PAK vs SL: Watch - Maheesh Theekshana Castles Mohammad Nawaz As Pakistan Sink Further

The 23-year-old Sri Lanka National Cricket Team spinner Maheesh Theekshana castled the 29-year-old Pakistan National Cricket Team all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz in the fifth match of the Asia Cup 2023 Super Four stage on Thursday, September 14 at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Mohammad Nawaz was promoted up in the batting order to No.6 after Pakistan were reduced to 108/4 in the 24th over. The team management expected the all-rounder to showcase his batting prowess and build a good partnership with Mohammad Rizwan but it didn’t happen as they were able to stitch together just 22 runs in 22 balls.

Nawaz was cleaned up by star spinner Theekshana in the 28th over. Only the fourth ball of the over, Theekshana an off-break delivery to Nawaz, and the all-rounder moved towards the leg-side and exposed his stumps. The ball went past his outside edge and knocked over the stumps.

The Pakistan all-rounder was back in the dugout after contributing just 12 runs off 12 balls, with two fours.

Here’s The Video Of Maheesh Theekshana Dismissing Nawaz:

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Pakistan, Sri Lanka Make Major Changes To Playing XI For Virtual Semi-final

Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first in the match. The Men In Green had announced their playing XI a day before the game and made five changes, with out-of-form Fakhar Zaman being replaced by Mohammad Haris and Faheem Ashraf being replaced by Mohammad Nawaz.

The rest of the three changes were forced with batter Saud Shakeel replacing Salman Ali Agha and pacers Mohammad Wasim and Zaman Khan replacing Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf.

At the toss, Babar Azam informed that they have made two more forced changes to their playing XI as Imam-ul-Haq, who suffered a back spasm, and Saud Shakeel, who has a fever, have been replaced by Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, made two changes as Kusal Perera and Pramod Madushan replaced Dimuth Karunaratne and Kasun Rajitha.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Fakhar Zaman, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Mohammad Haris, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Zaman Khan

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana