Today, an important match will be played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. In the first match of Asia Cup 2025 Super-4, both teams are coming to lose, so whoever wins today will remain likely to reach the finals, while the losing team will be out of the final race almost outside. Know 5 such players of Sri Lanka, who can destroy the Pakistan team today.

Today, an important match will be played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. In the first match of Asia Cup 2025 Super-4, both teams are coming to lose, so whoever wins today will remain likely to reach the finals, while the losing team will be out of the final race almost outside. Know 5 such players of Sri Lanka, who can destroy the Pakistan team today.

These 5 players can become a threat to Pakistan!

The Pakistan cricket team does not look strong in the Asia Cup 2025, as there were no strong teams in the group stage (UAE and Oman). The team has lost both matches against India. The 5 players from Sri Lanka who can become a threat to Pakistan are Nuwan Tushara, Pathum Nisanka, Dasun Shanaka, Vanindu Hasranga, Kusal Mendis.

Nuwan Tushara took 4 wickets against Afghanistan. He has taken 2 wickets (1,1) in both matches against Bangladesh. He has taken a total of 6 wickets in the 4 matches played so far in the Asia Cup 2025.

Pathhum Nisanka is a good batsman, against Bangladesh (50) and Hong Kong (68) he scored half -centuries in group stage. He has a good experience in T20 International, he has scored 2096 runs in 72 matches.

The first match of Super-4 of Sri Lanka was of course to Bangladesh, but in this match Dasun Shanaka scored a good innings of 64 runs. He has played 112 T20 international matches for Sri Lanka, in which he has taken 1601 runs and 38 wickets.

Vanindu Hasranga has not been able to do anything special with the bat in the Asia Cup 2025, but he has done well in bowling. He has been economical. He has scored 20 runs in 2 innings. But he has taken 5 wickets in 4 matches.

Kusal Mendis has played 88 T20 International matches, in which he has 2198 runs. He scored an unbeaten innings of 74 runs in an important match against Afghanistan. In the first match of Super-4, he scored 34 runs against Bangladesh. He can become a threat to Pakistan today.

Where to see Pakistan vs Sri Lanka match live broadcast and live streaming?

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka match will start at 8 pm according to India. The live broadcast of the match will be on the channels of Sony Sports Network. Live streaming will be on Sony Live App and Fankode app.

Sri Lanka has scored 168 runs in the first match of the Asia Cup Super-4. The Sri Lankan team was invited to bat first after losing the toss in this match. Sri Lanka started well, but after that the wickets kept falling continuously. Especially Dasun Shanaka’s stormy batting tied Saman, who played a stormy innings of 64 runs in 37 balls.

In-form batsman Pathum Nisanka was dismissed by scoring just 22 runs in this match, but made a big contribution in getting his team a fast start. At the same time, the second opener Kusal Mendis scored 34 runs. Apart from him and Dasun Shanaka, no batsman could play a big innings. Captain Charith Asalanka scored 21 runs in 21 balls. For Bangladesh, Mustafizur Rahman took the most 3 wickets. Mehdi Hasan took 2 and Taskin Ahmed took one wicket.

Sometimes here and there

In this innings, the Sri Lankan team started fast and the team was scoring with a run-rate of 9 till the fourth over. Sri Lanka’s first wicket fell on a score of 44, but within the next 21 runs, Sri Lanka lost 3 wickets. The Bangladesh team was seen making a comeback, Kusal Perera and Dasun Shanaka made a small but important partnership of 32 runs in the middle overs to return to Sri Lanka’s match.

After that Dasun Shanaka and Charith Asalanka together added 57 runs in just 27 balls. Captain Asalanka played a rage of 21 runs in 12 balls. Looking at his partnership, it seemed that Sri Lanka could also go to the score of 175-180. But in the last 2 overs, the Bangladesh team returned to a great extent. Bangladesh bowlers conceded just 15 runs in the last 2 overs and also dismissed three batsmen of the opposing team.

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Sri Lanka has become a victim of a shocking necklace before the Asia Cup 2025. In the second T20 match, Zimbabwe washed Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. With this, host Zimbabwe has equaled one by one in the T20 series and the series winner will be decided on 7 September. In this match, the Sri Lankan team was reduced to just 80 runs while playing first. In response, Zimbabwe won this match by 5 wickets with 34 balls remaining. This is just the second time that Zimbabwe has won Sri Lanka in a T20 match.

On the Zimbabwe Tour, the Sri Lankan team had set a hat -trick of victory. First he won both ODIs and won the ODI series 2–0. After that he also won the first T20 match by 4 wickets. The team’s morale can definitely fall with a sudden allout for 80 runs and a 5 -wicket defeat against Zimbabwe. That too exactly before the Asia Cup 2025.

When the Sri Lankan team came to bat first, she could not even play the entire 20 overs. Only 3 out of 11 batsmen could touch the double figure in terms of runs. Kamil Mishra was the top scorer of the team, who contributed 20 runs. For Zimbabwe, captain Sikander Raza and Brad Avans took three wickets each and Mujarbani took 2 and Sean Williams took one wicket.

Zimbabwe won by faltering

Zimbabwe may have won this match with 34 balls remaining, but his batsmen were also seen struggling. Zimbabwe had lost three wickets for 27 runs. In a low-scoring match, Brian Bennett and Ryan Berl’s 26-run small partnership contributed to Zimbabwe’s victory. Ryan returned unbeaten after scoring 20 runs.

Only second win over Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have come face to face in T20 cricket history, out of which Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have won 2 times. It is a matter of note for the Sri Lankan team that Zimbabwe has defeated him 2 times in the last four T20 matches.

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Dasun shanaka gujarat titans: Gujarat Titans have announced the replacement of Glenn Philips. Gujarat has included Sri Lankan player Dasun Shanaka in the team. Philips was injured during the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2025. After this, the team gave Shanaka a chance. Shanaka is an all -rounder player and has shown amazing on many occasions. Along with his batting, there is a good record in bowling.

Actually, Gujarat’s fourth match in IPL 2025 was from Hyderabad. The match was played on 6 April at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. He was fielding for Gujarat during the match. They were injured during fielding. He has not been able to play a single match for the team this season. But the substitute against Hyderabad took to the field as a player. He came on the field during the fifth over of Hyderabad’s innings. But after getting injured, he went out of the field.

How much salary will be given to Gujarat Titans Shanaka –

Gujarat has now included Shanaka in the team in place of Glenn Philips. They will get 75 lakh rupees as a salary. Shanaka has been able to play only once in IPL. He was part of Gujarat in IPL 2023. He played 3 matches this season.

Shanaka has been performing so far –

Shanaka’s T20 record has been excellent. He has played 243 matches so far. During this, 4449 runs have been scored. Shanaka has scored 3 centuries and 16 half -centuries in T20. He has also taken 91 wickets with this. Shanaka has also played 102 T20 International matches. He has scored 1456 runs here. There are also 33 wickets with this. He has played 71 ODIs for Sri Lanka. It has scored 1299 runs. During this time, you have taken 27 wickets.

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