Sri Lankan all-rounder Charice Asaranka termed his innings against Pakistan the second-best knock of his career after helping his team reach back-to-back finals in the 2023 Asian Cup in his home country. The southpaw maintained his composure till the end of the innings despite a slight drop in batting on the final toss as Sri Lanka posted a total of 252 on the last ball of the innings.
Sri Lanka needed eight runs off six deliveries to reach the continental final. Asaranka’s presence gave the match an advantage. Pakistan gave debutant Zaman Khan the task of defending the total, but the Sri Lankan all-rounder remained calm and contributed to his team’s victory by scoring six runs off the last two balls. .
After the comfortable win against Pakistan, Charice Asaranka spoke to a broadcaster about the reason behind the idea of playing the ball into the gap to score two quick runs on the last ball of the match against Pakistan. He also praised the top batsmen’s huge contribution to the game and considered this innings to be his second best in international cricket.
“It’s a wide field, so I thought about how I could hit the gaps and run hard, so I told Pathirana to run hard. I thought he would bowl either a bouncer or a yorker. I thought he would, but then he bowled a slow ball, so he was on my side. I’m really excited.”
“Mendis and Sadira fought really well. I wanted it to end. That’s my role. In my opinion, this innings can be ranked second,” said Charice Asaranca. I did.
I Think We Also Bowled Really Well, So Happy To Be In The Final – Kusal Mendis
Sri Lanka’s wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Mendis, who won the Player of the Match award for his brilliant innings, was satisfied with his innings against Pakistan. He praised Charith Asaranka’s match-winning skills and Sri Lanka’s young bowlers for representing the team when more experienced players were absent due to injury.
“I’m happy with my performance and happy to have made it to the final. Those two wickets fell and we were nervous, but Challis was in the middle so I We had hope.” He achieved this in the match against Afghanistan. I think he bowled very well as well, and I’m very happy to have made it to the final.
“Wanindu, Kumara and Dusmantha are the main bowlers, but there are bowlers who can bowl well. “This is a young squad” xss=removed>Kusal Mendis added.
Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka scored 57 runs in the second wicket partnership to stabilize the innings of the Lankan army, and the wicketkeeper-batsman continued his good batting performance in the middle overs, but unfortunately Iftikhar – Beaten by Ahmed and Mohammad Haris. He dived forward and made an incredible catch to send Kusal Mendis back for 91 points.
