The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) released the playing XI for Pakistan’s final Asia Cup 2023 Super 4s match against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Pakistan playing XI for Sri Lanka: The Pakistani team made five adjustments from the lineup that lost to India by a score of 228 runs on Monday.
Mohammad Wasim Jr. and Zaman Khan take the position of injured pacers Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah, while Mohammad Haris and Saud Shakeel take the place of opening batters Fakhar Zaman and Salman Ali Agha. In addition, all-arounder Mohammad Nawaz makes a comeback in place of Faheem Ashraf, who missed the first two Super 4 games.
Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan, is joined by Shadab Khan, who serves as his backup, Mohammad Haris, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Afridi, and Zaman Khan in the playing XI.
The roster replaced Naseem Shah with pace bowler Zaman Khan after the latter got disqualified from the 2023 Asia Cup. On Monday, the selection of backup pacers Shahnawaz Dahani and Zaman Khan occurred because fast bowlers Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah developed aches and pains during the match against India.
At the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will square off in their final Super 4 game tomorrow.
However, The victor of this game will take on India in the Asia Cup 2023 championship, making it a virtual semi-final.
“If the crucial match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is postpone, Sri Lanka will join India in the Asia Cup 2023 final due to their higher net run rate than India.”