ABU DHABI (Kashmir English): Pakistan has won the Asia Cup 2025 Super Four match against Sri Lanka by 5 wickets at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on Tuesday.
Chasing a 134-run target, the Green Shirts knocked off the winning runs for the loss of five wickets and 12 balls to spare.
Farhan scored 24 off 15 deliveries with the help of two sixes and a four, while Fakhar made a 19-ball 17.
Wanindu Hasaranga further added to Pakistan’s woes by dismissing Saim Ayub and captain Salman Ali Agha in consecutive overs, bringing the total down to 57/4 in 8.1 overs.
Wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Haris and Hussain Talat briefly stabilised the run chase with their 23-run partnership for the fifth wicket, but Dushmantha Chameera cleaned up the former in the 12th over to dent their recovery.
With the scoreboard reading 80/5 in 11.1 overs and a further 58 required off 53 deliveries, Mohammad Nawaz joined Talat, and the duo batted sensibly under pressure to steer their side over the line unbeaten.
Mohammad Nawaz top-scored for Pakistan with an unbeaten 38 off 24 deliveries, studded with three sixes and as many fours, while Talat made 32 not out from 30 balls, comprising four fours.
For Sri Lanka, Theekshana and Hasaranga bagged two wickets each, while Chameera could claim one.
Put into bat first, the defending champions managed to accumulate 133/8 in their allotted 20 overs despite Kamindu Mendis’s half-century.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Abrar Ahmed.
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka (c), Dasun Shanaka, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, and Nuwan Thushara.
