Today is the match of India and Sri Lanka in the 2025 Asia Cup. This is the last match of the Super-4 stage. Sri Lanka’s team has already been out of the tournament. The Sri Lankan team could not win a single match in Super-4. At the same time, India defeated Pakistan and Bangladesh in Super-4 and entered the finals. This match between India and Sri Lanka will be played at Dubai International Stadium from 8 pm Indian time. At the same time, the toss of the match will be at seven thirty in the evening.

For Team India, this match is like a practice before the final, because India has to play the final of the Asia Cup against Pakistan after just two days. At the same time, this will be a fight for Sri Lanka, because the Sri Lankan team has come to Super-4 after losing to Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Pitch report

Both teams will have slow and weak pitches familiar. The new ball should come well on the bat and be able to put the shot, but after the first 10 overs, it will be more difficult to make the ball time and find a gap. The batsmen often offer high risk shots to push the ball forward, which means that there are more sixes, but there are opportunities to take wickets.

Team India can make many changes

Team India can make many changes today to protect the players from getting injured and to keep fresh before the final. Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh can be part of the playing XI today. In such a situation, four players from the main team can be given rest. Jasprit Bumrah can rest today. Hardik Pandya can also be rested.

Squad of India- Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shivam Dubey, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Hardik Pandya, Tilak Verma, Akshar Patel, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumra, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma.

Squad of Sri Lanka- Pathum Nisanka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka (Captain), Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Vanindu Hasranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chamera, Mahesh Thikshana, Nuwan Tushara, Dunith Vellalag, Kamil Mishra, Nuvanidu Fernando and Jainith Liange

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 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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The Sri Lankan cricket team will play a 3 -match T20 series on the Zimbabwe tour before the Cricket Asia Cup 2025, for which the Sri Lanka Cricket Board announced the squad on Thursday. The 17 -member team under the captaincy of Charith Asanka include Kushal Perera, Kushal Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Mahesh Dixhana. It is possible that Sri Lanka’s squad will also be the same for the Asia Cup.

Sri Lanka Cricket Team is included in Group B of Asia Cup. He is accompanied by teams from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong in this group. Before the Asia Cup, Sri Lanka’s team will play a 3 -match T20 series on Zimbabwe tour. Earlier, the first ODI will be played on Friday. Sri Lanka will also play 2 ODIs on the tour, after that the first T20 will be played on 3 September.

Players included in Sri Lanka T20 Squad

Charith Asanka (captain), Pathum Nisanka, Kushal Mendis, Kushal Perera, Nuwaniidu Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Kamil Mishra, Vishen Halmbaj, Dasun Shanka, Dunith Vellege, Chamika Karunaratne, Mahish Tishta, Dushan Hemantha, Mathisha Pathirana, Nuwan Tushra, Nuvanta Tushra, Binura Franando, Binura Fernande

Sri Lanka T20i Squad for Zimbabwe Tour
The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Panel Has Named the Following Squad for the T20I series against Zimbabwe#Slvzim #Srilankacrick pic.twitter.com/34QCCCIKZP7

– Sri Lanka Cricket (@OFFCIALC) August 28, 2025

Zim vs SL T20 series schedule

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka will be played on first T20 Wednesday, 3 September, second T20 Saturday, 6 September and third T20 Sunday, 7 September. All matches will start at 5 pm Indian time. The three T20 Harare will be played at the Sports Club Stadium.

Sri Lanka’s schedule in Asia Cup

The first match of Cricket Asia Cup 2025 will be played between Afghanistan and Hong Kong on Tuesday, 9 September. The second match will be held between Team India and UAE on 10 September. The first match of the Sri Lanka cricket team will be against Bangladesh at Sheikh Zaid Cricket Stadium on Saturday, September 13. The match will be played from 7:30 pm Indian time. See the schedule of Sri Lanka’s matches in the group stage.

• 13 September: Vs Bangladesh (Sheikh Zaid Cricket Stadium) – 7:30 pm
• 15 September: Vs Hong Kong (Dubai International Stadium) – 7:30 pm
• 18 September: Vs Afghanistan (Sheikh Zaid Cricket Stadium) – 7:30 pm

A total of 8 teams will play in the Asia Cup, which are divided into 2 groups of 4-4. After the group stage, the top 2 teams of each group will enter Super 4 and the remaining 4 teams will be out. After this, after the Super 4 matches, the final will be clashed between the top 2 teams on September 28.

Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets in the first T20 match to take a 1-0 lead in the series of three T20 matches. In this first match of the series, Bangladesh scored 154 runs in the first play, in response to which Sri Lanka achieved this target with 6 balls remaining. Pathum Nisanka’s bat for Sri Lanka led to a fire, which hit 42 runs in just 16 balls. At the same time, Kusal Mendis also made a big contribution to the victory of his team.

In this match played at Pallekele Maidan, the Bangladesh team came out to bat first. Opener Parvez Hussain scored 38 runs for the Bangladesh team on the slow pitch, while Mohammad Naeem contributed 32 runs. Captain Litton Das flopped badly, who was dismissed by just 6 runs. For the Sri Lankan team, Mahish Toricha took the maximum 2 wickets.

Nisanka and Mendis shine for Sri Lanka

Chasing the target of 155 runs, Sri Lanka started a rage. Pathum Nisanka and Kusal Mendis had hit 78 runs in 4.3 overs. Nisanka scored 42 runs in 16 balls, including 5 sixes and 3 fours. Both openers added 78 runs for the first wicket. Kusal Mendis’s bat led to an innings of 73 runs in 51 balls.

Talking about the entire match, both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh team together hit a total of 24 fours and the two teams together hit 12 sixes. Although Sri Lanka had hit 78 runs in 4.4 overs, but it took 86 balls to score the remaining 77 runs. Let us tell you that earlier Sri Lanka won the two-Test series 1-0, after that Sri Lanka has also won the three ODI matches series 2-1. Now the Sri Lankan team has also taken a 1-0 lead in the T20 series.

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Sl vs ban: On Tuesday, a decisive ODI match was played between the Sri Lankan cricket team and the Bangladesh cricket team, in which the host Sri Lanka was completely dominated. Kusal Mendis scored a century in this match played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, he scored a brilliant innings of 124 runs. Batting first, the hosts scored 285 runs. Chasing the target, Bangladesh had to face a shameful defeat.

Sri Lankan captain Charith Asanka won the toss and decided to bat first. Kusal Mendis scored 124 runs in 114 balls with the help of 18 fours. Captain Asalanka scored 58 runs in 68 balls with the help of 9 fours. Batting first, Sri Lanka gave Bangladesh a target of 286 runs. Please tell that there was not a single six in Sri Lanka’s entire innings.

Bangladesh piled on 186 runs

The visiting team collapsed for 186 runs in the third ODI. For Bangladesh, Tauheed Hirdoy scored the highest innings of 51 runs. Asitha Fernando and Dushmanta Chamera took 3-3 wickets. Dunith Vellalage and Vanindu Hasranga took 2-2 wickets. In the entire match, it never felt that Bangaldesh can win the match.

Kusal Mendis Player of the Match and Series

Sri Lanka won the 3-match ODI series 2–1 after winning the decisive match. The first match of the series was won by Sri Lanka, by winning the second ODI, Bangladesh did the series equal. Mendis was adjudged the best player and player of the series in the deciding match. He scored 45 and 56 runs respectively in both the matches.

Series Winners! Sri Lanka takes the 3rd odi by a dominant 99 runs, second the series 2-1 against Bangladesh!
Incredible Efort from The Whole Squad to Seal The Victory! #SLVBAN #Srilankacrick pic.twitter.com/jd2bqx35m0

– Sri Lanka Cricket (@OFFCIALC) July 8, 2025

Sri Lanka also won the 2 -match Test series before the ODI series. The first Test ended at the draw and the second Test was won by Sri Lanka by 78 runs and an innings. Now a 3 -match T20 series will be played between the two. The first match will be played on 10 July at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

IPL 2025: So far 57 matches have been played in the Indian Premier League season 18. On May 8, the tournament was canceled for a week due to India Pakistan tension. Due to this, the date of the final final on 25 May had to be extended a week ahead (June 3). Most of the players had returned to their country, out of which many players have returned to India. Many players were out of the tournament due to injury and many players are not coming to India due to international commitments. Let us tell you which players have got entry in IPL as a replacement after May 8.

Punjab Kings had to announce the replacement of their injured player Locky Ferguson, who were out of the IPL on 13 April due to Hamstring Injury. The team, captained by Shreyas Iyer, announced his replacement on Thursday, 15 May 2025. In his place, New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jameson has been selected. Jamison was included in the IPL Punjab team for 2 crores.

Rajasthan Royals announced the replacement of these 2 players

Rajasthan Royals, who were out of the IPL tournament, also announced the replacement of their 2 injured players on 8 May. Nitish Rana Kaf Inzari and Sandeep Sharma have been ruled out of the tournament due to injury to the finger. Instead of Nitish, the team has included Luan-Dre Pritorius of South Africa for Rs 30 lakh. The player of South Africa has also been selected in place of Sandeep. The team has included Nandre Burger in its party for 3.5 crores.

DC, GT and LSG also announced replacement

Australian batsman Jake Fraser-Macgark, who was involved in Delhi Capitals, returned home after the IPL was postponed, he was in Dharamshala when Pakistan stopped the match as a precaution after a drone attack in Jammu. Citing personal reasons, he decided not to return to India, instead Delhi Capitals have included Mustafizur Rahman in the team on 14 May for Rs 6 crore.

Gujarat Titans have announced the replacement of its explosive batsman Jose Butler. Butler will no longer play the remaining matches due to national duty, in his place, Kusal Mendis of Sri Lanka has been selected by Gujarat for Rs 75 lakh.

Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Mayank Yadav was injured from the beginning, but the team announced his replacement when its new schedule was announced after the IPL was postponed. On May 15, as a replacement of Mayank, New Zealand bowler Will Oorke was included in the Lucknow team for Rs 3 crore.

Good news for rcb

On May 3, RCB captain Rajat Patidar suffered a finger injury against CSK, after which it was being said that he could be out of league stage matches. The next match of RCB was with Lucknow on 8 May, in which there was doubt about Patidar’s playing. However, the tournament was postponed before this match and according to the new schedule, the next match of RCB is against KKR on 17 May. Rajat has joined his team, he has also got time. There is a possibility that the same captaincy will be seen in front of Kolkata in Bengaluru.

Jos buttler ipl 2025 playoffs: In IPL 2025, Gujarat Titans has been seen as a strong contender to win the trophy from the beginning. Playing under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, this team sits on top in the IPL 2025 Points Table GT. Jose Butler contributed a lot in taking Gujarat to the top, who has scored 500 runs in the tournament so far. Now it is a matter of concern for Gujarat that Butler will not play against the playoffs and Kusal Mendis has come in the team.

Gujarat Titans have so far registered 8 wins in 11 matches and 3 matches remain in the league stage. According to ESPN Cricinfo, Butler will play in the remaining 3 matches in the league stage, but Kusal Mendis may have replaced him in the playoff stage. Let us tell you that Mendis was playing in PSL 2025 till last week, but due to security reasons he no longer wants to go back to Pakistan. In such a situation, Mendis is turning to IPL, a league that this Sri Lankan batsman has never played before.

Why will Jose Butler not play IPL playoffs?

Jose Butler will miss the playoff matches of IPL 2025 because the 3 ODI series between England and West Indies is going to start from May 29 and from this day the playoffs of IPL 2025 are starting. If Butler is unable to play the playoff matches, Gujarat will have 2 options as a wicketkeeper. Kumar Kushagra and Anuj Rawat can be fed instead of Butler.

Gujarat is very close to playoffs

Gujarat Titans have not yet made it to the playoffs of IPL 2025, but another win can secure a place in its final-4. If GT wins the rest of its three matches, then there will be a chance to finish the top of the table. In the league stage, Gujarat is yet to play the match with Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings.

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