Sri Lanka is the current champion of the 2022 Asia Cup. Sri Lanka won the championship after defeating Pakistan. Having previously defeated Pakistan in the Asia Cup finals twice, in 1986 and 2014, Sri Lanka is now considered to be the tournament’s sixth-time champion.
Sri Lanka scored 170 runs in 20 overs by losing 6 wickets. The Sri Lankan team bowled out all the Pakistan team on 147 runs in 20 overs. Hence Sri Lanka won the final Asia cup match by 23 runs.
The all-rounders Sri Lankan players Wanindu Hasaranga & Chamika Karunaratne got the three and two wickets in this match.
It’s finally ours! 👊👊🇱🇰
An epic performance from our sensational Lions! Men’s #AsiaCup champions! 🏆#RoaringForGlory #SLvPAK pic.twitter.com/w3CeoP5NuJ
— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) September 11, 2022
Asia Cup 2022 Award Winners List
Best Bowling Figures
| No. | Players | Team | Against | Wickets |
| 1 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | Afghanistan | 5/4 |
| 2 | Shadab Khan | Pakistan | Hong Kong | 4/8 |
| 3 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | Pakistan | 4/26 |
Most Wicket Takers
| No. | Players | Team | Wickets |
| 1 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | India | 11 |
| 2 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 9 |
| 3 | Shadab Khan | Pakistan | 8 |
Best performers in Asia Cup
Most Runs
| No. | Players | Team | Runs |
| 1 | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 281 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | India | 276 |
| 3 | Ibrahim Zadran | Afghanistan | 196 |
Highest Scores
| No. | Players | Team | Runs | Against |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | India | 122* | Afghanistan |
| 2 | R Gurbaz | Afghanistan | 84 | Hong Kong |
| 3 | Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 78* | Pakistan |
Player of the Series
Wanindu Hasaranga is the game changer for the Sri Lanka team. He took nine wickets in 20 matches and made 66 runs. Wanindu Hasaranga received a reward cheque of $15,000 for becoming the Tournament’s Player.
Runners-up Prize Money
Pakistan is the runner-up in this tournament, hence he won the 75000$ prize money. Pakistan team played 6 matches and won 3 games in Asia Cup.
Asia Cup Winner Prize Money
No one imagined that Sri Lanka would win the tournament; hence they proved their skills and won the Asia Cup. The winning received a cheque of 150000$ as prize money.
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