MATCH NO – Super Four – 5th Match
SERIES – Asia Cup – 2023
DATE – 14th September, 2023
TIME – 03:00 PM IST
VENUE – R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
PITCH REPORT
This pitch has favoured spinners, while also creating conditions where batters have an opportunity to showcase their shot-playing skills on a fresh wicket. The powerplay overs will undoubtedly be pivotal for them.Slower bowlers are likely to find substantial assistance from the wicket, particularly troubling the batters during the middle overs.
GROUND STATS (ODI)
| TOTAL MATCH | 132 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 240+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 78 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 54 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 200 | 21 |
| BETWEEN 200 TO 249 | 52 |
| BETWEEN 250 TO 299 | 37 |
| ABOVE SCORE 300 | 22 |
BOWLERS STATS ON R. PREMADASA (ODI)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 132
PACER WICKETS – 718
SPINNER WICKETS – 627
SL TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Sri Lankan team performances are very fantastic in the Asia cup. This team is still unbeaten.
- Asalanka, Nissanka, Rajitha & Kushal Mendis are looking in very good form in the Asia Cup.
- Smarawickrama also joined the party and he also had some good innings.
- In the last match against India Srilankan bowlers all out a strong unit of India at just 213 runs.
- In the last match Sri Lankan team failed to chase 213 runs against India.
- Asalanka took 4 wickets & Wellage took 5 wickets against India.
- In the last match against India all 10 wickets were taken by Spinners in that match.
- Both teams played 155 matches and Sri Lanka won 58 matches and lost 92 matches against Pakistan.
SQUADS
Batting – Kushal Mendi (wk), Kushal Parera (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karuranratne, Chartith Asalanka, Sadeera Samarawickrama.
Bowling – Maheesh Pathirana, Dunith Wellalage, Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushan Hemantha, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan
All Rounder – Dasun Shanaka ©, Dhananjaya de Silva.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kushal Mednis (wk), Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dasun Shanaka ©, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha Dunith Wellalage.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Pathum Nissanka | 6r, 40r, 41r, 14r, 2r. |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | 2r, 18r, 32r, 1r, 17r. |
| Kushal Mendis | 15r, 50r, 92r, 5r, 22r. |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | 17r, 93r, 3r, 54r, 36r. |
| Charith Asalanka | 22+4W, 10r, 36r, 62r, 1r. |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 41+0W, 6+0W, 14+2W, 2+1W, 40+0W. |
| Dasun Shanaka | 9+0W, 24+3W, 5+0W, 14+1W, 4r, 12+1W. |
| Dunith Wellage | 42+5W, 1W, 33+2W, 1W, 0W. |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 1W, 3W, 28+1W, 2W, 2W. |
| Matheesha Pathirana | 0W, 3W, 1W, 4W, 0W. |
| Kasun Rajitha | 0W, 0W, 4W, 0W, 1W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON R. PREMADASA STADIUM (ODI)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Pathum Nissanka | 5 INNING – 198 RUNS. |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | 5 INNINGS – 117 RUNS. |
| Kushal Mendis | 13 INNINGS – 561 RUNS. |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | 3 INNINGS – 164 RUNS. |
| Charith Asalanka | 11 INNINGS – 492 RUNS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 16 INNINGS – 343 RUNS – 10 WICKETS. |
| Dasun Shanaka | 14 INNINGS – 211 RUNS – 9 WICKETS. |
| Dunith Wellage | 5 INNINGS – 68 RUNS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Maheesh Theekshana | 6 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Matheesha Pathirana | 2 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Kasun Rajitha | 5 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS PAK (ODI)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS PAK |
| Pathum Nissanka | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | 0r, 16r. |
| Kushal Mendis | 10r, 2r, 27r. |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | 6r, 0r, 0r. |
| Charith Asalanka | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 1+0W. |
| Dasun Shanaka | 43+0W, 68+0W. |
| Dunith Wellage | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Maheesh Theekshana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Matheesha Pathirana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Kasun Rajitha | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS PAK (ODI)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS PAK |
| Pathum Nissanka | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | 2 INNINGS – 16 RUNS. |
| Kushal Mendis | 3 INNINGS – 39 RUNS. |
| Sadeera Samarawickrama | 3 INNINGS – 6 RUNS. |
| Charith Asalanka | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 1 INNING – 1 RUN – 0 WICKET. |
| Dasun Shanaka | 2 INNINGS – 111 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Dunith Wellage | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Maheesh Theekshana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Matheesha Pathirana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Kasun Rajitha | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PAK TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- This is the do & die match for Pakistan, if they lose they will be out of the Asia Cup.
- In the last match Pakistan team were all out at just 128 runs against India.
- Their bowler failed to stop the Indian batsman and the Indian team scored 350+ runs in the last match.
- In the last matches many Pakistani players were injured, Haris Rauf did not bowl on the second day, Naseem Shah also injured his shoulders.
- Pakistan team will hope their key players’ injuries are not too serious.
- Both teams played 155 matches and Pakistan won 92 matches and lost 58 matches against Sri Lanka.
SQUADS
Batting – Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul Haq, Babar Azam ©, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Abdullah Shafique.
Bowling – Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Usama Mir.
All Rounder – Iftikhar Ahmed, Agha Salman, Saud Shakeel, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Faheem Ashraf.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul Haq, Babar Azam ©, Mohammad Rizwan, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz/Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah/Mohamamd Wasim Jr, Haris Rauf
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Fakhar Zaman | 27r, 20r, 14r, 27r, 30r. |
| Imam ul Haq | 9r, 78r, 5r, 13r, 91r. |
| Babar Azam | 10r, 17r, 151r, 60r, 53r. |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 2r, 63r, 44r, 67r, 2r. |
| Agha Salman | 23r, 12r, 0W, 5r, 38r. |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 23r, 1W, 109r, 17r, 30r. |
| Shadab Khan | 6+0W, 0W, 0W, 4+4W, 3W. |
| Faheem Ashraf | 4+0W, 1W, 2W, 1W, 1W. |
| Shaheen Afridi | 1W, 1W, 4W, 2W, 2W. |
| Naseem Shah | 0W, 3W, 3W, 1W, 1W. |
| Haris Rauf | 0W, 4W, 3W, 2W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON R. PREMADASA (ODI)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Fakhar Zaman | 2 INNINGS – 54 RUNS. |
| Imam ul Haq | 2 INNINGS – 22 RUNS. |
| Babar Azam | 2 INNINGS – 70 RUNS. |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 3 INNINGS – 104 RUNS. |
| Agha Salman | 2 INNINGS – 61 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 1 INNING – 23 RUNS. |
| Shadab Khan | 2 INNINGS – 9 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Faheem Ashraf | 2 INNINGS – 6 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Shaheen Afridi | 2 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Naseem Shah | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| Haris Rauf | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS SL (ODI)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS SL |
| Fakhar Zaman | 76r, 54r, 48r, 17r, 29r. |
| Imam ul Haq | 31r, 45r, 2r, 100r. |
| Babar Azam | 31r, 115r, 69r, 30r, 101r. |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 29r, 35r, 52r, 20r. |
| Agha Salman | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 28+0W, 32+0W. |
| Shadab Khan | 1W, 2W, 2W, 2W, 2W. |
| Faheem Ashraf | 0W, 0W, 2W. |
| Shaheen Afridi | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Naseem Shah | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Haris Rauf | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS SL (ODI)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS SL |
| Fakhar Zaman | 8 INNINGS – 328 RUNS. |
| Imam ul Haq | 4 INNINGS – 178 RUNS. |
| Babar Azam | 4 INNINGS – 492 RUNS – 61 AVG. |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 4 INNINGS – 136 RUNS. |
| Agha Salman | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 2 INNINGS – 60 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Shadab Khan | 7 INNINGS – 52 RUNS – 13 WICKETS. |
| Faheem Ashraf | 3 INNINGS – 32 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Shaheen Afridi | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Naseem Shah | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Haris Rauf | NOT PLAYED YET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 155
- SL WIN – 58
- PAK WIN – 92
- NO RESULT – 05
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – M. Rizwan, K. Mendis.
BATSMEN – C. Assalanka, B. Azam, I Haq, P. Nissanka.
ALL-ROUNDERS – D de Silva, D. Wellalage.
BOWLERS – S. Afridi, M. Theekshana, H. Rauf.
GRAND LEAGUE (GL- TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – M. Rizwan, K. Mendis.
BATSMEN – S. Samarawickrama, B. Azam, I Haq, P. Nissanka.
ALL-ROUNDERS – S. Khan, D. Wellalage.
BOWLERS – S. Afridi, M. Theekshana, M. Pathirana.
BACK-UPS – N. Shah, K. Rajitha, I. Ahmed.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – B. Azam, S. Afridi.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – D. Wellage, F. Zaman.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
PAKISTAN MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
