Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka and achieved 2 pointsImage Credit Source: PTI
Asia cup super-4 round: The final of the Asia Cup 2025 will be played between which 2 teams, it will be decided only after the Super-4 round is over. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have staked their claim in the final race by making it to the Super-4 round. But after the completion of 3 matches of this round, the situation has become exciting because 3 out of 4 teams have won one match each. After Bangladesh and Team India, Pakistan also registered its first win in this round and opened an account in the points table. Pakistan not only opened an account, but also hit entry directly to another place.
Sri Lanka batted first in this match played in Abu Dhabi on 23 September and the team could score just 133 runs in 20 overs. For Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 3 wickets, while all -rounder Hussain Talat also took 2 wickets while bowling affordable. After this, Hussain Talat also showed his amazing in batting and in association with Mohammad Nawaz, a 58 -run partnership gave the team win by 5 wickets. Talat scored an unbeaten 32 runs, while Nawaz rapidly scored 38 runs.
Account opened but Pakistan behind India
With this victory, Pakistan kept its hopes alive to reach the finals. This is because in the very first match of Super-4, he was defeated by India, while Bangladesh also won a match before that. In such a situation, this match was a kind of do or die for Pakistan. With this victory, Pakistan brought its journey to the last match of Super-4. With this, Pakistan also got 2 points and it reached the second place directly in the points table. Apart from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh also have 2-2 points, but there is a difference in the position of all three due to net runrate. Team India (0.689) is first, Pakistan (0.226) is second and Bangladesh (0.121) is third.
Sri Lanka’s expectations completely over?
At the same time, this defeat almost eliminated the hopes of Sri Lanka to reach the final. This is the second consecutive defeat in Sri Lanka’s Super-4, one of the title contenders along with India and it is in the last place without any point. Now his hopes are on Bangladesh. If Bangladesh defeats India and Pakistan in its next two matches and then Sri Lanka itself beats Team India in its last match, then Bangladesh will reach the final with 6 points. At the same time, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka will be on par with 2-2 points and then the decision will be taken from the net runrate.