Asia Cup 2022 SL vs AFG Highlights: Sri Lanka avenge loss vs Afghanistan

Asia Cup 2022 Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Highlights: Sri Lanka avenged their Asia Cup opening match loss against Afghanistan by winning the opening match of the Super Four against the same opponent

11:35 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: That would be it, Sri Lanka win the Super Four opener

11:34 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Rahmanullah Gurbaz named Player of the Match

 

It was only fair that even after finishing on the losing side, Rahmanullah Gurbaz was awarded the Player of the Match prize. He scored a brilliant 84 off just 45 balls. He hit four fours and six sixes and took a brilliant catch as well.

 

11:28 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Match Summary

 

Sri Lanka avenged their Asia Cup opening match loss against Afghanistan by winning the opening match of the Super Four against the same opponent. The Lankans chased down a record 176 with five balls to spare. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhanushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka all scored in the 30s. 

 

Earlier in the evening, after winning the toss and deciding to field first, Sri Lanka dropped Rahmanullah Gurbaz very early in the match. He made them pay big time with his brilliant 84. However, the Lankan bowlers made a great comeback in the last five overs and gave away only 37 runs and took five wickets to restrict Afghanistan to 175-6 in their 20 overs.  

 

11:25 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: The Lankans broke some records too

11:24 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka won it easy at the end

11:18 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lankan victory it is

 

Sri Lanka avenged their Asia Cup opening match loss against Afghanistan by winning the opening match of the Super Four against the same opponent. The Lankans chased down a record 176 with five balls to spare. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhanushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka all scored in the 30s. 

 

11:12 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka avenge the loss, win it by four wickets

 

Farooqi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Full and smashed past mid-off for a four by Karunaratne and that would be the end of the game as Sri Lanka win by four wickets with five balls to sapre

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 179-6 after 19.1 overs

 

11:10 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Scores tied

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Full and smashed past the deep cover for a four. Only one more four required

 

Ball 2 Worked away and the batters run two 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Anti-Climatic this is. Two runs are required to win and Rajapaksa plays this across the line and gets done in by the slowness of the ball. He goes for 31 and Sri Lanka still need two off nine balls 

 

Ball 4 Karunaratne runs hard and completes a single. Scores are tied 

 

Ball 5 Dot ball. Will it finish in this over or go into the next over?

 

Ball 6 It is going into the last over then. Once again Sri Lanka are unable to hit the winning runs

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 175-6 after 19 overs

 

11:07 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Rajapaksa gone, Sri Lanka still need two runs

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Full and smashed past the deep cover for a four. Only one more four required

 

Ball 2 Worked away and the batters run two 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Anti-Climatic this is. Two runs required to win and Rajapaksa plays this across the line and gets done in by the slowness of the ball. He goes for 31 and Sri Lanka still need two off nine balls 

 

11:03 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka need 8 off 12 balls

 

Farooqi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single taken off the first ball 

 

Ball 2 Worked away to short third-man for a single 

 

Ball 3 Four!! Hasaranga says I will do it myself as he cuts this for a four past deep backward point 

 

Ball 4 Good slower ball from Farooqi and it is a dot ball 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Edge and past the short third-man for a four

 

Ball 6 Two off the last ball would mean 12 runs from the over

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 168-5 after 18 overs

 

10:58 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka need 20 off 18

 

Rashid is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! First ball and Dhanushka Gunathilaka has reverse swept this one for a four 

 

Ball 2 Single taken and that would bring the 150 up for Sri Lanka 

 

Ball 3 Short ball. Pulled away for a single 

 

Ball 4 Wicket!! This is a lapse of concentration as all that was needed was a single off the next ball. But Gunathialk went for glory and he has to perish now 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Now that is worth the risk from Hasaranga as he cuts this off the stumps for a four

 

Ball 6 Worked away well for a single by Hasaranga as Sri Lanka need 20 off the last 18 balls

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 156-5 after 17 overs

 

10:55 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Gunathilaka perishes

 

Rashid is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! First ball and Dhanushka Gunathilaka has reverse swept this one for a four 

 

Ball 2 Single taken and that would bring the 150 up for Sri Lanka 

 

Ball 3 Short ball. Pulled away for a single 

 

Ball 4 Wicket!! This is a lapse of concentration as all that was needed was a single off the next ball. But Gunathialk went for glory and he has to perish now 

 

10:51 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Rajapaksa dropped

 

Naven is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Rajapaksa starts this with a brilliant cut shot for a four

 

Ball 2 Four!! Driven through the covers now and it is a four once again 

 

Ball 3 Six!! Where has Rajapaksa been is the question? This guy has just killed the game in three balls. 

 

Ball 4 Hit to deep extra cover and only a single this time 

 

Ball 5 Worked away fine for a single by Gunathilaka

 

Ball 6 Dropped!! Has he dropped the game here? Rajapaksa hit that well, so well that it went straight to deep covers where Shinwari dropped the catch 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 145-4 after 16 overs

 

10:44 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka need 49 off the last five

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! That is a mighty good catch from Najibullah Zadran as Dasun Shanaka hit that ball really well but just couldn’t get the elevation and Mujeeb has his second wicket. 

 

Najib first took the catch and made sure that he was not touching the ropes on landing and then did incredibly well to let the ball go, ender the boundary ropes, release the ball before that and come back in the ground and catch that ball 

 

Ball 2 Single taken 

 

Ball 3 Wide down leg

 

Ball 3 Full ball and single taken 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Driven through the covers for screaming four 

 

Ball 6 Worked away for a single and now Sri Lanka will need 49 off the last five overs with four wickets in hand 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 127-4 after 15 overs

 

10:42 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Mujeeb gets Shanaka

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! That is a mighty good catch from Najibullah Zadran as Dasun Shanaka hit that ball really well but just couldn’t get the elevation and Mujeeb has his second wicket. 

 

Najib first took the catch and made sure that he was not touching the ropes on landing and then did incredibly well to let the ball go, ender the boundary ropes, release the ball before that and come back in the ground and catch that ball 

 

10:36 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Nabi taken to cleaners

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single taken off the first ball

 

Ball 2 Single taken to deep extra cover 

 

Ball 3 Wanted two off this shot, but Shanaka will have to contain with one

 

Ball 4 Six!! Gunathilka is playing a blinder here as he has pulled this one for a huge six 

 

Ball 5 Single taken. Smart cricket 

 

Ball 6 And single off the last ball would end Nabi’s spell 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 119-3 after 14 overs

 

10:32 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Shanaka survives

 

Rashid is into the attack

 

Ball 1 The ploy of Shanaka promoting himself might have just failed. But a review by the captain himself has saved him. The impact was outside off and the umpire had given it out

 

Ball 2 Four!! Swept away by Shanaka and it is like salt on the wound as it goes for a four

 

Ball 3 Single taken 

 

Ball 4 Single taken as Gunathilaka is going for every ball 

 

Ball 5 Single taken 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball will end the over

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 108-3 after 13 overs

 

10:28 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Eventful over ends

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Six!! Gunathilaka hits through the line 

 

Ball 2 Single taken by Gunathilaka 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Asalanka has just chopped it on his stumps. This is poor batting from the Sri Lankan as he could have easily taken a single there 

 

Ball 4 Trickey single from Dasun Shanaka will get him off the mark

 

Ball 5 Driven through the covers for two runs 

 

Ball 6 Four!! Karim Janat has a habit of dropping catches and he has dropped another one here and it is of Gunathilaka who had top-edged an off spinner. 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 101-3 after 12 overs

 

10:25 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Nabi gets Asalanka

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Six!! Gunathilaka hits through the line 

 

Ball 2 Single taken by Gunathilaka 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Asalanka has just chopped it on his stumps. This is poor batting from the Sri Lankan as he could have easily taken a single there 

 

10:23 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka Live Score 87-2 after 11 overs

10:17 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Nabi bowls the most economical over of the innings

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single taken off Nabi’s first ball 

 

Ball 2 Dot ball. Nabi is bowling in an ideal situation with two left-handers stacked up against him

 

Ball 3 Single taken 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball once again 

 

Ball 5 And again. Nabi is just accumulating the dot balls 

 

Ball 6 And that’s it. It would be just two runs from the over. This is now the most economical over in the innings so far

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 82-2 after 10 overs

 

10:13 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Mujeeb removes Nissanka

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single off the first ball of Mujeeb’s over

 

Ball 2 Six!! Nissanka has hit this out of the ground. Full outside off and Nissanka goes down on one knee and hits it out of the ground almost

 

Ball 3 Great cricket. Single just after hitting a six

 

Ball 4 Single taken as Asalanka gets Nissanka back on strike

 

Ball 5 Guided to short third-man for no runs

 

Ball 6 Wicket!! Mujeeb had been wicketless so far, but on a wayward ball, which was there to be cut, Nissanka just edged it and Gurbaz behind the stumps could do nothing wrong tonight 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 80-2 after 09 overs

 

10:08 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Tight over from Nabi

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single to deep backward square leg 

 

Ball 2 Two runs taken. That was great running from Sri Lanka 

 

Ball 3 Single taken to deep fine leg 

 

Ball 4 Another single taken 

 

Ball 5 Only a single this time to Mujeeb

 

Ball 6 And a single off the last ball would mean seven from the over 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 71-1 after 08 overs

 

10:04 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Naveen strikes

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single off the first ball 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Inside out to the fats bowler and it goes for a four to deep extra cover 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! This is the commentator’s curse as Naveen bowls a short ball and Mendis hit that straight top deep mid-wicket fielder 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball as Asalanka just feels the ball and doesn’t run

 

Ball 5 Wide signalled by the umpire

 

Ball 5 Single taken 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball as the batter was lucky to get an inside edge on it

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 64-1 after 07 overs

 

10:00 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Kusal Mendis gone

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single off the first ball 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Inside out to the fats bowler and it goes for a four to deep extra cover 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! This is the commentator’s curse as Naveen bowls a short ball and Mendis hit that straight top deep mid-wicket fielder 

 

9:58 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Rashid taken to the cleaners

 

Rashid is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Very good running from Lankan openers as they run two of the first ball of Rashid’s over

 

Ball 2 Single taken 

 

Ball 3 That would be single once again 

 

Ball 4 And another single 

 

Ball 5 Six!! Lying low and Kusal Mendis pulls this one for a six

 

Ball 6 Six!! That is the best possible start for the Sri Lankan team as they get 57 from the first six overs 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 57-0 after 06 overs

 

9:52 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Nine from the over

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Played wide of short fine leg for a single 

 

Ball 2 Played well in the gap, but it has been fielded well to reduce the shot to just two runs 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball 

 

Ball 4 Four!! Full and on the pads and hit past the short fine leg for a four

 

Ball 5 Single taken as it goes past point

 

Ball 6 And a single will end the over

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 40-0 after 05 overs

 

9:47 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Kusal hits a six

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball 

 

Ball 2 Six!! Kusal Mendis bends down and swings it over deep backward square leg for the first six of the innings 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball again

 

Ball 4 Cut from a very close range and Kusal gets a single 

 

Ball 5 Dot ball 

 

Ball 6 Single of the last ball

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 31-0 after 04 overs

 

9:44 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Good over for Sri Lanka once again

 

Farooqi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Pulled away to deep backward square leg for a single 

 

Ball 2 Half volley, driven well, but played straight to the fielder. It would be a dot ball

 

Ball 3 Dot again 

 

Ball 4 That would be three dots in a row

 

Ball 5 Four!! Edged over the keeper for a four

 

Ball 6 Four!! This one has been pulled away brilliantly for a four

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 23-0 after 03 overs

 

9:40 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Mujeeb at his best

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 In the air…. But away from the fielder and that would be s ingle 

 

Ball 2 Single to deep square leg 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball 

 

Ball 4 That might be run out as the batter looked like not making the ground. But he has

 

Ball 5 Dot ball 

 

Ball 6 Worked away on the on-side for two runs 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 14-0 after 02 overs