2022 Asia Cup Final
# 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. India were the defending champions, and were eliminated in the Super Four stage. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs to win their sixth title.

## Background

The qualifier tournament had been postponed in July 2020. In May 2021, the ACC confirmed that there would be no Asia Cup in 2021, with that edition of the tournament deferred until 2023. 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. A qualification tournament was played in August 2022.

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.

## Road to the final

| Pakistan | Pakistan | Titles | Sri Lanka | 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 Teamvte Pld Pts 1  India 2 4 2  Pakistan 2 2 3  Hong Kong 2 0 Source: ESPNcricinfo  Advanced to the Super Four | Group A table Pos Teamvte 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 Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Afghanistan 2 4 2  Sri Lanka 2 2 3  Bangladesh 2 0 Source: ESPNcricinfo  Advanced to the Super Four | Group B table Pos Teamvte 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 | Teamvte | 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 |

Advanced to the final

## Match

### Match officials

* On-field umpires: Anil Chaudhary (India) and Masudur Rahman (Bangladesh)
* Third umpire: Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afghanistan)
* Reserve umpire: Jayaraman Madanagopal (India)
* Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
* 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)

