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The two Shoaibs, Akhtar and Malik, made comebacks which would rightly be considered remarkable anywhere else but in Pakistan, as the PCB announced a 15-man squad for the Asia Cup, due to begin in Sri Lanka from June 15. There are a few new faces in the squad as well, but much of the attention will fall on the returning pair.

Squad: Shahid Afridi (capt), Salman Butt (vice-capt), Imran Farhat, Shahzaib Hasan, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Asad Shafiq, Umar Amin, Kamran Akmal (wk), Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer, Shoaib Akhtar, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman.

Reserves: Fawad Alam, Azhar Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Zulfiqar Babar.

The BCCI has accepted Sachin Tendulkar's request to be rested for the Asia Cup and has not included him in the squad for the tournament in Sri Lanka. Yuvraj Singh and Yusuf Pathan have been dropped, while Saurabh Tiwary, the Jharkhand batsman, has received his maiden call-up in a 15-man team that is significantly stronger than the side which failed to qualify for the tri-series final in Zimbabwe.

MS Dhoni comes back to captain a team that is bolstered by the return of Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra.

Squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Pragyan Ojha, Ashok Dinda, R Ashwin, Saurabh Tiwary.

Bangladesh have left out top-order batsman Aftab Ahmed from their squad for the Asia Cup, while recalling the out-of-form Mohammad Ashraful for the tournament in Sri Lanka in June. The 15-man team, led by Shakib Al Hasan, also includes medium-pacer Syed Rasel, who missed the ODIs against England in March.

Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Jahurul Islam, Junaid Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Suhrawadi Shuvo.

Forty-year-old opener Sanath Jayasuriya has been dropped from the 15-member Sri Lanka squad for the Asia Cup starting in Dambulla next week. Also missing from the line-up is spinner Ajantha Mendis, while fast-bowling allrounder Farveez Maharoof is back in favour after recovering from a side strain which had kept him out of contention since February last year

Squad: Kumar Sangakkara (capt & wk), Muttiah Muralitharan (vc), Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Farveez Maharoof, Chamara Kapugedara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chanaka Welegedara, Lasith Malinga, Suraj Randiv, Rangana Herath, Thilina Kandamby.

Sri Lanka v Pakistan
Match 1
Dambulla

SRI LANKA WON BY 16 RUNS

Sri Lanka 9/242
AD Mathews 55* (61 balls)
DPMD Jayawardene 54 (64 balls)
KC Sangakkara 42 (63 balls)
Shoaib Akhtar 3/41 (10 overs)
Mohammad Aamer 2/57 (10 overs)
Pakistan 226 (47 overs)
Shahid Afridi 109 (76 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
SL Malinga 5/34 (10 overs)
AD Mathews 2/38 (10 overs)

Bangladesh v India
Match 2
Dambulla

INDIA WON BY 6 WICKETS (with 116 balls remaining)

Bangladesh 167 (34.5 overs)
Imrul Kayes 37 (35 balls)
V Sehwag 4/6 (2.5 overs)
A Nehra 2/28 (4 overs)
India 4/168 (30.4 overs)
G Gambhir 82 (101 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
MS Dohni 38* (45 balls)
Mashrafe Mortaza 2/37 (5.4 overs)

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
Match 3
Dambulla

SRI LANKA 126 RUNS

Sri Lanka 4/312
TM Dilshan 71 (51 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
WU Tharanga 54 (73 balls)
KC Sangakkara 52 (69 balls)
DPMD Jayawardene 43 (35 balls)
AD Mathews 42* (41 balls)
CK Kapugedera 37* (30 balls)
Shafiul Islam 2/59 (10 overs)
Bangladesh 186 (40.2 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 51 (53 balls)
Junaid Siddique 38 (34 balls)
TM Dilshan 3/37 (10 overs)
UWMBCA Welegedara 2/31 (8 overs)
SL Malinga 2/35 (8.2 overs)
M Muralitharan 2/38 (8 overs)

India v Pakistan
Asia Cup Match 4
Dambulla

INDIA WON BY 3 WICKETS (with 1 ball remaining)

Pkaistan 267 (49.3 overs)
Salman Butt 74 (85 balls)
Kamran Akmal 51 (41 balls)
P Kumar 3/53 (10 overs)
India 7/271 (49.5 overs)
G Gambhir 83 (97 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
MS Dohni 56 (71 balls)
Saeed Ajmal 3/56 (10 overs)

Bangladesh v Pakistan
Asia Cup Match 5
Dambulla

PAKISTAN WON BY 139 RUNS

Pakistan 7/385
Shahid Afridi 124 (60 balls) 17 fours 4 sixes MAN OF THE MATCH
Imran Frahat 66 (77 balls)
Shahzib Hasan 50 (38 balls)
Umar Akmal 50 (57 balls)
Shafiul Islam 3/95 (10 overs)
Bangladesh 5/246
Junaid Siddique 97 (114 runs)
Imrul Kayes 66 (110 balls) - playing for a draw
Shoaib Akhtar 1/22 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka v India
Asia Cup - Match 6
Dambulla

SRI LANKA WON BY 7 WICKETS (with 75 balls remaining)

India 209 (42.3 overs) -- lost last 6 wickets for 20 runs
RG Sharma 69 (73 balls)
MS Dohni 41 (53 balls)
KD Karthik 40 (43 balls)
MF Maharoof 5/42 (10 overs) including HATRICK MAN OF THE MATCH
Sri Lanka 3/211 (37.3 overs)
KC Sangakkara 73 (82 balls)
DPMD Jayawardene 53* (67 balls)

Sri Lanka v India
Asia Cup FINAL
Dambulla

INDIA WON BY 81 RUNS

India 6/268
KD Karthik 66 (84 balls) MAN OF THE MATCH
RG Sharma 41 (52 balls)
MS Dohni 38 (50 balls)
SHT Kanadamby 2/37 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka 187 (44.4 overs)
CK Kapugedera 55* (88 balls)
SHT Kandamby 31 (45 balls)
A Nehra 4/40 (9 overs)
RA Jadeja 2/29 (6.4 overs)
Z Khan 2/36 (8 overs)

PLAYER OF THE SERIES- Shahid Afridi

brod wrote:PLAYER OF THE SERIES- Shahid Afridi

Good to see "Boom Boom" making some big hundreds again

The Dark Knight wrote:

brod wrote:PLAYER OF THE SERIES- Shahid Afridi

Good to see "Boom Boom" making some big hundreds again

Will be even better if he playes for SA in Champions League and wins that award

brod wrote:

The Dark Knight wrote:

brod wrote:PLAYER OF THE SERIES- Shahid Afridi

Good to see "Boom Boom" making some big hundreds again

Will be even better if he playes for SA in Champions League and wins that award

Yeah it would be.