Asia Cup 2022: Sri Lanka, which is battling a socio-economic crisis and facing the worst democratic turmoil in its history, may be given some chance to celebrate by its cricket team. Sri Lankan team looks strong against Pakistan.
Asia Cup 2022: Sri Lanka, which has been reeling from a socio-economic crisis and facing the worst democratic turmoil in its history, may be given some chance to celebrate by its cricket team, but for this it needs to be Pakistan's strong victory in the Asia Cup final here on Sunday. The team has to be defeated. Sri Lanka is in a way the host of the Asia Cup but due to security reasons, it could not organize it in its home country and hence the United Arab Emirates got the opportunity to organize this tournament.
Sri Lanka did wonders
It would have been a happy moment for the Dasun Shanaka-led
side if they had been playing the final at their home ground, but looking at
their performance in the Super Four, it can be said that the challenge for the
Babar Azam-led Pakistan team will be anyhow. Wouldn't be easier. Be it the
Asian Cricket Council or the spectators of Dubai, everyone wanted the final
match to be between India and Pakistan, but Sri Lanka spoiled all their
equations by performing well.
Beat Pakistan
Not only this, he registered an easy victory in the final match of the Super Four against his final rival Pakistan on Friday. With this, his team will enter the final with increased morale. But in Dubai, Pakistan is likely to get immense support from the audience and in such a situation players like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Nawaz and Naseem Shah will try to give their best. There will be a Sri Lankan team in front of Pakistan which is trying to revive its cricket. She wants to make a mark in a format in which she became the world champion in 2014.
Many good changes in Sri Lankan team
Sri Lanka's cricket has been battling with poor selection
and politics within the board for some time now but now its players have
changed their attitude in T20 cricket and have added aggression to it. Sri
Lanka's attack looks strong despite the absence of an experienced bowler like
Dushmant Chamira, while in the batting they have two excellent openers Kusal
Mendis and Pathum Nisanka. Danushka Gunatilaka, Bhanuka Rajapakse, Shanaka and
Chamakatne Karunaratne have also made useful contributions.
Sri Lankan batsmen did wonders
So far in the five matches of the Asia Cup, Sri Lankan batsmen have hit 28 sixes and 62 fours, which shows their aggressive attitude. In the bowling, Mahesh Teekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga have handled the spin department very well, while Dilshan Madhushanka has performed the responsibility of the main fast bowler quite admirably. In contrast, Pakistan is concerned about the form of its captain and best batsman Babar, who has scored only 63 runs in five matches so far. He will definitely try to play a big innings in the final.
Pakistan strong in bowling
Bowling still seems to be the strong side of Pakistan.
Naseem Shah's game is improving continuously while Haris Rauf and Mohammad
Hasnain are also doing well. Both his spinners, leg break bowler Shadab Khan
and left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz have also performed impressively. In Dubai,
however, the role of the toss has been important and in such a situation, the
team batting first suffers a loss. Anyway, batting first, Pakistan's
performance has not been good. He batted first in the matches he lost against
India and Sri Lanka.