Wanindu Hasaranga Becomes the Man of the Series of Asia Cup 2022

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs in the final of the Asia Cup. The team has become the champion of this mega tournament in 2014. This is Sri Lanka’s sixth title. Earlier he had won this title in 2014, 2008, 2004, 1997, and 1986.

Pramod Madushan bowled brilliantly for Sri Lanka and dismissed Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman in two consecutive balls. First, he got Babar Azam caught out. Then on the very first ball, Fakhar Zaman was clean bowled. After this, he caught Iftikhar Ahmed, who was completely set, out. Iftikhar scored 32 runs off 31 balls.

Hasaranga got 3 crucial wickets

Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 170 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. In reply, Pakistan’s team was all-out for 147 runs in 20 overs. Pramod Madushan took the highest 4 wickets for Sri Lanka. At the same time, Wanindu Hasaranga got 3 successes. These three wickets came in the 17th over and this over was the turning point of the match. Hasranga dismissed Rizwan (55), Asif Ali (0) and Khushdil Shah (2).

Hasaranga: Man of the series

Sri Lankan bowler Wanindu Hasaranga played took 9 wickets in the Asia Cup 2022. It is the second most in the tournament. The most wicket was taken by Indian bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11 wickets) in Asia Cup 2022. The bowling performance of Hasranga changed the game for Sri Lanka.

For this brilliant performance, he was awarded the man of the series. Hasaranga made a brilliant 36 runs in just 21 balls in the final match too. Haris Rauf took the maximum 3 wickets for Pakistan. At the same time, Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, and Iftikhar Ahmed got one wicket each.

Pakistani bowlers dominate in power play

The power play of the Sri Lankan innings was dominated by Pakistani bowlers. In the game of 6 overs, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf together gave three shocks to Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan batsmen scored 42 runs in 36 balls. Haris Rauf took two and Naseem Shah took one wicket.