Two right-handed openers - Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka - have been positivity personified at the top while likes of Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shanaka himself and Chamikaatne Karunaratne have all made runs when they mattered the most.Ī case in point is how they chased down a target of 70 odd against Afghanistan, where none of the batters scored more than 35, but all of them made those runs at a strike-rate of 150 plus.
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The team that Shanaka led during their away series in India some six months back had more or less the same bunch of players, but what Sri Lanka had done successfully is change their T20 game plan, which is now filled with aggression.Įven without Dushmantha Chammera, the bowling attack has looked potent but there is one area where Rahul Dravid and the Indian team could take a note of is how effective Sri Lanka's top five batters have been.
Nevertheless, the kind of performance they have produced in the Super 4s would make anyone believe that it would be anything but easy for Babar Azam's side. It could have been infinitely sweeter had Dasun Shanaka and his men played the final at the iconic Khettarama Stadium (now Premadasa Stadium). The Sri Lanka vs Pakistan can be seen live in India from 7:30 PM IST and the scorecard can be found HERE and ball-by-ball commentary HERE. Technically, Sri Lanka are the hosts of this Asia Cup 2022 but due to a cruel twist of fate, the tournament had to be shifted to the UAE for security reasons. Coming off a socio-economic crisis and the worst turmoil in its country's history, the Sri Lankan cricket team would like to provide the island nation with an emotional catharsis by beating fancied Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022 final on Sunday.
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