Sri Lanka and Pakistan will face off in the Asia Cup 2022 final at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. While Pakistan were being already touted as one of the favourites to win this competition and have deservedly reached the final, the fact that the official hosts of the competition have made it to the summit clash comes as a big surprise to many.
Having said that, both teams have played some superb cricket throughout the tournament and interestingly both sides faced a defeat early and picked themselves up to reach the final which makes this contest all the more exciting.
Here is the match prediction, toss prediction, predicted powerplay scores and much more about the Asia Cup 2022 final.
1. Toss Prediction
Pakistan have won 2 out of the 5 tosses in their Asia Cup campaign so far. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have won 4 of the 5 tosses in this competition this year. So going by this stat, predicting Sri Lanka to win the toss in the final.
2. Win Possibility
The overall head-to-head record suggests an even contest. The two teams have met each other a total of 22 times and while Pakistan have won 13 of these matches, Sri Lanka have won 9. Having said that, Sri Lanka are on a roll in the competition and have won four back-to-back matches on their way to the final, beating none other than Pakistan in their last Super Four fixture. So perhaps that tilts the balance in Sri Lanka's favour. Predicting Sri Lanka to win the match.
3. Team of the Day
The Team of the Day is predicted to be Sri Lanka whose resurgence has been outstanding in this competition. However, in all the matches they have won in this competition, they have won the toss which means the toss could be a factor again in this fixture.
4. Predicted Powerplay score and Average first innings total
The predicted powerplay score is expected to be between 40-55 in Dubai. 164.25 is the average first innings total at this venue in Asia Cup 2022.
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