Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Live Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025 Super 4 (Pakistan National Cricket Team vs Sri Lanka National Cricket Team): Hello and a very warm welcome to News18 CricketNext‘s live coverage of the third match in the 2025 Asia Cup Super-Four stage. Pakistan are taking on Sri Lanka at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi in what could be a crucial match for both sides’ future in the tournament.
The situations of the two teams are similar, with zero points in this phase so far. Pakistan are coming off a loss against India and Sri Lanka with an almost identical result against Bangladesh. The winner of this match will get two points to stay in control of their path to the Asia Cup 2025 final. The loser will have one foot on the exit door, and will be at the mercy of the other sides to keep them alive.
When such desperation comes in the picture, it results more often than not in some excellent cricket!
TOSS: Pakistan won the toss and opted to field first.
Playing 11s
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka (c), Dasun Shanaka, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera and Nuwan Thushara
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Abrar Ahmed