IT WILL be Sri Lanka, and not Pakistan, taking on India in the final of the Asia Cup in Colombo this morning after clinching a tense Duckworth/Lewis victory on Friday.
After both sides had lost to India (Pakistan on a controversial reserve day, without which they may well have found themselves in the final), it was a straight shoot-out between the two, which Sri Lanka won in thrilling style, coming through by two wickets in a last-ball thriller.
Charith Asalanka was the star, his unbeaten 49 guiding his side home after Shaheen Shah Afridi had taken two wickets in the penultimate over...