Who: Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan
What: T20 Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours
When: Tuesday, September 23 at 6:30pm (14:30 GMT)
Where: Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport will have live build-up from 11:00 GMT ahead of our comprehensive text commentary stream of the match.
In their T20 Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours match, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are aware that a defeat in Abu Dhabi could put their place in danger.
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Both former champions will have a chance to resurrect their campaign for the final after losing their opening matches in the second round of the regional competition.
The top two teams from the Super Fours’ round-robin tournament will advance to the Sunday final in Dubai.
After their respective victories against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, the other Super Fours teams, each have two points.
In a close-fought match on Saturday, the Tigers took six wickets, while India took the other eight against Pakistan on Sunday, giving them a second defeat.
The team of Charith Asalanka, who won their last five T20 international (T20I), will start as favorites to face Pakistan, who they have defeated in Group B.
After two devastating defeats to archrivals India, Pakistan will have a chance to rekindle some pride in the match.
Watch out for Pakistan.
- Fakhar Zaman, the veteran batter, returned to the team after a protracted, forceful layoff. Zaman is known to demoralize opposition bowlers once he gets in the flow, even though he hasn’t consistently posted high scores. The longer the opener spends in the crease, the better chance Pakistan has of posting a big target or chasing one down.
- Abrar Ahmed, who has only managed four wickets in his four Asia Cup games thus far, has been Pakistan’s most economical bowler. Abrar is a key member of Pakistan’s lineup because of his often tight spells that make the opposing batters attack the other bowlers and lose wickets at the opposing end.
Watch out for Sri Lankan players.
- Pathum Nissanka, the opener for Sri Lanka, has been putting together an exceptional run of form, scoring at least 30 runs in 16 of his last 25 T20I starts with a 124 strike rate. Nissanka leads India in the Asia Cup 2025 with 146 runs in four games, 27 runs behind Abhishek Sharma, an outstanding batter.
- Wanindu Hasaranga: Despite suffering numerous injuries, Hasaranga’s position on the Sri Lankan team has suffered. At a rate of under six, he has taken five wickets in five Asia Cup 2025 games. Hasaranga has 14 wickets and 61 runs scored in his five matches against the 2012 Asian champions, which he enjoys playing against.
Super Fours points table and qualifying scenario
India leads the Super Fours table with two points and a net run rate (NRR) of 0. 689, followed by Bangladesh, which has a NRR of 0. 121 but fewer points.
The losing team must win their previous game by a significant margin and rely on their NRR to determine their position, and the winner of Tuesday’s match could rank anywhere between first and third.
Table of Points
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In T20Is, Pakistan and Sri Lanka square off.
The Lions have consistently been the dominant team in the T20I format over the past six years, despite Sri Lanka’s overall dominance.
Sri Lanka has lost to Pakistan 13 out of 23 T20I matches, but it was in 2019.
Formal instructions for Pakistan
In the T20 Asia Cup, Pakistan has won both matches against defending champions India and lower-ranked teams Oman and the UAE.
It’s always difficult to predict which Pakistani team will arrive on match day, whether it be hot or cold.
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Formal manual: Sri Lanka
Prior to the Super Fours loss to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka defeated all three of their Group B rivals, but they did have a few inconsistent T20I results in 2025. In their bilateral series, they defeated Zimbabwe 2-1, but they also lost to Bangladesh 2-1 a few weeks later.
L W W W W W W W (most recently first): the final five results
Pakistan team news
Over the course of the tournament, Pakistan have, as you can imagine, changed their XIs a few times, but not all of them have paid off.
Hussain Talat, the player in his place, was criticized for not improving Nawaz’s performances in the match against India on Sunday.
Salman Agha’s team has also switched to using pace bowlers and two spinners.
Sri Lanka could be played back by Nawaz and Sufiyan Muqeem.
Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (captain), Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Hasan Nawaz/Hussain Talat, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi/Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Sufiyan Muqeem,
Sri Lanka team news
Given his low strike rate and recent 3 games, lower-order batter Kamil Mishara’s place in the starting lineup will be under scrutiny. On Tuesday, Jinah Liyanage might take over from Mishara.
Source: Aljazeera
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