Abu Dhabi: Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be confronted today (Tuesday) in the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi with an important super-four match of the ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup 2025 in the Zayed Cricket Stadium. Both teams are looking for their first victory in this phase of the tournament.
In their opening super-four matches Pakistan, led by Salman Agha, a defeat against arch-rival India, while Sri Lanka was defeated by Bangladesh. Pakistan is currently at the bottom of the Super Four classification due to a poorer net running speed compared to third place Sri Lanka.
On the contrary, the 2016 Champions, India, are at the top because of a superior net running speed than Bangladesh, because both teams each have two points in one match.
Qualification
Pakistan remains contrary to the final of Asia Cup 2025, but their path is uncertain and can strongly depend on the net run rate (NRR). Even two victories of their remaining luminaires may not be enough, while in some scenarios a single victory could be sufficient.
If India wipes all three Super Four matches, and Pakistan beats Bangladesh but loses against Sri Lanka, then India Vooruit is moving forward with three victories and the other teams end up on one on one – so NRR can decide the second finalist.
Pakistan sees both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, India who beats Sri Lanka and beats Bangladesh and makes India upset. In that case, three teams would end with two victories each, so that the qualification was pushed to NRR again.
If both Pakistan and India won all their remaining games, they would reach the final that will be played on 26 September. In this case, India would have three victories, Pakistan Two, Bangladesh One and Sri Lanka None, who offer the simplest path to the final.
