Sri Lankan cricket team captain Dasun Shanaka’s next hope is to win the upcoming World Cup, he said in a press conference yesterday.
Yesterday (11) was a very important and historic day for all the people of Sri Lanka as the Sri Lankan team led by Dasun Shanaka was able to win the championship of the Asian Cup cricket tournament for the sixth time after 08 years.
It was defeating Pakistan by 23 runs in the final match against Pakistan at the Dubai Stadium.
Cricket commentators have opined that winning the toss of the match is a decisive factor in winning matches.
However, Pakistan team won the toss and decided to field first.
Pakistan fast bowlers managed to defeat the Sri Lankan batting team with a low number of runs, but at the end of the regular overs, the Sri Lankan team managed to collect 170 runs with the loss of 06 wickets.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa managed to score 71 not out while engaging in an excellent batting campaign and Wanindu Hasaranga scored a quick 36 runs to support him.
However, at a time when international survey reports had even indicated that the Pakistan team would win the match, the Sri Lankan team managed to win the match by restricting all players to 147 runs at the end of the 20 overs.
There, rookie fast bowler Pramod Madhushan Lakukhu managed to take 04 wickets for 34 and Chamika Karunaratne took 02 wickets.
Vanidu Hasaranga, the strong prospect of the Sri Lankan team, managed to take 03 wickets in the fourth over.
