Sri Lanka (170/6) beat Pakistan (147 all out) by 23 runs to win the 2022 Asia Cup

[Rana]

Play for the team for once!

Rizwan can play all 30 balls til the end…he will score 35 runs

 

[castortroy]

Pak have bottled this chase as it's a final

 

[jnaveen1980]

After getting mauled by Afghans in opening game, SL have been brilliant.

You guys had a real shot to win But Rahim had other ideas.

 

[topspin]

Pakistan will never win a T20 tournament with this opening combo.

This has been proven today and also last year in the WT20 Semi against Australia.

 

[Marooned]

Honestly tho. It's bloody hard to hit here.

 

[adzzy786]

70 runs are needed from 5 overs.

RRR is now 14.00.

Poor poor chase

 

[BleedGreen]

Need 20-25 in this over at least

 

[JibranAnsari]

My match ka mujrim is rizwan . he has faced more thab 50 percent of the deliveries and failed.

 

[Cric1234]

No intent from Rizwan taking singles with 14 an over needed his style of batting fully exposed today.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Nawaz gone

 

[10sion]

Out!

 

[Kianig89]

Iftikahar and Rizwan left too much for the rest this ain't manageable sack Moyo and Saqi clowns

 

[ask_analyse_act]

what is nawaz doing...four dots in 15th over, previously iftikar 4 dots in 13th over...

 

[Major]

time to send asif ali in, only he can strike from ball one.

Looks like Sri Lanka will tonight be the team to win a game while losing the toss.

 

[Snowflake]

Honestly tho. It's bloody hard to hit here.

What did they do when it was easy? In the PP

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Game Set Match

This is so embarrassing

 

[JaDed]

Lanka coming back with good tight fielding, they play as a unit.

 

[castortroy]

Pak useless batting like up has let them down again. Should have been a straightforward chase

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Send Asif Ali man, why Khushdil ?

 

[PakFan2010]

Why would you send Nawaz ahead of Asif Ali?

Sri Lanka fully deserved winners.

Pathetic tactics from Pakistan. The coach and captain should resign.

 

[Major]

what is nawaz doing...four dots in 15th over, previously iftikar 4 dots in 13th over...

nawaz did tried to hit, sri lanka bowled well.

 

[syd_pak]

Zero thinking - why bat so slowly and put yourself in this position.

 

[Rana]

Iftikahar and Rizwan left too much for the rest this ain't manageable sack Moyo and Saqi clowns

Babar needs to be sacked too as captain at least

 

[sweep_shot]

Wicket. Nawaz is gone.

102/4.

69 are needed from 28 balls.

 

[BleedGreen]

The boundaries are short why cant these guys hit with power!

 

[Kianig89]

Rubbish team management hand it over to Haydem for t20wc

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Rizwan costed us the game…very poor strike rate

 

[Ab Fan]

Why was Rajapaksa name not there in player of tournament contenders?

Not giving enough credit to him because he bats in middle order??

 

[adzzy786]

Have to send in Asif Ali

 

[Marooned]

Need 20-25 in this over at least

Bhai umeed ki bhi had hoti hai.

 

[Cric1234]

Asif Ali special needed 30 of 10 balls.

 

[Rana]

[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] oh major

My major

 

[syd_pak]

Lol - no asif Ali

 

[Energy]

Lankan clown pacers but they have brains. Pakistan bigger clowns with zero match awareness.

 

[Savak]

Pakistan desperately needs to change their T20 template. This model of start slow and leave a platform for everyone else is not sustainable against good teams.

 

[topspin]

I knew anything above 150 was going too much for this weak batting line-up. Sri Lanka's batting is levels above in T20s. IPL contracts coming up for them I bet.

PCB must sack Babar as captain so he can focus on his batting. He's always been a shy kid and his tactical nous makes him anything but captaincy material.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan has a real dodgy middle order. No Malik, Hafeez, Sarfraz kind of players.

 

[ali-abbas123]

Pakistan getting exposed here, we’ve been poor in comparison to the lankans

 

[ekpakistani]

Huh... Why khushdil when run rate is so high....strange tactics

 

[Major]

[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] oh major

My major

Rana jeee, match aint over yet.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Lol, really i am not sad today for this performance i am laughing lol

 

[D/DAhmed]

what is nawaz doing...four dots in 15th over, previously iftikar 4 dots in 13th over...

This is why I’ll never ever blame Nawaz, Shadab and Asif for their batting. Consistently put under pressure by our horrendous initial strike rate and useless middle order, they always come out needing to strike from Ball 1, which is a Herculean task for any batsman in the world bud apparently something we expect from them continuously, match after match.

 

[Marooned]

28 balls is what Khushdil takes to warm up.

 

[shah_1]

The whole approach is cowardly, babar has let this happen. He has created an environment where such batting is acceptable because his career SR is 129.

He is the biggest match ka mujrim. Shadab should be the captain

 

[imshally81]

Asif should come

 

[Rana]

[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] has been harrasing me here for my views on Rizwan

My honest cricket views

 

[JibranAnsari]

I think rizwan scored his last 4 8 overs ago

 

[syd_pak]

Wow wow wow - no asif Ali

 

[Grunge101]

Rizwan and Ifti left it way too late, way too late. I don't know how the two in the middle or the folks in the dressing room didn't realize that.
Madness.

 

[Major]

[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] oh major

My major

Rana jeee, match aint over yet.

 

[Cric1234]

No Asif Khushdil in who needs time to get going poor all round today.

 

[Kianig89]

Silverwood what a job man

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Disgraceful performance. Pakistan cannot have both Rizwan & Babar as openers, and only one of them should be allowed to play the "accumulator" role.

 

[Major]

PTV ads

 

[ekpakistani]

It started in last game ... When Hassan Ali the friend was picked up and overall careless attitude in that match

In this game quite a few bad decisions

 

[sweep_shot]

Stage is set for Khushdil and Asif.

69 are needed from 28 balls.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan needs a gigantic over somewhere Infact 2 gigantic overs.

 

[PakFan2010]

Hahaha

Why are they sending in Khushdil ahead of Asif Ali?

Time for Saqlain to go. Waste of space mullah

 

[DRsohail]

Rana jeee, match aint over yet.

It's over man.

 

[Kianig89]

Asif Ali will come when 36 from 6 req something fishy

 

[JaDed]

Wow he didn’t even cross?

 

[Shafi]

Keep playing Fakhar knowing he will fail.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

This is what happens when the middle order is filled with bits and pieces.. 7 -8 wickets in hand but cant play normal cricket shots to score boundaries..

DDSilva inns today was a highlight , how he managed to score boundaries with proper cricketing shots when early wickets are gone..

 

[ekpakistani]

No way Pakistan is winning this

 

[imshally81]

Match is over now

 

[Rohan]

Wow wow wow - no asif Ali

Left right combo lol

 

[jnaveen1980]

Only good thing going for Pakistan is SL death bowling is not reliable. They can go for a lot of runs.

 

[BleedGreen]

Come on!

 

[PakFan2010]

Stage is set for Khushdil and Asif. They have to win it now.

69 are needed from 28 balls.

Khushdil is a waste of space.

 

[imshally81]

Sixer

 

[Cric1234]

Rizwan awful can’t hit even after facing 50 balls a pathetic selfish opening batsman.

 

[Kianig89]

The irony

 

[Marooned]

It started in last game ... When Hassan Ali the friend was picked up and overall careless attitude in that match

In this game quite a few bad decisions

They literally started celebrating after taking 4 wickets. They thought match was over.

 

[Major]

Rizwan smashes a 6, what a 50 by rizzy. Good innings

 

[sweep_shot]

Six from Rizwan. They need more of this.

 

[castortroy]

Shadab dropped catches were always going to be defining

 

[Savak]

Pakistani batsmen absolutely suck against the slower deliveries and slower ball bouncers.

Contrast this with how comfortably Sri Lanka dealt with the change of pace by the Pakistani batsmen

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Asif Ali will come when 36 from 6 req something fishy

They play him to hit sixers but they always hide him at the end to cover him up because he is capable of hitting 1-2 sixers max..

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

One of the saddest performances I’ve ever seen. Didn’t even try to win.

 

[JaDed]

Rizwan what a six