Sri Lanka scored the same runs as Pakistan, then how did they reach the final? Understand the math

New Delhi. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 2 wickets in their last Super-4 match which was interrupted due to rain. With this win, Sri Lanka have reached the final of the Asia Cup, where they will face India on September 17. In this match, Sri Lanka scored only 252 runs and equalized with Pakistan. However, he won the match by 2 wickets and reached the final of the Asia Cup. Why was the match not tied when the scores of both the teams were equal? Why not resorted to super over? How Sri Lanka won and secured a ticket to the final. This question will be in the mind of every cricket fan, then all your questions will be answered here. We will tell you how Sri Lanka was declared the winner despite being 252 runs behind Pakistan?

Let us tell you that this Super-4 round match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Colombo was badly affected due to rain. The match started with a delay of almost 2 hours. For this reason, every five overs were reduced and the match was decided to be 45 overs. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat in the match. Pakistan’s score was 130 for 5 in 27.4 overs when heavy rain suddenly started.

When the match resumed after about half an hour, the match officials reduced the number of overs to 3-3 and reduced the match to 42 overs. However, Pakistan benefited due to rain. The ball started to come easily to the bat and Pakistan scored 102 runs in the last 10 overs and thus Pakistan finished their innings at 252 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 42 overs.

Under the Duckworth-Lewis rule, whenever a match is affected by rain and the overs are shortened, the batting team is given a revised target. In such a situation, Sri Lanka was given a target of 252 runs instead of 253 runs in 42 overs. Due to this, Sri Lanka won the match and entered the final of the Asia Cup, despite 252 runs equal to Pakistan.

In fact, Pakistan lost 5 wickets in 27.4 overs before the match was stopped due to rain. For this reason, Sri Lanka did not have to chase a big target. Had Pakistan lost 4 or 3 wickets instead of 5 before the match was stopped due to rain, Sri Lanka would have had to chase a target of more than 252 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule. Under the DLS rules, if a team loses a wicket when the match starts after rain, it does not affect the target of the team chasing the runs.

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What does the Duckworth-Lewis rule say?
Under the Duckworth-Lewis rule, a team is considered to have exhausted all of its resources when it has gone all out or played its full quota. In such a situation, if a team is all out for 300 runs in 48 overs, it is considered as a score of 300 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs. Because in this situation the previous team was all out and all its resources were exhausted.

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How is the team chasing the run determined?
The only thing relevant to the target of the team chasing the runs is the number of wickets of the batting team when the match was stopped. The fewer the wickets, the bigger the target for the team chasing the runs. In the match against Sri Lanka, Pakistan lost 5 wickets even before the rain. He was defeated and Sri Lanka were given a target of 252 runs in 42 overs, equal to Pakistan’s, which the Lankan team achieved on the last ball and won the match by 2 wickets.

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