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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The final race in the Asia Cup 2025 has become exciting. Bangladesh surprised Sri Lanka in the first match of Super 4. At the same time, India has trampled Pakistan by 6 wickets last Sunday. This has led to a big change in Asia Cup Points Table. In the Super 4 phase, one match of the four teams has been done, after which the Indian team sits on the top of the table. Especially for Pakistan, the path of the final is difficult.

First of all, look at the points table of Asia Cup Super 4, India is in the first place in it, which has 2 points and the net run rate is great from the rest of the teams. The second place is Bangladesh, who defeated Sri Lanka in the first match of Super 4. At the same time, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are third and fourth respectively with one defeat.

Is Pakistan’s hope over

After Pakistan’s defeat against India, the net run rate is -0.689, which will be very difficult for it to compensate in the next matches. Currently, there are two matches left in Pakistan’s Super 4 phase running at the bottom of the points table. He has to face Sri Lanka on 23 September and Bangladesh on 28 September.

If Pakistan defeats Sri Lanka in their next match on 23 September, the Sri Lanka team will be out of the final race. After that the next target of the Pak team will be Bangladesh. If Bangladesh loses against India on 24 September, then the Pak team will have to do only one thing, it will be defeating Bangladesh in their last Super 4 match. At the same time, if Bangladesh defeats Team India, it will get 4 points. In such a situation, Pakistan will have to defeat Bangladesh on September 28 with such a huge margin, that its net run rate becomes better than Bangladesh.

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