Pakistan face Sri Lanka in a virtual semi-final in the Asia Cup Super Fours today (September 14), with the winner guaranteed to face India in the final. Here’s all you need to know about the fixture, including the updated scorecard, toss news and playing XIs.
Pakistan vs Sri LankaAsia Cup 2023
14. September 2023, 3pm local time
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
PAK v SL, Asia Cup 2023 Match 11: Toss
The toss will take place at 2:30 PM local time.
PAK vs SL, Today’s Asia Cup 2023: Live score
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PAK vs SL, Asia Cup 2023: Team news
Naseem Shah has been ruled out of Pakistan’s remaining matches of the Asia Cup season and Zaman Khan has replaced him in the squad. It was announced on Wednesday (September 13) that Khan will be part of the playing eleven for the match against India, which includes five changes. Haris Rauf was also injured in Pakistan’s last match and was replaced by Mohammad Wasim. Fakhar Zaman was replaced by Mohammad Haris, Agha Salman was replaced by Saud Shakir, and Faheem Ashraf was replaced by Mohammad Nawaz.
Sri Lanka is expected to play with the same starting lineup that played a close game against India last time out.
PAK vs SL, Asia Cup 2023: Playing XIs
Pakistan: Mohammad Haris, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen – Shah Afridi, Mohammad Wasim, Zamankhan.
Sri Lanka:To be announced
Match prediction – Today’s Asia Cup live match
Both teams enter the match with disappointing losses. While Sri Lanka achieved a victory against India, Pakistan were overwhelmed by the same opponents. With Pakistan weakened by injuries and several changes in the squad, this is a perfect opportunity for Sri Lanka to turn the tables. There has never been an India vs Pakistan final in the Asia Cup before, but Sri Lanka will be able to avoid such a thing happening again.
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