The Pakistan Cricket Board revealed that Naseem Shah had suffered a shoulder injury against Bangladesh, which was aggravated in the match against India. After this, he was dropped from Asia Cup 2023. Due to this more changes had to be made.
Pakistan has announced its playing 11 for the Super Four match against Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2023. Throughout this tournament, Pakistan team has been announcing its playing 11 a day before the match and the same has been done for this match also. Five changes have been made in the Pakistan team that played in the last match against India. Most of the players are out due to injury, but Fakhar Zaman has been dropped from the team due to poor performance.
The match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan will be a virtual semi-final. The team that wins this match will play with India in the final. Both Pakistan and Sri Lanka have 2 points each after two matches in the Asia Cup 2023 Super 4 stage, hence, the encounter between the two teams on Thursday will be do or die for both the teams.
5 big changes in PAK's playing 11, The Pakistan Cricket Board revealed that Naseem Shah had suffered a shoulder injury against Bangladesh, which was aggravated in the match against India. After this he has been dropped from Asia Cup 2023. Haris Rauf did not bowl against India on the reserve day as a precaution and is also out of the playing eleven for the virtual knock-out match against Sri Lanka.
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Due to injury, Babar Azam had to make five changes in his team for the do-or-die match. Mohammad Wasim Junior and Zaman Khan have been given a chance in place of injured Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf. At the same time, Faheem Ashraf has been dropped from the team despite his economical bowling against India, in his place spin all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has returned to the team. Saud Shakeel has got a chance in place of Agha Salman who was injured in the match against India. Mohammad Haris has been given a chance in place of opener Fakhar Zaman. Fakhar, who is in the top 10 in the ranking of batsmen in ODIs, has failed in the last few matches.
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Sri Lanka (SL) Possible Playing 11, 1.Pathum Nissanka, 2. Dimuth Karunaratne, 3. Kusal Mendis(WK), 4. Sadeera Samarawickrama, 5. Charith Asalanka, 6. Dhananjaya de Silva, 7. Dasun Shanaka(C), 8. Dunith Wellalage, 9. Maheesh Theekshana, 10. Kasun Rajitha, 11. Matheesha Pathirana
Pakistan (PAK) Confirmed Playing 11, 1. Imam-ul Haq, 2. Mohammad Haris, 3. Babar Azam(C), 4. Mohammad Rizwan(WK), 5. Saud Shakeel, 6. Iftikhar-Ahmed, 7. Shadab Khan, 8. Mohammad Nawaz, 9. Shaheen Afridi, 10. Mohammad Wasim Jr, 11. Zaman Khan
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