New Delhi: Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 23 runs in the final match of the 2022 Asia Cup played in Dubai. In the final match, Sri Lanka scored 170 runs in 20 overs after playing first. In reply, Pakistan’s team could score only 147 runs. Sri Lanka has won the Asia Cup title after eight years and for the sixth time.

Vanindu Hasaranga and Bhanuka Rajapaksa were the heroes of Sri Lanka’s explosive victory. Hasaranga was brilliant with both bat and ball. Hasaranga first scored 36 runs in 21 balls and then took important three wickets. At the same time, Rajapaksa played an unbeaten 71-run innings.

The young fast bowler Pramod Madhushan also played an important role in this victory. He took four wickets for 34 runs.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa (71 not out off 45 balls) and Wanindu Hasaranga (36 off 21 balls) aggressive knocks took Sri Lanka to 170/6 in 20 overs. Apart from Rajapaksa and Hasaranga during their stay at the crease, Dhananjaya de Silva (28 off 21 balls) and Chamika Karunaratne (14 not out off 14 balls) also played crucial knocks for Sri Lanka.

For Pakistan, Haris Rauf (3/29) was one of the three wickets, while Iftikhar Ahmed (1/21), Shadab Khan (1/28) and Naseem Shah (1/40) took one wicket each.

Chasing a challenging total, Mohammad Rizwan kept Pakistan alive in the game before being dismissed with a good half-century (55 off 49 balls) and Iftikhar Ahmed (32 off 31 balls). However, the other batsmen could not contribute and Pakistan could only score 147 runs in 20 overs.

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Dubai: Sri Lanka defeated India by 6 wickets in the Super Four match of the Asia Cup 2022. With this defeat, Team India is almost out of the Asia Cup. India were earlier defeated by Pakistan by 5 wickets.

Now, it is third position on the points table after the defeat. In the match played in Dubai on Tuesday, India batted first and gave a target of 174 runs.

In response, Sri Lanka won the match with the loss of 4 wickets. Chasing the target given by India, the Sri Lankan team achieved the target with the loss of 4 wickets in 19.5 overs.

For Sri Lanka, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis started brilliantly. Nisanka scored 52 runs in 37 balls. He hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Mendis scored 57 runs in 37 balls.

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New Delhi: In the Asia Cup being played in the United Arab Emirates, the teams of Afghanistan and India have made it to the Super 4 place. But till now the picture of Super 4 is not completely clear.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are going to clash in the Asia Cup on Thursday. The name of the third team to reach Super 4 will also be revealed near this match. At the same time, on September 2, it will be known which team is going to compete with whom in Super 4.

In the points table of the Asia Cup, the position of one team is clear in both the groups so far. Talking about Group A, Team India won both their matches and got 4 points and it has made it to Super 4. At the same time, Pakistan’s team is in second place due to better net run rate than Hong Kong.

Hong Kong and Pakistan will clash on 2 September whichever team will be able to win this match will make it to Super 4.

India-Pakistan clash may happen on Sunday

On the other hand, if we talk about Group B, so far the Afghanistan team has won both the matches played. Afghanistan has made it to Super 4 with 4 points. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka teams have not been able to open their account yet. Bangladesh clashed with Sri Lanka on 1st September. Whichever of these two teams will win in this match will get entry in Super 4.

However, cricket fans can get to see at least one more match between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup. If Pakistan’s team is successful in defeating Hong Kong, then it will make it to the Super 4 place. In such a situation, there will be another match between India and Pakistan on Sunday. Not only this, after Super 4, India and Pakistan can also compete in the final.

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New Delhi: Fans are very excited for the Asia Cup 2022 match between India and Pakistan to be played on August 28. Tickets for this match have also been sold.

The Pakistani team reached Dubai on Tuesday for this tournament. The Indian team had already reached Dubai. Both the teams have also started practicing for this big match.

India has been dominating since the very beginning of the Asia Cup. The Indian team has won this title 7 times so far. At the same time, Pakistan’s team has been able to win this title twice.

Where will the Indo-Pak match be played?

The match between India and Pakistan will be held on August 28. This match will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Cricket lovers of both the countries are eagerly waiting for this match.

The match will be telecast live on Star Sports Network’s channels, DD Sports. At the same time, you can enjoy this exciting match on the Hotstar app on your phone as well. According to Indian time, this match will start at 7:30 pm.

Indian team for Asia Cup

Rohit Sharma (captain), Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan

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New Delhi: The 2022 Asia Cup begins on August 27. Asia’s biggest cricket tournament will be played in the UAE. The BCCI has also announced the Indian team for this biggest competition.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma has a chance to make a big record in the 2022 Asia Cup. In the Asia Cup, Rohit can break a big record of former captain Virat Kohli.

India has won the most matches in T20 International under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Under Dhoni’s captaincy, Team India has won a total of 41 matches. At the same time, Virat Kohli won 30 matches for India under his captaincy. Rohit Sharma is at number three in this record list. Under his captaincy, India has won 29 matches. In such a situation, Rohit has a chance to leave Kohli behind in the Asia Cup.

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New Delhi: There was a continuous round of speculations about the asia cup 2022, but now the selection of the place has been decided.

The Asia Cup 2022 will be held in the United Arab Emirates. After the Apex Council meeting, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said that the Asia Cup 2022 will be held in the United Arab Emirates.

He said that at the moment, the United Arab Emirates is the only place where there will be no rain.

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New Delhi: In the Super-4 round of the Asia Cup hockey tournament, India defeated Japan 2-1 to equalize their defeat in the league. Defending champions India had lost 2-5 to Japan in a league encounter.

In today’s match, Manjit from India scored a field goal in the 8th minute and Pawan Rajbhar scored a field goal each in the 35th minute while the lone goal from Japan was scored by Takuma Niva in the 18th minute.

Japan also secured a penalty corner three minutes before the final hooter was sounded but the Indian team’s defence line thwarted the Japanese players’ attempt to score. India will next take on Malaysia in the Super-4 round on Sunday. Meanwhile, south Korea and Malaysia were tied 2-2 in another super-4 round clash.

It is worth mentioning that in the Super-4 round, all the four teams India, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia are scheduled to play one match each and the two teams at the top will go into the final.

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