Pakistan and Sri Lanka are set to lock horns today on Thursday in a highly anticipated game of the Asia Cup 2023 as both teams will push their maximum to book a seat in the finals.
With Men in Blue already in the final, Green Shirts and Lankan Lions are vying for one spot while rain is expected at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and the match could be washed out.
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This could be the virtual semi-final against Sri Lanka for Pakistan as India is the only team to have won both Super Four games, defeating Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Both Sri Lanka and Pakistan defeated Bangladesh, however, the former’s NRR is slightly higher than the latter’s.
Pakistan made five changes in the team fielded against India in the Super Four match earlier this week.
Mohammad Haris, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Zaman Khan and Mohammad Nawaz have been included in the Playing XI as Fakhar Zaman, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Faheem Ashraf and Salman Ali Aghan have been ruled out for the Sri Lanka game.
Rain Predictions
Weather reports indicate that there will likely be rain throughout the aforementioned match, and the chance of play is poor.
The Weather Channel predicts an 86 percent chance of rain in Colombo Today, raising questions about the fate of the game.
Contrarily, AccuWeather predicts that the game will be played entirely under overcast conditions. However, data show that there is still a constant danger of rain, with an 84 percent chance of precipitation and a 95 percent chance of cloud cover throughout the day. While it is anticipated that there won’t be as much rain during the day, there will still be clouds in the sky.
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