5 changes were made in the national team for the semi-final match
Pakistan team announced for the match against Sri Lanka, 5 changes were made in the national team for the semi-final match.
According to the details, after facing a terrible defeat against India and the injury of the frontline pacer, there have been major changes in the Pakistani team for the scheduled match against Sri Lanka on September 14 in Colombo.
Pakistan will play its last Super 4 match in the 2023 Asia Cup against the defending champion Sri Lanka. After the men in green suffered a 228-run defeat against India, it was decided to go with a different playing XI, mainly because their front-line pacers Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf are out with injuries.
Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah have been replaced by Zaman Khan and Mohammad Wasim Jr. Zaman Khan will make his ODI debut tomorrow. While Pakistan has included left-handed batsman Saud Shakeel in the team for Agha Salman. Saud Shakeel has represented Pakistan only a few times in the One Day International format where he scored 76 runs in 6 matches at a strike rate of 71.02.
Despite this, he has played an impressive innings for Pakistan in the Test format, including a double century against Sri Lanka. Considering the spin-friendly pitch in Colombo, Mohammad Nawaz has been included in the squad instead of Faheem Ashraf, while Mohammad Haris will replace Fakhar Zaman. It is worth noting that there is a strong possibility that Haris and Naseem will not only miss Pakistan's final Super 4 match against Sri Lanka, but their availability for the final is also uncertain.
With both Pakistan and Sri Lanka having 2.2 points after 2.2 Super 4 matches, their match is now a semi-final, whoever wins will play India in the final. If the Sri Lanka vs Pakistan match is abandoned due to rain, Sri Lanka will qualify for the final as they have a better Net Run Rate (-0.200) than Pakistan (-1.892).