India vs Bangladesh Asia Cup Final 2016 - Live Cricket Streaming 2016.A good batting display by the top order helped Pakistan score 151 and beat Sri Lanka by six wickets with four balls to spare in the Asia Cup T20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here on Friday.Umar Akmal, who scored a fine 48 (37b, 4x4, 2x6), was the pick of the Pakistani batsmen after Sarfraz Ahmed (38) and Sharjeel Khan (31) had given a good start.
Given a fairly sporting wicket, the Pakistan bowlers did well to contain the Sri Lankans first before the batsmen, who had faced criticism for under-performing in the tournament, got together to see the team past the target.
Umar Akmal, who had had a forgettable tournament so far, did a fair bit of hitting and paired in a 56-run partnership with Shoaib Malik to see Pakistan close to the target. Akmal got out trying to hit the winning run after having seen the scores tied. Malik completed the formalities.In the ongoing Asia Cup, Sarfraz was the highest scorer for his team in two of the three matches he batted in. Against Bangladesh, his unbeaten 42-ball 58 took his team to a respectable total while against Sri Lanka, his 27-ball 38 laid the foundation of win.
Pakistan have a decent history of having produced some good wicket-keeper batsmen. If we take a look at last 25 years or so, the names of Moin Khan, Rashid Latif and Kamran Akmal stand out. For close to a decade-and-a-half, there was an intense rivalry between Moin and Latif as the two of them kept competing with each other for the wicketkeeper’s spot. Once they were gone, senior Akmal was drafted in and he did a fairly decent job. But once both his wicketkeeping and batting form waned, he was replaced by his brothers Adnan and Umar Akmal for a brief period; an experiment which clearly did not work. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup T20 2016, Match 10 at Dhaka.
Stakes minimal and virtually nothing to play for, Sri Lanka and Pakistan entertained a turnout of over 10,000 at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, striking form with the bat. Batting had been their bugbear, running into this final group league game of the tournament. They had already crashed out of the Asia Cup. Pressure gone, entertainment became the buzzword. Not that a flat track had been laid out, but the batsmen didn’t have the fear of failure. In the end, Pakistan won the match by six wickets with four balls to spare.
