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SRI LANKA 150/4 (20 OVERS)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan*75 (56)
- Dinesh Chandimal58 (49)
- Shoaib Malik1/3 (1)
- Mohammad Irfan2/18 (4)
PAKISTAN 151/4 (19.2 OVERS)
- Sarfaraz Ahmed38 (27)
- Umar Akmal48 (37)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan1/2 (1)
- Shehan Jayasuriya1/13 (1)
Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Shashank Kishore
That brings us to the end of our coverage. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did bringing it to you. Do join us for the grand finale on Sunday. It's Bangladesh against India. Sher-e-Bangla will be buzzing, and it should hopefully be a cracker. Until then, it's goodbye and goodnight from all of us at the commentary desk. Cheers!
Shahid Afridi: We're good cricketers, just that we need to have more self-belief. That's what helped us in the chase today. We wanted to keep wickets intact in the first six overs and it worked. We've backed players, we didn't want to tamper with too many things, but the selectors have done well to give everyone a sincere opportunity. We had to change a few things, we worked hard and it helped. I don't fall down easily, yes, it was tough but I'm confident the boys can deliver.
Umar Akmal is the Man of the Match for his 48. "Credit to the captain, coaching staff and team management. Waqar showed me a motivational video before the match. That fired me up. We wanted to sign off with a win, good to see some rhythm to our game before the World T20."
Dinesh Chandimal: Overall we played some good cricket. We were 10-15 short with the bat, that was the turning point in this game. It was difficult to grip the ball with this dew. Injuries are the main issues, we haven't been able to get the best combination as a result. Hopefully players will recover in time.
Sanga says it as it is
Disappointing to get only 150 after the start we got. Time now to take stock and reassess our squad to ensure the right combo for the t20 WC
— Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2) March 4, 2016
10:45pm That should come as some relief for Afridi, Waqar & co, for this has been an otherwise disappointing Asia Cup campaign. The scorecard may say Pakistan won with just four balls to spare, but they were never really challenged in the chase. Umar Akmal piloted the chase after that turbo start by Sharjeel. Sarfraz did what Sarfraz normally does, working the ball into the gaps and mixing his fineness with his street smart ways to eat into the target. All in all, a clinical effort
Sri Lanka would wonder where they lost this. Not much doubt, really. 14 overs - 110 without loss. Next six overs, they made just 40. Once Pakistan went into the break with momentum by their side, they didn't look back. But the form of Dilshan would come as a silver lining
END OF OVER:19 | 9 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 150/4 (1 run required from 6 balls, RR: 7.89, RRR: 1.00)
- Shoaib Malik12 (15b)
- Nuwan Kulasekara4-0-20-1
- Dushmantha Chameera4-0-32-0
Umar Akmal c Perera b Kulasekara 48 (49m 37b 4x4 2x6) SR: 129.72
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