2022 Asia Cup final

The 2022 Asia Cup Final was the final of the 2022 Asia Cup, a Twenty20 International cricket tournament, played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on 11 September 2022 in Dubai.^[1] India were the defending champions,^[2] and were eliminated in the Super Four stage.^[3] Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs to win their sixth title.^[4]

2022 Asia Cup Final

Event	2022 Asia Cup
Sri Lanka Pakistan 170/6 147 20 overs 20 overs
Sri Lanka won by 23 runs
Date	11 September 2022
Venue	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Player of the match	Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Umpires	Anil Chaudhary Masudur Rahman
Attendance	23,968
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Background

The qualifier tournament had been postponed in July 2020.^[5] In May 2021, the ACC confirmed that there would be no Asia Cup in 2021, with that edition of the tournament deferred until 2023.^[6] In October 2021, following a meeting with the ACC, Ramiz Raja confirmed that Pakistan would host the following tournament in 2023, with Sri Lanka hosting the 2022 edition.^[7] A qualification tournament was played in August 2022.^[8]

On 17 July 2022, due to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and mass protests across the country, the Secretary of SLC Mohan de Silva stated that the tournament will be hosted in the United Arab Emirates.^[9][10]

Road to the final

Main article: 2022 Asia Cup

Pakistan		Titles	Sri Lanka
Opponent	Result	Group Stage	Opponent	Result
India	Lost	Match 1	Afghanistan	Lost
Hong Kong	Won	Match 2	Bangladesh	Won
Group A table Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   India 2 4 2   Pakistan 2 2 3   Hong Kong 2 0 Source: ESPNcricinfo   Advanced to the Super Four		Final standings	Group B table Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Afghanistan 2 4 2   Sri Lanka 2 2 3   Bangladesh 2 0 Source: ESPNcricinfo   Advanced to the Super Four
Opponent	Result	Super Four	Opponent	Result
India	Won	Match 1	Afghanistan	Won
Afghanistan	Won	Match 2	India	Won
Sri Lanka	Lost	Match 3	Pakistan	Won
Super Four Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	6	0.701
2	Pakistan	3	2	1	0	4	−0.279
3	India	3	1	2	0	2	1.607
4	Afghanistan	3	0	3	0	0	−2.006

Source: ESPNcricinfo

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Match

Match officials

• On-field umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Masudur Rahman (Ban)
• Third umpire: Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg)
• Reserve umpire: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
• Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim)
• Toss: Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

Summary

11 September 2022 18:00 (N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka   170/6 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 147 (20 overs)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 71* (45) Haris Rauf 3/29 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 55 (49) Pramod Madushan 4/34 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 23 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Masudur Rahman (Ban) Player of the match: Bhanuka Rajapaksa (SL)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

Scorecard

Sri Lanka batting
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Pathum Nissanka	c Babar b Rauf	8	11	1	0	72.72
Kusal Mendis	b Naseem	0	1	0	0	0.00
Dhananjaya de Silva	c and b Iftikhar	28	21	4	0	133.33
Danushka Gunathilaka	b Rauf	1	4	0	0	25.00
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	not out	71	45	6	3	157.77
Dasun Shanaka	b Shadab	2	3	0	0	66.66
Wanindu Hasaranga	c Rizwan b Rauf	36	21	5	1	171.42
Chamika Karunaratne	not out	14	14	0	1	100.00
Maheesh Theekshana	Did not bat
Pramod Madushan	Did not bat
Dilshan Madushanka	Did not bat
Total	20 overs	170	120	16	5	8.50 (run rate)

Pakistan bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Naseem Shah	4	0	40	1	10.00
Mohammad Hasnain	4	0	41	0	10.25
Haris Rauf	4	0	29	3	7.25
Shadab Khan	4	0	28	1	7.00
Iftikhar Ahmed	3	0	21	1	7.00
Mohammad Nawaz	1	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets: 2/1 (K. Mendis, 0.3 ov), 23/2 (P. Nissanka, 3.2 ov), 36/3 (D. Gunathilaka, 5.1 ov), 53/4 (D. de Silva, 7.4 ov), 58/5 (D. Shanaka, 8.5 ov), 116/6 (W. Hasaranga, 14.5 ov)

Pakistan batting

Batsman	Method of dismissal	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Mohammad Rizwan	c Gunathilaka b Hasaranga	55	49	4	1	112.24
Babar Azam	c Madushanka b Madushan	5	6	0	0	83.33
Fakhar Zaman	b Madushan	0	1	0	0	0.00
Iftikhar Ahmed	c sub Bandara b Madushan	32	31	2	1	103.22
Mohammad Nawaz	c Madushan b Karunaratne	6	9	0	0	66.66
Khushdil Shah	c Theekshana b Hasaranga	2	4	0	0	50.00
Asif Ali	b Hasaranga	0	1	0	0	0.00
Shadab Khan	c Gunathilaka b Theekshana	8	6	1	0	133.33
Haris Rauf	b Karunaratne	13	9	1	1	144.44
Naseem Shah	c Karunaratne b Madushan	4	2	1	0	200.00
Mohammad Hasnain	not out	8	4	0	1	200.00
Extras	(0b, 0lb, 2nb, 12wd)	14
Totals	(20 overs, 7.35 runs per over)	147

Sri Lanka bowling

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Dilshan Madushanka	3	0	24	0	8.00
Mahesh Theekshana	4	0	25	1	6.25
Pramod Madushan	4	0	34	4	8.50
Wanindu Hasaranga	4	0	27	3	6.75
Chamika Karunaratne	4	0	33	2	8.25
Dhananjaya de Silva	1	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets: 22/1 (B. Azam, 3.2 ov), 22/2 (F. Zaman, 3.3 ov), 93/3 (I. Ahmed, 13.2 ov), 102/4 (M. Nawaz, 15.2 ov), 110/5 (M. Rizwan, 16.1 ov), 111/6 (A. Ali, 16.3 ov), 112/7 (K. Shah, 16.5 ov), 120/8 (S. Khan, 17.6 ov) 125/9 (N. Shah, 18.2 ov), 147/10 (H. Rauf, 19.6 ov)

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