After losing their first match to Afghanistan in the Asia Cup 2022, the Sri Lankan team made a strong comeback in the tournament and became the champions. The team that came in front of Sri Lanka on the way to win the trophy, had to face defeat. In the end, on Sunday, Sri Lanka clashed with Pakistan and this strong team was also defeated by Sri Lanka by 23 runs.
Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka had given their lives in the final play on Sunday. There were some moments during the match which became memorable.
Naseem bowled Mendis in the very first over of the match
First over of the Asia Cup final. Bowler Naseem Shah and batsman Kushal Mendis. Both the players were under pressure to get their team off to a good start. Due to this pressure, Naseem bowled the first ball of the match wide.
After this, he took care of himself, and on the third ball of the match, he threw an inswinger at a speed of 142 km. The ball quickly passed right-handed batsman Kushal Mendis between the bat and the pad and he was clean bowled. With this wicket, Naseem got Pakistan off to a great start in the match.
Shadab forcibly asked the umpire to give the Sri Lankan batsman out
Sri Lanka's wickets were falling one after the other in the power-play, but then a funny incident happened in the match. Shadab Khan tried to forcefully dismiss the batsman by holding the umpire's hand. Actually, in the sixth over of the match, Haris Rauf bowled a brilliant yorker to Bhanuka Rajapaksa. On which the Pakistani players made a strong appeal for LBW, but the umpire declared it not out.
On this the captain of the Pakistan team Babar Azam took DRS. The third umpire also declared the batsman not out, but Shadab Khan was so eager for the wicket that he forcibly demanded the wicket from the umpire and started lifting his hand.
Shadab Khan dropped the catch of Bhanuka and got injured
Sri Lanka was the last ball of the 19th over of the innings. Haris Rauf was opposite Bhanuka Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa tried to hit a six in the direction of mid-wicket to take Sri Lanka to a good score, but the ball was about to reach Asif Ali's hands before the boundary when Shadab Khan dived from the other side and collided with Asif. The collision was so strong that blood started coming out of Shadab's nose. Due to this the game had to be stopped for 10 to 15 minutes.
This catch was very heavy for Pakistan. Rajapaksa was batting on 57 at this time. After this, he scored 14 runs in the last over, due to which Sri Lanka's score reached 170.
Madushanka bowled an over of 11 balls.
Pakistan needed 171 runs to win the Asia Cup 2022. Dilshan Madushanka came to bowl the first over and could not handle the pressure of the big game and bowled 11 balls in his first over. He bowled a no-ball in the first ball of the innings. After this Madhushanka made a flurry of wides.
0.1 Madhushanka bowls a back-of-length ball. His foot went out of the crease while bowling. The umpire gave a no ball.
0.1: Ready to bowl the first ball of the match for the second time, Madhushanka used the short ball. Being on the leg side, the umpire gave a wide ball.
0.1: Rizwan was once again ready to play the first ball of the match. Madhushanka once again casts a wide on the leg side.
0.1: Madhushanka bowls another wide on the leg side, the wicketkeeper could not catch the ball and along with the wide, Pakistan also got a four.
0.1: Till now not a single ball could be played in the match and Pakistan's score was 8 runs. Madhushanka this time too throws a wide towards the leg side. After this, wicketkeeper Mendis and captain Sanaka explained to Madhushanka. Then he bowled the first legal ball. By this time Pakistan had scored 10 runs in 1 ball.
Brilliant bowling by Pramod Madhushan
Pramod Madhushan came to bowl the fourth over of Pakistan's innings. Sri Lanka did not have a good start due to 4 wides in the first over itself. In front were captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, Madhushan bowled Babar on the leg stump, which Babar flicked. Madhushanka stood at fine short leg and took a simple catch.
On the very next ball, Fakhar Zaman got bowled while driving cover. Fakhar tries to drive his first ball, the ball hits the edge of his bat and then hits the wicket. In this way, by taking two wickets in two consecutive balls, Madhushan gave initial shocks to Pakistan.
Madhusudan took 4 wickets in the entire match.
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