New Delhi. On Sunday, August 11, 2022, the new champion of Asia has been found. This time in the form of Sri Lanka, we have got the new king of Asia in terms of cricket. In the Asia Cup 2022, the team led by Dasun Shanaka, despite losing to Afghanistan in their first match, made a spectacular comeback to win the title. At the beginning of this tournament, no one had any idea that Sri Lanka would be the champion of Asia Cup this time. But this young team has given indications of bringing Sri Lankan cricket back to its full glory once again by winning the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka’s clash was with Pakistan in the final match.
For the match, Pakistani captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the Sri Lankan team set a target of 171 runs in front of Pakistan, thanks to Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s brilliant innings of 71. In reply, the Pakistani team was bundled out for only 145 runs. Wanindu Hasaranga along with Pramod Madushan did an amazing job in bowling for the Sri Lanka team. However, Sri Lanka’s batting did not start well. The team’s score in the 9th over was 5 wickets for 58 runs. At that time no one thought that this team would even touch the 150 mark. But due to their dedication and hard work, the players of this team crossed the score 170.
who got how much prize money
Sri Lanka got 1.5 lakh dollars as prize money for winning the Asia Cup. Its value in Indian rupees is about 1.20 crores. Apart from this, the runner up team i.e. Pakistan got 75 thousand dollars i.e. about 60 lakh rupees. Player of the tournament Sri Lankan bowler Wanindu Hasaranga got Rs 11.94 lakh and player of finalist Bhanuka Rajapaksa got Rs 4 lakh as a reward.