Desk Report:
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have never met in limited-overs cricket, except for the World Cup and Asia Cup. The last time they played an ODI series was 6 years ago. The same is true in T20Is. After the Asia Cup final 3 years ago, they are facing each other again in the Asia Cup.
The Super Four clash will start at 8:30 pm at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The match is a matter of life and death for both teams. Because if they lose, the chances of playing the final will practically end. They have faced defeat in their first match in the Super Four.
Despite winning each of the 3 group stage matches, Sri Lanka lost to Bangladesh at the start of the Super Four. Captain Charitable Asalanka, who is struggling to forget that loss, said, “We all know that we have to win the match. We lost badly against Bangladesh. We have to forget that loss and move forward.” If we win the remaining two matches, we can easily reach the final.’
Pakistan batsman Sahibzada Farhan is confident of beating Sri Lanka. Despite losing to India by 6 wickets the day after tomorrow, he is dreaming of playing in the final, ‘The way we batted against India, the boys are very confident. Talking about Sri Lanka, we will win the match. Because, it is a life-or-death fight for us. Our preparations are excellent. Everyone wants to play the final against India.’
Since there was no match yesterday, all the teams got rest. Sri Lanka, however, got extra rest. In that case, Pakistan will have to play with a day’s break.
