Asia Cup 2014

Sri Lanka have not won a major title for a long while and captain Angelo Mathews said that his side were happy to have broken the "barrier of finals" by defeating Pakistan in the summit clash to lift the Asia Cup.

Shahid Afridi turned it on for the second consecutive game in the Asia Cup, delivering an even more difficult victory this time, against Bangladesh as Pakistan successfully chase down 326 to book a final berth.

The Pakistan camp has been plagued with injuries to some of their star performers

Having been unbeaten so far, Sri Lanka will start as the favourites when they take on Pakistan in the finals on Saturday

Afghanistan v India, 9th Match - Story

On a rampaging run with three wins in as many matches, table-toppers Sri Lanka will look to continue their unbeaten streak when they take on a demoralised Bangladesh in an inconsequential one-dayer of the Asia Cup on Thursday.

India will be looking to sign off their disastrous Asia Cup campaign on a positive note when they take on the spirited Afghanistan team.

Despite the demoralising defeats against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India middle order batsman Ambati Rayudu put his weight behind stand-in-skipper Virat Kohli and his teammates, saying that the captain as well as the team are putting in as much effort as they could.

Bangladesh v Pakistan, 8th Match

Defending champions Pakistan would look to get the better of a demoralised and injury-ridden Bangladesh to try and seal a final berth in the Asia Cup.