Pakistan Shaheens gamers have fun a wicket throughout their semi-final towards Sri Lanka A on the West Finish Park Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Doha on November 21, 2025. — ACC
Pakistan Shaheens defeated Sri Lanka A by 5 runs within the second semi-final on the West Finish Park Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Doha on Friday to guide a spot within the closing of the Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025.
The Inexperienced Shirts restricted Sri Lanka to 148/9 after posting 153/9 on the scoreboard, profitable the sport by a slender five-run margin.
They are going to be locking horns with Bangladesh A, who’ve already certified for the final word recreation, on the identical venue on Sunday.
Set to chase 154, Sri Lanka A might amass 148/9 of their 20 overs regardless of Milan Rathnayake’s gutsy knock on the backend.
Sri Lanka A acquired off to a blazing begin as they amassed 29 runs inside the primary two overs, courtesy of Lasith Croospulle’s blistering cameo of 27 runs from simply seven deliveries, comprising three sixes and two fours.
Shahid Aziz gave the Shaheens the much-needed breakthrough by dismissing the right-handed opener within the second over.
His opening associate, Vishen Halambage, then registered one-sided partnerships with Nishan Madushka (six) and Nuwanidu Fernando (5) till ultimately falling sufferer to Sufiyan Muqeem within the eighth over.
Halambage scored 29 off 27 deliveries with the assistance of three sixes and two fours.
His dismissal sparked a collapse, which noticed Sri Lanka lose 4 wickets in fast succession and consequently slip to 99/8 in 13.2 overs.
Rathnayake then took the reins of Sri Lanka A’s pursuit and saved them within the hunt with an anchoring knock, which culminated within the closing over when eight runs had been required off 4 deliveries.
The left-handed batter remained the top-scorer for Sri Lanka A with 40 off 32 deliveries, that includes 5 fours and a six.
For Shaheens, Sufiyan Muqeem and Saad Masood took three wickets every, whereas Ahmed Daniyal, Shahid Aziz and Ubaid Shah chipped in with one apiece.
Put into bat first, the Shaheens collected 153/9 of their allotted 20 overs.
The Inexperienced Shirts acquired off to an honest begin to their innings as their opening pair of Mohammad Naeem and in-form Maaz Sadaqat put collectively a blistering 30-run stand.
Traveen Mathew broke the opening partnership within the fourth over by dismissing Naeem, who made 16 off 15 deliveries, laced with three fours.
Sadaqat adopted swimsuit within the subsequent over, falling sufferer to Milan Rathnayake, after scoring 23 off 11 deliveries, comprising two sixes and as many fours.
His dismissal sparked a collapse, which noticed Pakistan lose three extra wickets at an alarming fee and had been thus diminished to 62/5 in 7.3 overs.
Sri Lanka A captain, Dunith Wellalage, broke the anchoring partnership within the sixteenth over by dismissing Masood, who scored a cautious 22 off 25 deliveries.
Shaheens then suffered one other setback to their batting expedition when Pramod Madushan despatched again Shahid Aziz (seven) within the 18th over, bringing the whole right down to 127/7.
Ahmed Daniyal then gave a late push to the Shaheens’ whole with a blistering 22-run cameo off simply eight deliveries, which featured three sixes till he too fell prey to Madushan.
In the meantime, Ghori remained unbeaten and walked again after top-scoring for Pakistan Shaheens with a 36-ball 39, comprising two fours and a six.
Madushan led Sri Lanka A’s bowling cost with a four-wicket haul, adopted by Mathew with three, whereas Rathnayake and Wellalage chipped in with one scalp apiece.
