New Delhi. The Indian team and Sri Lanka will be face to face in the final match of Asia Cup 2023. This match will be played on 17th September in Colombo. Sri Lanka has made it to the finals by defeating Pakistani team by 2 wickets on Thursday…
India vs Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2023 Final: Asia Cup 2023 has now reached the final after going through many exciting matches. The Indian team had already entered. On Thursday (14 September), Sri Lanka also made it to the final by defeating Pakistan by 2 wickets. Now the title match between India and Sri Lanka will be played in Colombo on 17 September. For a while in the match, it seemed that Pakistan would win, but then the entire match turned upside down on the last two balls.
In the Super-4 of Asia Cup 2023, Pakistani captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat. After this there was rain interruption, so the match was reduced to 42 overs. Then in the match, Pakistan team scored 252 runs after losing 7 wickets.
Wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan played a stormy innings of 86 runs in 73 balls. While opener Abdullah Shafiq scored 52 runs and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 47 runs. Rizwan and Iftikhar made a partnership of 108 runs in 78 balls for the sixth wicket. Mathisa Pathirana took 3 wickets for Sri Lanka. Pramod Madushan, Mahish Tikshina and Dunith Velalage got 1 success each.
To win the match, Sri Lanka had a target of 253 runs in 42 overs, in response to which the team won the match by losing 8 wickets on the last ball of the innings. For Sri Lanka, Kusal Mendis scored the highest score of 91 runs on 87 balls. Charith Asalanka remained unbeaten after scoring 49 runs. For Pakistan, Iftikhar Ahmed took 3 wickets and Shaheen Afridi took 2 wickets.
This is how the match changed in the last over
Sri Lanka needed eight runs in the last over to win. Pramod Madusan and Charith Asalanka were at the wicket. Asalanka then turned the match by scoring 4 runs and 2 runs on the last two balls.
41.1 overs: 1 run leg bye
41.2overs: 0 runs
41.3 overs: 1 run
41.4 overs: out (Pramod)
41.5 overs: 4 runs
42 overs: 2 runs
The final match will be held between India and Sri Lanka for the 9th time.
This time the Indian team will play the final for the 10th time in the ODI Asia Cup. The Indian team has won the title 6 times out of 9 so far. Let us tell you that the Indian team had also won the T20 Asia Cup title once in 2016. Let us tell you that the Indian team has played the final of the ODI Asia Cup 8 times out of 9 against Sri Lanka and once against Bangladesh.
This time there will be a clash between India and Sri Lanka in the final for the 9th time. The Indian team played the first final of the Asia Cup in 1984. Then the tournament was held in UAE, in the final of which India defeated Sri Lanka. The last time the Indian team played the final of the ODI Asia Cup was in 2018. Won the title by defeating Bangladesh in the final held in Dubai.
Indian team won the most titles
In the history of Asia Cup (T20, ODI), the Indian team has won the title maximum 7 times. India won the Asia Cup title in 1984, 1988, 1990/91, 1995, 2010, 2016 and 2018. At the second place is Sri Lanka, which had won the Asia Cup trophy 6 times. The Sri Lankan team has won the Asia Cup title in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014 and 2022. Whereas in 2000 and 2012, Pakistan won the Asia Cup trophy.
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