New Delhi. Pakistan and Sri Lanka are to compete in the Super-4 round of Asia Cup 2023 on Thursday. The match will start at 3 pm at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Today’s match is very important for both the teams. It is a do or die situation for Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Today’s match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is no less than a semi-final. Whoever among the two teams will win today’s match. The team will enter the finals of the Asia Cup. Let us tell you that Team India has already reached the finals. The race for Bangladesh Asia Cup is already out. The final match of Asia Cup will be played on 17 September. Rain has played the role of villain in many matches in the Asia Cup. Especially rain has disrupted the matches between India and Pakistan.
It is believed that the shadow of rain is also looming over the match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Thursday. In case of rain, what will be the equations and who will enter the finals. The question is that if it rains in today’s match, then in this situation which team will play the title match with India in the final. Please note that due to cancellation of the match, both the teams will be given one point each. With this, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will have 3 points each. Then the team will enter the finals only on the basis of net run rate.
Who will play the final against Team India?
Let us tell you that in case of rain in Colombo, the Sri Lankan team will benefit. Since Sri Lanka’s net run rate is much better than Pakistan. In such a situation, the Sri Lankan team will face India in the final. Whereas Pakistani team would like today’s match to happen under any circumstances. Apart from this, no reserve day has been kept for today’s match. Till now only ACC had kept a reserve day for the match between India and Pakistan. India won this match and achieved the biggest victory over Pakistan.
If we look at the points table, India is at first position. Team India’s net run rate is +2.690, while Sri Lanka is at second place with 2 points. Sri Lanka’s net run rate is -2.000 while Pakistan’s net run rate is -1.892.
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