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Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in Asia Cup Final by 5 wickets

Thirimanne played an important role in Pakistani defeat by scoring 101 runs. AFP
Mirpur : Sri Lanka has beaten Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final match of Asia cup cricket her in Bangladesh, earlier Pakistan has won the toss and choose to bat first.

Pakistan lost 3 early wickets on mere score of 18 runs, but Misbah, Fawad and Umar Akmal played well by scoring 65, 114 and 59 runs respectively and added a total of 260 runs for Pakistan, which seemed 30-40 runs short.

Shahid Afridi, who played an important role in last two matches was unable to show his powers as Umar Akmal and Fawad Alam were on the pitch.

In reply, Sri Lanka achieved the total by sparing 22 balls, Thirimanne of Sri Lanka scored 101 and Jayawardene scored 75 runs.

Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan took 3 wickets whereas, Malinga of Sri Lanka took 5 Pakistan wickets.

Man of the Match: SL Malinga (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Series: Thirimanne (Sri Lanka)

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