Asia Cup 2022 Super 4: Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka workforce are on high of the Super 4 Asia Cup factors desk after their four-wicket win over Afghanistan in Sharjah on Saturday (September 3). Chasing 176 to win, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Danushka Gunathilaka powered the Lankans to win with 5 balls to spare towards Group B table-toppers Afghanistan.
The win signifies that (*4*)Sri Lanka have 2 factors from 1 match with a Net Run Rate of 0.589. The high two groups from the Super 4 will face off towards one another within the September 11 closing.
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The different two groups within the Super 4 stage are India and Pakistan will face off towards one another on Sunday (September 4) in Dubai. Sri Lanka’s subsequent match can be towards Rohit Sharma-led India in Dubai on Tuesday (September 6) whereas Afghanistan will face off towards Babar Azam’s Pakistan on Wednesday (September 7) in Sharjah.
“It’s the belief of the dressing room, we believe we can chase anything in these kinds of wickets. We can always analyse the wicket better when chasing. There was a plan coming into this game, we know they have good batters, but the boys executed the plans really well. As I mentioned in the toss, partnerships was the key to winning the game. We had spoken about that, and now we now how to approach matches and win games,” Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka mentioned after the win over Afghanistan.
Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi felt that the facet was about 20-25 runs wanting a profitable whole. “We were about 20-25 runs short, and also we didn’t field well or bowl in the right areas. It’s a better pitch today than the one we played on against Bangladesh, which is why I said we were a few runs short. We didn’t bowl brilliantly, but we bowled really well. We dropped some catches, which if we took the game would have been different,” Nabi mentioned.
Asia Cup Super 4 Schedule
September 4 – India vs Pakistan (Dubai), 730pm
September 6 – India vs Sri Lanka (Dubai), 730pm
September 7 – Afghanistan vs Pakistan (Sharjah), 730pm
September 8 – Afghanistan vs India (Dubai), 730pm
September 9 – Sri Lanka vs Pakistan (Dubai), 730pm
September 11 – Final (Dubai), 730pm
