[FINALS | POST-MATCH PRESENTATION]
It has ended so quickly on day 5. Akila Dananjaya set the tone with a wicket, dismissing Pandya and when he picked Jadeja, Sri Lanka were more than halfway there. Still the dangerous Ajinkya Rahane stood unbeaten, till the end, with no support on the other side. Had there been enough support, India could have won this easily. India came with high hopes when the day began with just 77 runs to win but Sri Lanka were top draw with the ball and thoroughly deserved to win. But one can't forget the amazing start India had in this tournament and lost their vision midway. Sri Lanka had the opposite journey and deserve their win. Hang around for the interviews and the post-match presentations.Till then let us check some tournament-end stats.
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TOURNAMENT-END STATS : BATTING
MOST RUNS
S
|
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Runs
|
|
1
|
Dimuth Karunaratne
|

Sri Lanka
|
558
|
|
2
|
Tamim Iqbal
|

Bangladesh
|
543
|
|
3
|
Mominul Haque
|

Bangladesh
|
520
|
|
4
|
Imrul Kayes
|

Bangladesh
|
505
|
|
5
|
KL Rahul
|

India
|
477
|
|
6
|
Dinesh Chandimal
|

Sri Lanka
|
445
|
|
7
|
Niroshan Dickwella
|

Sri Lanka
|
433
|
|
8
|
Asad Shafiq
|

Pakistan
|
424
|
|
9
|
Azhar Ali
|

Pakistan
|
420
|
|
10
|
Liton Das
|

Bangladesh
|
411
|
|
MOST CENTURIES
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Centuries
|
1
|
Tamim Iqbal
|

Bangladesh
|
2
|
2
|
Mominul Haque
|

Bangladesh
|
2
|
3
|
Asad Shafiq
|

Pakistan
|
2
|
4
|
KL Rahul
|

India
|
1
|
5
|
Cheteshwar Pujara
|

India
|
1
|
|
MOST HALF-CENTURIES
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Half-Centuries
|
1
|
Imrul Kayes
|

Bangladesh
|
5
|
2
|
Rishabh Pant
|

India
|
5
|
3
|
Dimuth Karunaratne
|

Sri Lanka
|
4
|
4
|
Azhar Ali
|

Pakistan
|
4
|
5
|
Niroshan Dickwella
|

Sri Lanka
|
3
|
|
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Score
|
1
|
Tamim Iqbal
|

Bangladesh
|
179
|
2
|
Cheteshwar Pujara
|

India
|
152
|
3
|
Mominul Haque
|

Bangladesh
|
133
|
4
|
Asad Shafiq
|

Pakistan
|
111
|
5
|
Roshen Silva
|

Sri Lanka
|
110
|
|
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TOURNAMENT-END STATS : BOWLING
MOST WICKETS
S
|
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Wickets
|
|
1
|
Ravichandran Ashwin
|

India
|
33
|
|
2
|
Rangana Herath
|

Sri Lanka
|
33
|
|
3
|
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
|

India
|
29
|
|
4
|
Mohammed Shami
|

India
|
25
|
|
5
|
Mohammad Abbas
|

Pakistan
|
23
|
|
6
|
Kasun Rajitha
|

Sri Lanka
|
23
|
|
7
|
Suranga Lakmal
|

Sri Lanka
|
21
|
|
8
|
Akila Dananjaya
|

Sri Lanka
|
20
|
|
9
|
Mohammad Amir
|

Pakistan
|
19
|
|
10
|
Yasir Shah
|

Pakistan
|
18
|
|
MOST 5-WICKET HAULS
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Hauls
|
1
|
Ravichandran Ashwin
|

India
|
2
|
2
|
Rangana Herath
|

Sri Lanka
|
2
|
3
|
Mohammed Shami
|

India
|
2
|
4
|
Mehedi Hasan
|

Bangladesh
|
1
|
5
|
Shadab Khan
|

Pakistan
|
1
|
|
MOST 4-WICKET HAULS
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Hauls
|
1
|
Akila Dananjaya
|

Sri Lanka
|
2
|
2
|
Kasun Rajitha
|

Sri Lanka
|
2
|
3
|
Ravichandran Ashwin
|

India
|
2
|
4
|
Ravindra Jadeja
|

India
|
1
|
5
|
Ishant Sharma
|

India
|
1
|
|
BEST BOWLING FIGURES
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Figures
|
1
|
Shadab Khan
|

Pakistan
|
5/25
|
2
|
Ravichandran Ashwin
|

India
|
5/34
|
3
|
Rangana Herath
|

Sri Lanka
|
5/41
|
4
|
Mohammad Abbas
|

Pakistan
|
5/48
|
5
|
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
|

India
|
5/52
|
|
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TOURNAMENT-END STATS : MISC
MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Batting Points
|
Bowling Points
|
Fielding Points
|
Total Points
|
1
|
Ravichandran Ashwin
|

India
|
334
|
695
|
10
|
1039
|
2
|
Rangana Herath
|

Sri Lanka
|
182
|
625
|
10
|
817
|
3
|
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
|

India
|
182
|
492
|
15
|
689
|
4
|
Dimuth Karunaratne
|

Sri Lanka
|
598
|
0
|
65
|
663
|
5
|
Tamim Iqbal
|

Bangladesh
|
603
|
0
|
20
|
623
|
6
|
Imrul Kayes
|

Bangladesh
|
555
|
0
|
55
|
610
|
7
|
Mominul Haque
|

Bangladesh
|
580
|
0
|
15
|
595
|
8
|
Shadab Khan
|

Pakistan
|
302
|
266
|
15
|
583
|
9
|
KL Rahul
|

India
|
517
|
0
|
30
|
547
|
10
|
Mohammed Shami
|

India
|
92
|
424
|
15
|
531
|
|
HIGHEST WIN PERCENTAGE
Pos
|
Team
|
Played
|
Won
|
Lost
|
Drawn
|
Win Percentage
|
1
|

Sri Lanka
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
57%
|
2
|

India
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
42%
|
3
|

Pakistan
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
33%
|
4
|

Bangladesh
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
17%
|
|
MOST CATCHES
Pos
|
Player
|
Team
|
Catches
|
1
|
Mushfiqur Rahim
|

Bangladesh
|
13
|
2
|
Rishabh Pant
|

India
|
13
|
3
|
Imrul Kayes
|

Bangladesh
|
11
|
4
|
Dimuth Karunaratne
|

Sri Lanka
|
11
|
5
|
Dinesh Chandimal
|

Sri Lanka
|
11
|
6
|
Angelo Mathews
|

Sri Lanka
|
10
|
7
|
Azhar Ali
|

Pakistan
|
8
|
8
|
Niroshan Dickwella
|

Sri Lanka
|
8
|
9
|
Murali Vijay
|


India
|
6
|
10
|
Upul Tharanga
|

Sri Lanka
|
6
|
|
CHECK THE COMPLETE STATS FOR EACH TEAM HERE
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AWARDS CEREMONY
Player of the Tournament

Ravichandran Ashwin (1039 points)
Top Run Scorer

Dimuth Karunaratne (558 runs)
Most Centuries scored

Tamim Iqbal (2 centuries)
Highest Individual Score

Tamim Iqbal (179)
Top Wicket Taker

Ravichandran Ashwin (33 wickets)
Best Bowling Figures

Shadab Khan (5/25)
@X Factor
Best Fielding

Mushfiqur Rahim (13 catches + 1 stumping)
@Sinister One
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QUICK FACTS
- This is the second Asian Test Championship win for Sri Lanka
- They retained the cup from last season in 2001-2002
- The complete archive is given below
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SEASON
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WINNER
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RUNNERS-UP
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RESULT
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MOST RUNS
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MOST WICKETS
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|1998-1999|| |
Pakistan
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Sri Lanka
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M. Jayawardene (297)
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Wasim Akram (15)
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|2001-2002|| |
Sri Lanka
| |

Pakistan
| |
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Kumar Sangakkara (298)
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Muttiah Muralitharan (18)
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|2018-2019|| |
Sri Lanka
| |

India
| |
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Dimuth Karunaratne (558)
| |

Ravichandran Ashwin (33)
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MEDALS & TROPHY PRESENTATION
Virat Kohli - captain, India:
"We had high hopes. The way we went about yesterday has to be the benchmark for the rest of the year. We showed a lot of character. The way our Ashwin and Bhuvi had stood up and bowled them out for what we did, and then go on with the bat, was excellent. Today was disappointing. We had massive in the tournament. We lost track in between and never recovered. You can say that now (on his decision to bowl first). If you look at the conditions and the way the ball moved around, we were massively in the game. We couldn't take the wickets early. Credit to Lankans, who played really well. The support we have had over the last few days has been outstanding. Our fans who had traveled all around the home and away games and now the finals in UAE we can't thank them enough."
Token watches being handed out to the runners-up side and Virat Kohli the runners-up trophy - runners up medals coming up now.
INDIA ARE THE RUNNERS UP OF 2018-19 ACC ASIAN TEST CHAMPIONSHIP
@Rebel2k18 &
@Asham
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Dinesh Chandimal- captain, Sri Lanka:
Was a little bit nervous last night but we always had the faith in the team. Credit to the boys for showing some character. It is a top class attack. Really proud of their achievements. Shaun was phenomenal. We played some good cricket throughout the tournament and this is the reward of all the hard work especially in the later stage of the tournament. You have to give some credit to India. They had defeated us in so many series before. We thought if the ball got older, the spinners would do the work for us. I would like to thank the crowd, who have come out in huge numbers to support us throughout the tournament and I'm sure they're going back extremely pleased. A terrific Test match!
The winning team receives the special watches as well. Loud cheer for Chandimal as he comes up to the podium to collect the winning team's check and the trophy.
SRI LANKA ARE THE WINNERS OF ICC SIX NATIONS CHALLENGE 2018
Congratulations
@Ashutosh.
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The fireworks light up the sky at the Dubai stadium as
Dinesh Chandimal is presented with the trophy, and the crowd has gone berserk here at Dubai and the circumference of the stadium is filled with Sri Lankan flags. The Indian fans - spare a thought for them. Their wait for the first title win continues but they have not only won hearts, but shown immense composure in pressure situations to get to the final. It's been a pleasure bringing you all the action, Thanks for participating everyone, see you guys next season. Until then good night from UAE!
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