After being five down, it wasn’t easy out there, says Rajapaksa on his match-winning knock in Asia Cup final

Sri Lanka are Asia Cup ChampionsDubai: Some scintillating batting from Bhanuka Rajapaksa (71 off 45 balls) adopted by a 4-wicket haul by Pramod Madushan and a 3-wicket over by Wanindu Hasaranga aided Sri Lanka conquer Pakistan by 23 runs to lift their sixth Asia Cup title at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

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Speaking about their get, Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka reported, “I ought to thank the crowd, they were being supporting us massively. And also to the supporters at dwelling, hope we made them happy. These youngsters know situations and problem actually well. Immediately after losing five wickets, Hasaranga-Rajapaksa produced a change. Up front, Chamika and DDS batted truly effectively far too. The last-ball 6 in the 20th about was the turnaround issue. 170 is generally a challenging whole.”

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Talking about their loss in the 1st activity, Shanaka reported, ” It could happen to any great crew. It transpired to us for a superior purpose. We had critical discussions soon after that. We have players with great calibre, and they stood up perfectly. That’s where by we became champions.”

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Congratulating Sri Lanka for their superb earn, Pakistan captain Babar Azam stated, “The way we dominated them early, their partnership following that was outstanding. The pitch was good, like the Dubai wicket, usually enjoyment to perform right here. As a batting device we failed to do according to our probable. We failed to complete the way we would’ve preferred to. But there are heaps of positives from the match. Our fielding wasn’t up to the mark these days, and our middle-get could not end perfectly now. But there had been lot of person performances– Rizwan, Shadab, Nawaz and Naseem.”

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Bhanuka Rajapaksa, who was Participant of the Match for his 45-ball 71, stated after getting 5 down, it wasn’t quick out there. “They were bowling effectively. Wanindu and I had a great program. Character of SL group is to be favourable and not have strain. That aided us score runs. When Iftikhar was bowling, Wanindu wanted to attack, but the good news is each of us have been obtaining the runs. I had to change my activity today due to the fact Pakistan ended up leading at the moment. Experienced to expend some time at the crease. When Chris came to converse to us at the beverages break, I told him that it seems like a 140 pitch. And ultimately we stayed until the finish and the eventual target was much different. This is a video game of momentum, and we established the momentum in the very last in excess of of the 1st innings.”

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