The Emerging Asia Cup 2024 is being played in Oman. Where the first semi-final match between SL A and PAK A was played on Friday. Pakistan team had to face a crushing defeat in this match. The Sri Lankan team has booked its ticket to the final by winning the match by 7 wickets. The second semi-final match is today between India and Afghanistan. Now it remains to be seen which team will face Sri Lanka in the final match.
Pakistan team could not score many runs.
Batting first, the Pakistan team could not set a big score. Pakistan A could only score 135 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. During this period only Omair Yusuf scored runs. None of the remaining players could score more than 14 runs. Yusuf played a half-century of 68 runs in 46 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 5 fours. Let us tell you that 3 Pakistan players were bowled out for just 0 runs.
Sri Lanka won the match by 7 wickets.
The Sri Lanka A team, chasing the target of 136 runs, won the match by scoring 137 runs after losing 3 wickets in 16.3 overs. During this, opener Ahan Wickremasinghe batted brilliantly and scored an unbeaten half-century. He scored 52 runs in 46 balls with the help of 1 six and 4 fours. While Lahiru Udara scored 43 runs in 20 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 2 fours.
The final match will be played on October 27.
The final match of the Emerging Asia Cup 2024 tournament will be played on October 27. If India beats Afghanistan today, they will enter the final. However, it is speculated that the Indian team will reach the final of this tournament. In fact, India has won all three group stage matches. While the Afghanistan team won 2 of three matches.
Pakistan had won in the last season.
The final match of the Emerging Asia Cup 2023 held in Sri Lanka was won by Pakistan by defeating India. But this time the dream of winning the trophy was shattered. Yash Dhull got the charge of India in the last season. However, this time Tilak Verma is the captain of the team. This time it is Abhishek Sharma who has played T20 internationals against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.