In the first T20 match, Pakistan has defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. In this match played in Dambulla, the Sri Lankan team was bundled out for 128 runs while playing first. In reply, Pakistan won the match by 6 wickets with 20 balls remaining. Sahibzada Farhan played a half-century inning of 51 runs for the Pakistan team. In bowling, Abrar Ahmed and Salman Mirza took three wickets each for Pakistan. This is the first victory of Pakistan team in the year 2026.

The condition of the Sri Lankan team, which came to bat first, was so bad that it lost 4 wickets till the score was 38. Zenith Liyanage played an inning of 40 runs and somehow helped Sri Lanka reach the score beyond 100. Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed and Salman Mirza took three wickets each, while Mohammad Wasim and Shadab Khan took two wickets each.

Sahibzada Farhan and Sam Ayyub gave a good start to Pakistan. Even before the powerplay ended, Pakistan team had crossed 50. Ayub was out after scoring 24 runs. Whereas Farhan played an inning of 51 runs in 36 balls.

At one time Pakistan had scored 94 runs at the loss of one wicket. Meanwhile, the problems of the Pakistan team started increasing due to wickets falling at regular intervals. Pakistan had lost three wickets in just 12 runs. Shadab Khan made an important contribution to Pakistan’s victory by playing a short inning of 18 runs in 12 balls. Mahish Teekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga and Dhananjaya de Silva took one wicket each for Sri Lanka.

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Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in a ‘do or die’ match. With this struggling victory, Pakistan has kept the Asia Cup final expectations (is Pakistan out of Asia Cup 2025). Sri Lanka scored 133 runs in the first play. In response, Pakistan achieved the target with 12 balls remaining. Hussain Talat and Mohammad Nawaz’s 58 -run partnership ensured the victory of the Pak team.

Sri Lanka scored 133 runs in the first play despite a poor start. In this, Kamindu Mendis played an important half -century innings of 50 runs. The Pakistan team, which came to chase the target of 134 runs, had a great start, as Sahibzada Farhan and Fakhar Zaman together shared a 45 -run salute partnership.

Mahish Tishta got Farhan and Zaman out of Sri Lanka in the match in a span of 3 balls. Pakistan got a double shock when Sam Ayub and Salman Aga were dismissed by scoring 2 and 5 runs respectively. On seeing this, the Pak team had lost 4 wickets within 12 runs. Mohammad Haris stayed at the crease for a while, but his 13-run innings in a low-scoring match seemed as if he had scored 35-40 runs. Because these 13 runs came at very important time.

The rest of the work was done by Hussain Talat and Mohammad Nawaz together. His unbeaten partnership of 58 runs ensured the victory of the Pakistan team. Talat also contributed 32 and Nawaz also contributed 32 runs.

What will be the Indo-Pak final?

After defeating Sri Lanka, the Pakistan team has kept the hopes of going to the Asia Cup final alive. On the other hand, this was Sri Lanka’s second consecutive defeat in the Super-4 round, due to which the possibility of going to the finals is not equal. Due to this, the hope of the third clash between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2025 is still alive. This will be possible only when the Indian team reached the finals and at the same time Pakistan defeated Bangladesh in their next match and qualify for the final.

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Pakistan and Sri Lanka’s Super-4 round match was played on Tuesday in the Asia Cup. When a bowler takes 2 wickets in two overs, then what can be a good start. The name of this bowler is Shaheen Shah Afridi, who took a tough test of Sri Lankan batsmen with his swing bowling and took 2 wickets within the powerplay.

Two wickets in 8 balls

The bowling attack for the Pak team started by Shaheen Afridi. The first ball of the match was tremendous in-swing, but he did not get a wicket. On the next ball, he dismissed Kusal Mendis on the very first ball.

When Afridi came to for the second over of his spell, Nisanka hit a strong six on the first ball. On the next ball, Afridi got Nisanka caught by the wicketkeeper. Afridi took 2 wickets within just 8 balls and broke the back of the Sri Lankan top order.

‘Wet cat’ made in front of India

These are the same Shaheen Afridi, whose Indian batsmen beat fiercely. He roared like a lion against Sri Lanka, but proved to be a wet cat against India. When the India-Pakistan match took place in the group stage of the Asia Cup, Afridi scored 23 runs in 2 overs. Afridi could not take any wicket in that match.

At the same time, the turn of the Super-4 round match came, then Abhishek Sharma welcomed him by hitting a six on the first ball. In this match, he scored 40 runs in 3.5 overs. This time also Afridi could not take any wickets. In this entire tournament, Shaheen Afridi has been able to take only 5 wickets so far.

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