Pakistan vs Sri Lanka স্কোরকার্ড, Super Four Match 6, Asia Cup 2022

Sri Lanka have won each of their last three men’s T20I matches against Pakistan, having lost each of the six prior such games in the format.

Sri Lanka have won each of their last three men’s T20Is against full member sides of the ICC, the last time the Lions managed a longer winning streak against such opponents was in February 2017 (run of four wins).

Pakistan have now won 19 of their last 21 men’s T20I matches in the United Arab Emirates including each of their last three such games in the country; the Shaheens’ only two losses in the UAE during this run came against Australia (by 5 wickets in November 2021) and India (by 5 wickets in August 2022), both at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

This will be the third men’s T20I game between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium and the first such fixture at the venue since December 2013; both teams have won a game each from the previous two such matches.

Pakistan have registered a batting strike rate of 203 during the slog overs (overs 17-20) during the ongoing Asia Cup, the best such rate among all teams; Sri Lanka are ranked fourth in this category with a batting strike rate of 169.

Only Bangladesh (31.7%) have scored a higher percentage of their runs from singles in men’s T20Is in 2022 than Sri Lanka (31.5%) and Pakistan (30.9%) among full member sides of the ICC.

Sri Lanka’s Bhanuka Rajapaksa has struck a boundary once every 3.7 balls during the powerplay in the ongoing Asia Cup, the best such rate for any batter in the tournament.

Only Michael Bracewell (9.9) has registered a better bowling strike rate than Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz (10.3) in men’s T20Is in 2022 among spinners from full member sides of the ICC (min. 50 balls bowled).

Kusal Mendis (8) needs one more fifty to become the player with the outright fourth-highest scores of 50+ for Sri Lanka in men’s T20Is, he’s currently tied with Kumar Sangakkara; Mendis has scored a fifty in two of his last three innings in the format.

Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) has scored 1,874 runs from 49 innings in men’s T20Is; he needs to score 70 runs from his next innings to become the player with most runs scored after their first 50 innings in the format (Virat Kohli – 1,943 runs, Babar Azam – 1,942 runs).