Colombo: The two arch rivals Pakistan’s Sir Syed University and India’s Rizvia University have qualified for the Red Bull Campus Cricket Asia Final, to be played here at CCC grounds today (Saturday, 28th April)
Despite losing to Rizvia University in the last group match, Sir Syed still managed to qualify for the final on the basis of better run rate than the host team in the points table, Indian University team remained unbeaten in the tournament winning all their three matches convincingly.
India scored 181 runs with help of Kevin Almeda (56) and Kevin Pawad’s 36. Saad Maqsood (19/3) Ihran Khan (39/2) helped Pakistan with the ball to bundle out India on 181. In reply Pakistan could only manage to score 170 for 9 with Waqas Mehboob scoring 57, Ihran Khan 40 and Mohammad Ali Sabri 35 and India marked their 3rd comprehensive win by 11 runs.
Sri Lanka lost 3 Matches and only managed to win one match against Pakistan by 5 wickets and 3 balls to spare while Pakistan won a single match against Sri Lanka 2-1 in bowl-out method and go through the finals.