Skipper Babar Azam admitted that Pakistan weren’t on top of things throughout departments of their Asia Cup 2023 Tremendous 4 tournament in opposition to Dasun Shanaka’s Sri Lanka on Thursday, September 14 on the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The tournament used to be a digital semi-final and Pakistan ended up dropping by means of two wickets to crash out of the match. With Sri Lanka wanting 8 runs to win within the ultimate over, Zaman Khan attempted his center out, however Charith Asalanka stayed now not out on 49 to take his crew house.
Previous to that, Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled brilliantly within the penultimate over, selecting up two wickets of Dhananjaya de Silva and Dunith Wellalage and gifting away simplest 4 runs.
“We simply determined to bowl our perfect overs and requested Shaheen to bowl the second one ultimate over and believed in Zaman. Sri Lanka performed rather well, higher cricket than us,” Babar used to be quoted as pronouncing within the post-match presentation rite.
Babar mentioned that Pakistan let the Sri Lankans off the hook when Sadeera Samarawickrama and Kusal Mendis placed on a partnership of 100 runs for 3rd wicket.
“We’ve got now not been on top of things within the bowling and fielding. This is the reason we misplaced the tournament. Within the heart overs, we didn’t bowl neatly. That partnership price us. We began neatly, ended neatly, however heart overs weren’t nice. We’ve got lacked that,” he added.
Mendis went on to attain 91 sooner than Iftikhar Ahmed disregarded him, however he departed simplest after hanging Sri Lanka in a commanding place.
Sri Lanka, with the win, complicated to their eleventh Asia Cup last and are scheduled to stand India within the last on Sunday, September 17. Within the interim, after just about 40 years within the historical past of the Asia Cup, India and Pakistan are but to fasten horns within the last.
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Sep 15, 2023