Wellalage | 29 | 35 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 82.85 |
| Mohammad Rizwan † | not out | 86 | 73 | 125 | 6 | 2 | 117.8 |
| Mohammad Haris | c & b Pathirana | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | b Theekshana | 12 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | c Shanaka b Pathirana | 47 | 40 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 117.5 |
| Shadab Khan | c †Mendis b Pramod Madushan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Pramod Madushan | 7 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 8.28 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 4.66 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dunith Wellalage | 9 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4.44 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | 8 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 8.12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.66 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Sri Lanka Innings
Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera opened for Sri Lanka while Shaheen Afridi opened bowling attack. Kusal Perera scored 17 runs and was dismissed on run out. Pathum Nissanka scored 29 runs and was sent out with 29 runs by Shadab Khan.
Kusal Mendia had scored 91 runs on 87 deliveries and Sadeera Samarawickrama scored 48 runs and was sent out by Iftikhar Ahmed. With Charith Asalanka’s 49 runs, other batters were sent out with low figures. Iftikhar Ahmed dismissed three wickets while Shaheen Afridi took 2 wickets and Shadab Khan dismissed one wicket. By the end, Sri Lanka scored 252 runs on 42 overs losing 8 wickets.
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Pathum Nissanka | c & b Shadab Khan | 29 | 44 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 65.9 |
| Kusal Perera | run out (Shadab Khan) | 17 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 212.5 |
| Kusal Mendis † | c Mohammad Haris b Iftikhar Ahmed | 91 | 87 | 135 | 8 | 1 | 104.59 |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | st †Mohammad Rizwan b Iftikhar Ahmed | 48 | 51 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 94.11 |
| Charith Asalanka | not out | 49 | 47 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 104.25 |
| Dasun Shanaka (c) | c Mohammad Nawaz b Iftikhar Ahmed | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | c Mohammad Wasim b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 |
| Dunith Wellalage | c †Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pramod Madushan | run out (†Mohammad Rizwan/Zaman Khan) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Matheesha Pathirana | not out | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – |
Bowling
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 9 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 5.77 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Zaman Khan | 6 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 6.5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Wasim | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nawaz | 7 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shadab Khan | 9 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 6.11 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 8 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 6.25 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Player of the match
Kusal Mendis | Sri Lanka
Happy with my performance, happy to get to the final. Those two wickets fell down and we were nervous, but with Charith in the middle we had hope. He’s done this in one game against Afghanistan. I think we also bowled really well, so happy to be in the final. Wanindu, Lahiru Kumara and Dushmantha are main bowlers, but we have these bowlers who are bowling well. This is a young unit. Thanks a lot to the fans for supporting us, please do so in the final as well.
