Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup Final  dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup Final

Venue : Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Date & Time : 11th September Sunday at 7:30 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 22
PAK won - 13
SL won - 09
NR - 00,

Pitch Report :

The pitch at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium is balanced surface with a good amount of assistance for batters and bowlers, you can also expect some seam movement and more bounce and spinners get good purchase due to its slow nature as very rarely do the scores touch 160-170 at this venue. The batters makes the most of Dubai’s extremely short straight boundaries. The winners of the toss should be bowl first because chasing team wins 80% game here.

The average first innings score here is 155 runs so far.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 35°C on the Sunday with 40% humidity and 20 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of precipitation during the match.

Probable XI :

Pakistan :

Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah.

Sri Lanka :

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Charith Asalanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka.

Preview :

Pakistan are all set to face off against Sri Lanka in the summit clash of Asia Cup 2022 on Sunday, September 11 in Dubai. It will be the second meeting between these two teams in this tournament, with Dasun Shanaka's men beating Babar Azam's side by 5 wickets on Friday.

Wanindu Hasaranga was on his peak form, as he picked up three wickets and all scored the winning runs to give Sri Lanka their fourth consecutive victory at the tournament. Pakistan meanwhile will be hoping for a better show in the final.

Shanaka's side faced a defeat in their first match of Asia Cup, but since then they have won all of their subsequent games against Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan.

Sri Lanka will enter the final as slight favorites after beating Pakistan by 5 wickets in a low-scoring contest on Friday. In what could be considered a rehearsal for the big Final, both teams, who had already advanced to the Final on Sunday, played in the final Super 4 match on Friday. Sri Lanka kept up their unbeaten streak after falling to Afghanistan in the tournament’s opening game.

While Sri Lanka’s top order collapsed to 3-29 against Pakistan’s pace during the batting powerplay, Nissanka’s valiant unbeaten 55 off 48 balls helped them reach 5-124 with three overs remaining after Pakistan were bowled out for 121 in 19.1 overs. Babar Azam led the way with a shaky 30 off 29 balls before Pakistan lost their final nine wickets for 58 runs. Azam has struggled with only 33 runs in the previous four games. His performance in the Final will be crucial if Pakistan want to lift the Asia Cup Trophy for the third time.

Team Guide

Make various team combinations with the help of these information.

Wicket keeper :

Mohammad Rizwan :

Mohammad Rizwan is an amazing batter specially in limited overs format. He will be open the innings along with skipper Babar Azam, The keeper-batsman has magnificently scored 1888 runs in 61 T20Is at an impressive average of 51.02. Rizwan was smashed 71 off 51 against India earlier and played an important knock of unbeaten 78 runs in earlier against HK but out on just 14 runs in the last match . Must have pick.

Kusal Mendis :

Kusal Mendis is a technically sound talented batter will be open the inning & would be give a solid start for his team and scored 57 runs off 37 balls in recently , he was recently performed magnificently in SLC T20, smashed 206 runs with the average of 68.67. He has played 40T20I matches so far in which he has scored 836 runs with an average of 21.43, if we talk about his last five innings, he has scored 30+ thrice and played a fantastic inning of 60 runs recently against Bangladesh. But this ground has proved to be quite unlucky for them so far. Must have pick.

Dinesh Chandimal :

Dinesh Chandimal is a technically sound batter he's done his very well in test cricket from couple of times, but in limited overs cricket, he has been struggling now, and has not been able to perform well. However he's able to bounce back strongly and scored 1062 runs with the average of 19.66 in 61 T20Is innings. Must have pick if plays.

Batter :

Babar Azam :

Babar Azam is currently the best T20Is batsman in the world. He has scored two consecutive half-centuries (66 off 46 vs Aus & 79 off 53 vs WI) in the last two matches before started this tournament but he's managed to scored 30 runs in the last match. He's becomes more dangerous on this Vanue, scored 758 runs with average of 42.11. He has played only seven matches against Sri Lanka in which he scored just 122 runs at an average of 18.16. Overall he's made 2749 runs, with 1 century & 26 half-centuries in 79 matches. Maintaining his evergreen form in shortest form the game he's scoring with the average of 42.95. Such innings will be expected in this match as well. No doubt he will be a default captain choice for this match.

Fakhar Zaman :

Fakhar Zaman is a dashing opening batter, he's looking for play attacking cricket specifically in powerplays overs. Fakhar scored 1349 runs at an average of 22.20 in 80 matches. In the last five matches, he was dismissed scoring under 15 runs in forth. But he's good numbers on this Vanue with 506 runs in 25 innings with the average of 22.00. Another solid c/vc pick from batter section.

Pathum Nissanka :

Pathum Nissanka is a very talented young top-order batter who is able to play big knocks and give a solid strat for his team. He's scored 794 runs at an average of 30.50 in 27 innings. Nissanka was the leading run-scorer in the T20I series against Australia, with 184 runs in five innings at an average of 36.80 earlier of this year and played an important inning of 55 runs in the last match, which make him a great c/vc option for grand league.

Danushka Gunathilaka :

Danushka Gunathilaka is a technically sound top order batter who's outstanding in ODIs & Test cricket. But he has not been able to maintain his consistency in T20 matches, scoring 740 runs in 44 T20 matches with an average of just 17.20 and looking good against Afghanistan smashed 33 runs off just 20 balls but out on duck in the last match. Punt pick.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa :

Bhanuka Rajapaksa is a naturally attacking Wicketkeeper batter who can able to destroy any bowling attack on his day. Recently he had a good IPL season in which he scored 206 runs in 9 matches with an average of 23 and a strike rate of 160 and he was the top run getter for his team against Afghanistan earlier scored 38 runs off 29 balls and also scored 24 runs in the last match. Talking about his T20I career, he has played 26 matches, in which he has scored 446 runs in 22 innings with an average of 24.77. Good pick.

Charith Asalanka :

Charith Asalanka is known for playing aggressive cricket, he's out on duck in the match against India. He has played 24 matches so far in his career, scoring 530 runs with an average of 24.09 and strike rate of 119.63. He's found some amazing batting contributions in his last series against Australia which highlights his ability to perform well under pressure, punt pick.

Khushdil Shah :

Khushdil Shah is an utility player, he's a proper allrounder who can able to contribute to with both bat & ball. He's batted in the middle order and also bowled 1-2 overs in crucial occasions, he's smashed 35 off just 15 balls recently against HK. Khushdil scored 244 runs at an average of 24.00 in T20Is. Will be a solid option for grand if Pakistan's top order collapse earlier.

Asif Ali :

Asif Ali is an attacking batter who can smash the ball very well. But he's not in his best from couple of times, he's out on single digit fourth times in last five innings. However he's a game changer, able to change the Scenario of the game within a few balls. He's scored just 476 runs in the 44 matches so far. Looking his current form, it would be better to avoid him in H2H or small leagues, but will be the best option for a grand league.

All-rounder :

Shadab Khan :

Shadab Khan made a return to the Pakistan team after missing the game against Australia. He's making a spectacular comeback in the again West indies since from almost one year, he took three wicket for only 17 runs in his spell but could not do much with the bat, was scored only 28 runs. He is expected to contribute massively with both bat and ball in this game. Shadab has so far scored 321 runs and has also picked up 80 wickets from 68 matches in this format. Shadab Khan was the match winner for Pakistan against India in last match where he took one wickets giving only 27 runs and also scored 36 runs off 26 balls. Must have pick.

Mohammad Nawaz :

Mohammad Nawaz has been impressive with his ability to contribute in both departments. However, he has not performed well in international circuit. He has played 35 T20Is matches and scored just 196 runs & picked up 33 wickets so far. Nawas is one of the highest wicket-taker in this tournament so far, scalped 8 wickets in five matches out of which three came against India in the first match earlier, expected same performance here. Good pick.

Wanindu Hasaranga :

Wanindu Hasaranga is the finest bowler of the Sri Lanka team he was the leading wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup 2021 & also last season of the IPL he finished as the second-highest wicket-taker with 26 scalps in 16 matches. He has played 41 matches in his T20I career so far, taking 65 wickets with an average of 15.36 and also scoring 412 runs in batting. Talking about the last seven T20I matches, he has taken 11 wickets while bowling tremendously. He was the star performer for his team in SLC T20 league were he's scored 99 runs with the bat & also picked up three wickets with the ball in four matches and bowled well in the last match scalped three wickets. Which make him one of the best fantacy captain choice from SL side.

Dasun Shanaka :

Dasun Shanaka is a utility plyer, The all-rounder is known for his lusty blows in the end, and in the subcontinent conditions. However, he is batted at lower middle order and has not been bowling for quite some time but he's batted well against Bangladesh scored 45 runs and he was the match winner for the Sri Lanka against India scored 33 runs off 18 balls with the bat & also picked up two wickets with ball. He has played 73 matches so far in which he has scored 1124 runs in 68 innings with an average of 21.21 and has also taken 20 wickets in bowling. If we talk about their last nine T20Is matches scored are 21, 33, 10, 45, 0, 54, 14, 0, 74 & 47 runs have been made. Good pick.

Dhananjaya de Silva :

Dhananjaya de Silva is one of the most valuable plyer from Sri Lankan side, he's able to make huge impact in the game with both departments batting or bowling. He's scored 421 runs at an average of 20.50 and also picked up six wickets in 24 matches so far. Will be a best c/vc choice for grand league.

Chamika Karunaratne :

Chamika Karunaratne is very handy bowling allrounder, who's known for his useful medium fast bowling & his clean hitting in lower order. He's played 30 T20Is so far and picked up 16 wickets also scored 211 runs at an average of 16.23. He's scored important 51 runs for his team and picked up five wickets in ongoing toornament so far. Can provide good fantacy points with both bat & ball, punt pick.

Iftikhar Ahmed :

Iftikhar Ahmed is a more effective with ball than bat because he's batted very low, Because Pakistan's top order is very strong, the chances of them batting are very less. He has played only 23 matches so far in which he has scored 347 runs and has also taken a wicket with bowling, also he was played a useful inning of 30 runs against Afghanistan. Risky pick.

Bowlers :

Maheesh Theekshana :

Maheesh Theekshana was decent with the ball in the last IPL as he picked up 12 wickets at an average of 21.50 in 8 matches. He has played 23 T20I matches in his career, taking 20 wickets. He has picked five wickets in four matches in recently concluded SLC T20s toornament and also picked up two wickets in the last match. Good pick.

Matheesha Pathirana :

Matheesha Pathirana is called baby Malinga, he was made his international debut in the last match but not able to pick any wickets. The 19 year old speedster impressive everyone in IPL, played just two maches & picked up two wickets in these and also bowled well in SLC invitational T20s. Great punt pick if plays.

Hasan Ali :

Hasan Ali is a quality pacer who's able to picks wickets in crucial occasions. He has so far taken 60 wickets in his T20Is career with an average of 23.70 in 50 matches. He has played 16 matches in UAE in which he has taken 20 wickets, India will have to be watchful against his hard-hitting lengths. Good pick.

Haris Rauf :

Haris Rauf is a key bowler for his team. His pace, variations, and perfect executions at the death over make him the death over specialist in Pakistan bowling unit. He has scalped 47 wickets from 40 T20i matches. He's the top performer from bowling section from couple of matches, he's scalped 10 wickets in last seven matches but gone wicketless in two matches of this tournament so far but finally gets a wicket against India and two wickets in last match against Sri Lanka. Must have pick.

Mohammad Hasnain :

Mohammad Hasnain is a talented young pacer who's impressed everyone with his disciplined bowling capabilities. He was picked up four wickets in two matches against England earlier of this year. He's played just 21 matches so far and picked up 21 wickets in these with economy of 8.05, and picked up two wicket in last match against Sri Lanka. Punt pick.

Asitha Fernando :

Asitha Fernando is highly talented medium pacer who's made his T20Is debut against Bangladesh recently and picked up a wicket, he's coming from fantastic SLC invitational T20 league were he's scalped 10 wickets in just four matches. He's able to provide earlier breakthrough with his disciplined bowling, he's bowled well in the last match but not able get any wickets. Must have pick if plays.

Jeffrey Vandersay :

Jeffrey Vandersay is promising youg leg break bowler, can be more effective on sub continent pitches. Vandersay looking in good shape in recently concluded SLC invitational T20 league, But in the last three consecutive T20 matches, he did not succeed in getting any wickets. Overall he's taken only seven wickets in 14 matches so far. Good pick if plays.

Usman Qadir :

Usman Qadir is only specialist spin bowling option in Pakistan's bowling lineup. He was bowled well against Australia in his last match picked up two wickets. He's managed to get 25 wickets from 19 T20Is so far. Can be proved to more effective on surface like this. Good pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

Pakistan T20Is

WK :

Mohammad Rizwan -

Open, Open, Open,Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
14(14), 20(26), 71(51), 78(57)*, 43(42), 23(19), 87(45), 38(30), 78(52),

Batter :

Babar Azam (c) –

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
30(29), 0(1), 14(10), 9(8), 10(9), 66(46), 79(53), 7(7), 0(2), 19(25)

Fakhar Zaman –

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
13(18), 5(9), 15(18), 53(41), 10(6), 0(1), 12(8), 10(5), 10(10), 57(51)*

Khushdil Shah –Left Arm Orthodox

3dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 2dwn,
4(8), 1(3), 14(11)*, 35(15)*, 2(7), 24(31), 32(23), DNB, 2(6),
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/9(1), 0/26(3), 1/23(3), 0/15(2),

Haider Ali –

DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
DNB, 31(34), 68(39), 45(38), 24(12)

Asif Ali –

5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn
0(1), 16(8), 16(8), 9(7), 3(5), 21(7)*, 9(7), 1(4), 12(9)

All-rounder :

Mohammad Nawaz - Left Arm Orthodox

4dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn,
26(18), 4(5), 42(20), DNB, 1(3), 25(12)* 47(22), 1(2),
0/21(4), 1/23(4), 1/25(4), 3/5(2), 3/33(4), 0/18(2), 2/32(4), 0/13(1),

Shadab Khan –Legbreak Googly

2dwn, DNB, DNB, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn,
36(26), DNB, DNB, 10(9), 34(24), 21(12), 6(10), 3(5),
1/27(4), 2/31(4), 4/8(3), 0/19(4), 0/31(4), 2/29(4), 1/48(4), 2/31(4),

Iftikhar Ahmed –Right Arm Offbreak

2dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn
13(17), 2(1)*, DNB, 28(22), 13(16), 1(1)*, 32(19), 7(5), 6(2)
DNB, DNB, 0/3(1), DNB, DNB, 0/15(1), DNB, DNB, 0/13(4)

Bowler :

Naseem Shah - Right Arm fast

1/19(4), 1/45(4), 2/7(2), 2/27(4), 1/23(4), 2/27(4), 2/50(4), 2/14(4), 4/27(4)

Haris Rauf –Right Arm Medium

2/19(3), 2/26(4), 1/38(4), 0/6(1), 0/35(4), 1/35(3), 2/40(4), 1/21(3), 1/32(4),

Mohammad Hasnain - Right Arm Medium fast

2/21(3), 1/34(4), 1/38(4), 1/25(15B), 1/27(15B), 0/10(10B), 2/40(15B), 2/27(4),

Hasan Ali –Right Arm Medium Fast

0/25(3), 0/30(3), 0/34(3), 3/30(4), 0/47(4), 0/39(4)

Shahnawaz Dahani –Right Arm Fast

1/7(2), 0/29(4), 1/23(4), 1/24(3), 3/19(4), 1/19(3),

Mohammad Wasim - Right Arm Medium

2/30(4), 2/44(4), 2/39(4), 4/40(4), 2/15(4)

Usman Qadir – Legbreak

1/34(4), 2/33(4), 2/35(4), 3/25(4), 1/34(3), 1/29(3)

Sri Lanka T20Is

WK :

Kusal Mendis -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
0(1), 57(37),36(19), 69(37), 2(4), 56(45)*, 86(60), 30(32), 34(30),

Dinesh Chandimal -

1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, Open, Open
24(18), 15(9), 11(11), 30(25), 53(45)*

Batter :

Pathum Nissanka -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
55(48)*, 52(37), 35(28), 20(19), 3(7), 15(19), 10(20), 16(26), 27(25),

Bhanuka Rajapaksa -

3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
24(19), 25(17)*, 31(14), 2(4), 28(39), 9(10), 14(14), 34(28), 4(6),

Charith Asalanka - Right Arm Off-break

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
0(3), 8(14), 1(3), 0(1), 29(20), 23(14), 26(19), 39(33),

Danushka Gunathilaka - Right Arm Medium

1dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open,
0(4), 1(7), 33(20), 11(6), 17(17), 3(3), 15(12), 0(4), 26(15),

Nuwanidu Fernando -

4dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, Open, 2dwn
2(3), 1(2), 0(3), 126(67)*, 21(13)

Ashen Bandara - Right Arm Off-break

3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn
40(30), 30(27), 27(33)*, 37(34), 44(31)

All-rounder :

Dasun Shanaka (c) - Right Arm Medium

4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn,
21(16), 33(18)*, 10(9), 45(33), 0(2), 0(4), 21(12), 37(39), 54(25)*,
DNB, 2/26(2), 0/22(2), DNB, DNB, 0/20(2), DNB, 0/13(1), 0/10(1),

Wanindu Hasaranga - Legbreak

5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
10(3)*, DNB, 16(9)*, 2(3), 2(8), 24(14)*, 69(41)*, 3(4), 3(2),
3/21(4), 0/39(4), 0/23(4), 2/41(4), 1/19(3), 0/24(2), 2/18(4), 1/30(4), 0/26(4),

Chamika Karunaratne - Right Arm Medium

DNB, DNB, 6dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 7dnw
DNB, DNB, 5(2)* 16(10)*, 31(38), 2(2), 1(3), 1(3), 0(3), 14(10)*
1/4(1), 2/27(4), 0/29(2), 2/32(4), 0/20(1), 0/18(3), 1/37(4), 2/22(3),1/16(3), 0/19(3)

Dhananjaya de Silva - Right Arm Off-break

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn
9(12), 25(19), 15(11), 17(12), 15(11), 40(28)
1/18(4), 0/19(3), 0/13(2), 1/9(2), DNB, 0/33(4)

Bowler :

Maheesh Theekshana - Right Arm Off-break

2/21(4), 1/29(4), 1/29(4), 1/23(4), 0/35(4), 2/22(4), 1/20(3), 0/30(4), 2/16(4),

Asitha Fernando - Right Arm Medium

0/28(2), 1/34(4), 1/51(4), 2/31(4), 2/25(4), 2/32(4), 4/22(4),

Binura Fernando - Left Arm fast Medium

1/22(3), 1/23(4), 0/35(4), 0/45(4), 2/12(4)

Dilshan Madushanka - Right Arm Medium fast

0/35(4), 3/24(4), 2/36(4), 1/26(4), 0/10(1), 1/10(2), 0/24(2),

Jeffrey Vandersay - Legbreak

1/24(3), 0/9(2), 3/12(4), 0/20(2), 1/13(4)

Kasun Rajitha - Right Arm Medium

0/18(1), 0/21(3), 1/4(2), 0/33(4), 2/31(4)

Praveen Jayawickrama - Left Arm Wrist spin

2/34(4), 0/44(4), 3/13(4), 2/16(4), 1/43(4)

Matheesha Pathirana - Right Arm Medium

0/16(1), 0/20(2), 0/25(3), 1/25(4), 2/16(3), 0/15(3), 2/24(3)

Nuwan Thushara - Right Arm Medium

0/34(2), 1/32(4), 1/26(4), 1/18(2), 0/21(2)

Pramod Madushan - Right Arm Medium

2/21(3), 0/23(2), 1/18(3), 0/5(1), 0/11(2), 1/24(4)

Cheat Sheet

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