Pakistan in Semifinals of Champions Trophy and will go against England vs Pakistan in 1st Semifinal match: Sarfraz Ahmed’s unbeaten 61-run unbeaten knock, Pakistan, after passing through exciting fluctuations, defeated Sri Lanka by 31 wickets in the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy by beating them by three wickets.
Pakistan is going against England in Semifinal match of PAK vs ENG in CT 2017
Pakistan won the match against Sri Lanka
for 236 runs in 49. overs, but chasing the target, they lost their
seven wickets for 162 runs. In such a delicate situation, Sarfaraz took
the lead and delivered a 75-run unimagined partnership with Mohammad
Aamir to Pakistan in the semi-finals.
Pakistan won by seven wickets in 44.5 overs with 237 runs and became
the fourth team to reach the semifinals. In the semifinal of Pakistan,
Group A’s number one team will compete against England, while the second
semi-final champion will play between India and Bangladesh. So in the
semi-finals, there are three teams from Asia.
Sarfaraz hit five fours in an unbeaten 61 off 79 balls, while Aamir
hit a four against an unbeaten 28 in 43 balls. Opener Fakhar Zaman hit
eight boundaries and a six in 36 balls, while Azhar Ali scored 34 runs
in 50 balls, which puts Pakistan in Semifinals of Champions Trophy 2017.
India is also in Semifinals of CT 2017 and will go against India vs Bangladesh 2nd Semifinal match.
Sri Lanka remained responsible for the loss and being out of the
tournament, whose fielders did not have many easy catches and embrace
the necklace. On behalf of Sri Lanka, Nuwan Pradeep took three wickets
for 60 runs. Sarfaraz got his man of the match award for his captaincy
innings. Earlier, Sri Lanka had scored 236 runs with opener Nirvana
Dikewela (73) in a superb half-century, but the Sri Lankan team could
not defend the score from the failure of the fielders.
Despite Dikewala’s 86 balls with the help of four fours, Sri Lanka had lost
seven wickets for 167 runs at a time, but at that point, Gunaratne made
27 runs off 44 balls with one help from Suranga Lakmal and three in 34
balls. By scoring 26 runs with the aid of fours, Sri Lanka reached the
worth of 236 runs.
Pakistan’s bowlers did well in this match against ‘Do or Die,’
preventing Sri Lanka from making big scores, while Sri Lanka was in good
position after scoring 161 runs for three wickets at one time, but then
going 167 – Lost your four wickets.
