Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2022 Match 12 Preview

Pitch Report

The surface at the Dubai Cricket stadium produces matches in the range of 160-170 and is not exactly conducive for explosive batting.

Weather Report

The temperature is expected to hover around 36°C on the matchday with 48% humidity and 16 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of precipitation during the game.

Pakistan will be locking horns against Sri Lanka in the final Super 4 stage game. Both are coming off consecutive wins and against the same two oppositions.

Pakistan has seen a turnaround in its fortune after the league stage defeat against India. After that game, they went on to hunt down Hong Kong, India, and Afghanistan in successive games, and are now into the finals of Asia Cup 2022.

Sri Lanka has also seen a similar turn of their fortune in this Asia Cup. They have been excellent with the bat in this Super 4 stage and will be banking on its batters to play a major role in this game as well as the finals.

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Charith Asalanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Dasun Shanaka ©, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka

Probable Playing XI

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam ©, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah

Probable Playing XI