Sri Lanka have lost two Super Four games out of two in the 2025 Asia Cup, but they can still qualify for the final.
Updated Asia Cup 2025 Super Fours points table with net run rate after Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka have lost both their first two games at the Super Fours of the 2025 Asia Cup, to Bangladesh and Pakistan, while India beat Pakistan in the other game. Here is how the points table stands.
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Points | NRR |
| India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.689 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.226 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.121 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.590 |
Matches left in the 2025 Asia Cup Super Fours
September 24, Dubai: India v Bangladesh
September 25, Dubai: Pakistan v Bangladesh
September 27, Dubai: India v Sri Lanka
Minimum requirement for Sri Lanka’s qualification
As is evident, the most Sri Lanka can secure is two points – something three other teams already have. Thus, for Sri Lanka to qualify, two necessary conditions need to be satisfied. One, Sri Lanka have to beat India. And two, at most one other team can score more than two points.
Can this actually happen? If Sri Lanka win their last game (against India), they will reach two points – but that will mean all four teams will be on two points based on four games.
The other two games are Bangladesh’s matches, against India and Pakistan. As we mentioned in above, for Sri Lanka to qualify, only one team can finish on more than two. Since Bangladesh are playing both games, they are the only ones Sri Lanka can “afford to” let score from those games.
Let us, thus, fine-tune the necessary conditions. For Sri Lanka to qualify, Bangladesh have to win both their games and Sri Lanka have to beat India. That will result in Bangladesh finishing on six points and the other three teams on two apiece.
Of course, now Sri Lanka have to overtake both India and Pakistan in net run rate.
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