Pakistan vs Sri Lanka – Asia Cup: Match time, Super Fours table, teams

Who: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
What: T20 Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours
When: Tuesday, September 23 astatine 6:30pm (14:30 GMT)
Where: Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport volition person unrecorded build-up from 11:00 GMT up of our broad substance commentary watercourse of the match.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka conscionable successful their Super Fours lucifer astatine the T20 Asia Cup 2025 knowing that a nonaccomplishment successful Abu Dhabi could jeopardise their spot successful the tournament.

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Both erstwhile champions person mislaid their opening games successful the 2nd signifier of the determination competition, and the lucifer connected Tuesday volition connection them a accidental to revive their run for the final.

The apical 2 teams from the round-robin benignant Super Fours volition suffice for the last successful Dubai connected Sunday.

Bangladesh and India, the different Super Fours teams, each person 2 points connected the committee aft their respective wins against Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Six-time winners Sri Lanka were edged by the Tigers by 4 wickets successful a intimately fought lucifer connected Saturday, portion Pakistan were handed a 2nd defeat successful 8 days astatine the hands of India connected Sunday.

Charith Asalanka’s squad were unbeaten successful Group B and volition commencement arsenic favourites against Pakistan, whom they person beaten successful their past 5 T20 planetary (T20I) meetings.

For two-time champions Pakistan, the lucifer volition connection a accidental to reconstruct immoderate pridefulness aft their 2 dense losses against archrivals India.

Players to watch: Pakistan

• Fakhar Zaman: The seasoned batter has made a instrumentality to the squad aft a long, injury-forced layoff. And portion helium hasn’t posted large scores connected a accordant basis, Zaman is known to demoralise absorption bowlers erstwhile helium gets successful the flow. The longer the opener stays astatine the crease, the amended Pakistan’s chances of posting a large people oregon chasing 1 down.
• Abrar Ahmed: The bespectacled leg-spinner has been Pakistan’s astir economical bowler successful the tourney contempt picking up lone 4 wickets successful his 4 Asia Cup games truthful far. His choky spells often unit absorption batters to onslaught the different bowlers and suffer wickets astatine the different end, making Abrar a cardinal fig successful Pakistan’s lineup.

Players to watch: Sri Lanka

• Pathum Nissanka: The Sri Lankan opener is enjoying an exceptional tally of signifier and has scored a minimum of 30 runs successful 16 of his past 25 innings successful T20Is astatine a onslaught complaint of 124. At the Asia Cup 2025, Nissanka is 2nd connected the run-scoring charts with 146 runs successful 4 matches, 27 runs down India’s exceptional batter Abhishek Sharma.
• Wanindu Hasaranga: Hasaranga’s spot successful the Sri Lankan broadside has been blighted by predominant injuries, but the leg-spin bowling all-rounder remains a cardinal subordinate of the team. He has taken 5 wickets successful 5 Asia Cup 2025 matches astatine an system complaint of nether six. Hasaranga enjoys playing against Pakistan and has taken 14 wickets and scored 61 runs successful his 5 matches against the 2012 Asian champions.

Super Fours points array and qualification scenario

India beryllium connected apical of the Super Fours array with 2 points and a nett tally complaint (NRR) of 0.689, followed by Bangladesh, who person the aforesaid fig of points but an NRR of 0.121.

The victor of Tuesday’s lucifer could fertile anyplace from archetypal to third, based connected their NRR, and the losing team, portion inactive not out, indispensable triumph their past lucifer by a large borderline and anticipation the different results spell their way.

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Head-to-head: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka successful T20Is

While Pakistan pb Sri Lanka successful their wide T20I results, the Lions person been the ascendant squad successful the format successful the past six years.

Pakistan person beaten Sri Lanka 13 retired of 23 times, but their past T20I triumph against the Lions came successful 2019.

Form guide: Pakistan

Pakistan person blown blistery and acold successful the T20 Asia Cup, having won against lower-ranked teams Oman and the UAE portion losing some their matches against defending champions India.

As always, it is hard to foretell which Pakistan squad – blistery oregon acold – volition crook up connected lucifer day.

Last 5 results (most caller first): L W L W W

Form guide: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka bushed each 3 of their Group B opponents anterior to the Super Fours nonaccomplishment against Bangladesh, but person had a mixed container of results successful T20Is successful 2025. They bushed Zimbabwe 2-1 successful their bilateral bid but mislaid 2-1 to Bangladesh a fewer weeks earlier.

Last 5 results (most caller first): L W W W W

Team news: Pakistan

Pakistan have, predictably, made a fewer changes to their playing XIs implicit the people of the tournament, and not each of them person paid off.

Belligerent batter Hasan Nawaz’s exclusion from the squad that faced India connected Sunday was met with criticism, particularly arsenic the subordinate replacing him – Hussain Talat – did not amended connected Nawaz’s performances.

Salman Agha’s squad person besides switched betwixt playing 2 spinners and gait bowlers.

Nawaz and spinner Sufiyan Muqeem could instrumentality against Sri Lanka.

Predicted XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (captain), Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Hasan Nawaz/Hussain Talat, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi/Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Sufiyan Muqeem

Team news: Sri Lanka

Lower-order batter Kamil Mishara’s spot successful the playing XI volition beryllium nether scrutiny, fixed his debased onslaught complaint and scores successful the past 3 matches. Janith Liyanage could regenerate Mishara connected Tuesday.

Predicted XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Kamil Mishara/Janith Liyanage, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka (captain), Dasun Shanaka, Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara