Colombo: Sri Lanka will face India in the final of the ongoing Asia Cup series. The Sri Lankan team advanced to the final by defeating the Pakistan team by 2 wickets.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka played in the Super-4 round of the ongoing Asia Cup series. The match in Colombo was changed to 42 overs for both teams due to rain. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Babur tried to form a strong alliance with Abdullah Shafiq. But Dunit Vellalake broke it.
In the 16th over, Dunith bowled a huge delivery to Babar and forced him to come forward. Sri Lankan wicket keeper Kusal Mendis stumped in the second to miss the ball. With this, he has stunned Babar who is ranked number one in the ICC ODI rankings.
The left-arm spinner Dunit Vellalake took 5 wickets in the match against India two days ago. Despite batting well in that match, he was unsatisfied. It is noted that his game has greatly attracted the world cricket fans.
After this, they added 252 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 42 overs. Mohammad Rizwan scored 86 runs and remained unbeaten till the end. Opener Abdullah Shafiq was dismissed for 52 runs. Iftikhar Ahmed scored 47 runs. Pathirana took 3 wickets and Madhushan 2 wickets for Sri Lanka.
After this, Gusal Mendis calmly scored a half-century for the Sri Lankan team, who entered the field with the target of winning if they score 252 runs. Especially, Kusal Mendis and Samarawickrama joined for the 3rd wicket and added 100 runs partnership. Samarawickrama was out for 48 runs. Gusal Mendis then got out on 91 runs and Asalanga took responsibility in the last overs with 49 runs to lead the team to victory.
In the end, Sri Lanka scored 252 runs in the last ball to beat Pakistan and win by three. With this win, they progressed to the finals.
India and Sri Lanka will clash in the final on Sunday.
