The match is being played at the Colombo Cricket Stadium (Photo: Twitter)
In the first semi-final of the ACC Men’s Emerging Asia Cup, Pakistan set a target of 323 runs to Sri Lanka.
In the match being played at the Colombo Cricket Stadium, Pakistan captain Mohammad Haris won the toss and decided to bat first.
On behalf of Pakistan, Umar bin Yusuf played a brilliant innings of 88 runs, while captain Mohammad Haris scored 52 runs and Mubaser Khan stood out by scoring 42 runs. Among other players, Saeem Ayub scored 22 runs, Sahibzada Farhan scored 12 runs, Tayyab Tahir scored 26 runs, Qasim Akram scored 8 runs, Imad Butt scored 7 runs, while Muhammad Wasim Jr. scored 24 runs.
For Sri Lanka, Lahiru Samarakun, Pramod Madhushan and Chamika Karunaratne took 2 each while Dinoth Velange got one wicket.
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Pakistan squad
Captain Muhammad Haris, Saeem Ayub, Muhammad Tayyab Tahir, Sahibzada Farhan, Umar bin Yusuf, Qasim Akram, Mubaser Khan, Imad Butt, Muhammad Wasim Jr., Arshad Iqbal and Sufian Moqim are included.
It should be noted that Pakistan faced a humiliating defeat by India in their last group match.
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