The journey of Asia Cup 2023 has ended on a sad note for the Pakistan cricket team. On the night of 14 September, Sri Lanka entered the final by defeating Babar Azam’s team on the last ball. A historic match was witnessed at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
While the Pakistan team was chasing the target of 253 runs, Sri Lanka won dramatically on the last ball with 2 wickets remaining. After this victory, the video of the celebration of the Sri Lankan camp is also going viral.
Video Of Sri Lanka’s Victory Went Viral
While chasing the target of 253, Sri Lanka lost its fourth wicket at a combined score of 210 runs. On this occasion, his victory was considered almost certain. But after this, Pakistan made a strong comeback and started taking wickets continuously. The situation was that 8 runs were required in the last over, which came down to 2 runs on the last ball.
In such a situation, Charith Asalanka showed his understanding, quickly scored two runs, and snatched the final ticket from the jaws of Pakistan.
After leading his team to victory, Charith Asalanka was seen punching in the air in the style of Virat Kohli. During this, his teammates came to the field and hugged him. On the other hand, captain Babar Azam was seen getting angry at his young bowler; apart from this, the rest of the Pakistani players also looked disappointed.
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Talking about the match, the match was initially reduced to 42 overs due to rain. Batting first, Pakistan scored 252 runs at the loss of 7 wickets due to the innings of Mohammad Rizwan (86*) and Iftikhar Ahmed (47). In response, Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Mendis played a blazing inning of 91 runs in just 87 balls, and in the end, Charith Asalanka also scored 49 runs by scoring 2 runs on 1 ball; Sri Lanka got the ticket to the Asia Cup 2023 final.
