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
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Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by four wickets in the opening match of the Super Four stage of Asia Cup 2022. Photo: @ACBofficials
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. 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.
SL vs AFG Player of the Match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
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.
SL vs AFG Player of the Match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
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.
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Toss
The toss between the Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka and his Afghani counterpart Mohammad Nabi was won by the former who decided to bowl first at Sharjah
Sri Lanka Playing 11
Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Charith Asalanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka
Afghanistan Playing 11
Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Samiullah Shinwari, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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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
Topics : Asia Cup Asia Cup Twenty20 Sri Lanka cricket team Afghanistan cricket team Rashid Khan Kusal Mendis
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First Published: Sep 03 2022 | 7:02 PM IST