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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup 2025: Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed came up with an interesting celebration after taking a crucial wicket during their Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours clash against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka produced a disappointing effort after they were put into bat first. While Sri Lanka lost a few early wickets, Hasaranga looked promising in the middle but was dismissed by Abrar during the 13th over. The all-rounder looked to slog it away for a boundary but missed out completely and got cleaned up, after which Abrar copied the celebration of Hasaranga himself. Hasaranga's dismissal was the fall of Sri Lanka's sixth wicket.

The right-handed batter was dismissed for 15 runs in 13 balls, which he scored on the back of a couple of boundaries.

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Pakistan produced an impressive bowling effort to restrict Sri Lanka to 133/8 in their 20 overs. Both teams headed into the match after suffering defeats in their respective previous matches in the Super Fours. Shaheen Afridi was the pick of the bowlers for the Men in Green with three wickets for 28 runs in his four overs.  

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On the other hand, Abrar unleashed a magnificent effort of 1/8 in his four overs, whereas Haris Rauf and Hussain Talat found a couple of scalps each. For Sri Lanka, Kamindu Mendis was the star performer with the bat as he smashed a promising half-century in 44 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes, whereas skipper Charith Asalanka scored 20 runs.


Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Playing XIs, Asia Cup 2025:

Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (c), Hussain Talat, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka (c), Dasun Shanaka, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara