After losing 3 wickets, Afghanistan won in 45.2 overs.The team scored 3 solid half-centuries.Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi played an unbeaten 58 runs and Azmatullah Omarzai 73 runs.Rahmat Shah scored 62 runs in a stormy inning.
The match saw Rahmat Shah and captain Shahidi score two consecutive 50s.They scored 58 runs for the third wicket to help the team.After Rahmat left, Shahidi and Umarzai scored an unbeaten 111 runs to win.For Sri Lanka, Dilshan Madushanka took 2 wickets and Kasun Rajitha 1.
Afghanistan’s innings highlights: (242/3 (45.2 overs)
First wicket: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (0) Wicket- Dilshan Madushanka, 0/1
Second wicket: Ibrahim Zadran (39) Wicket- Dilshan Madushanka, 73/2
Third wicket: Rahmat Shah (62) Wicket- Kasun Rajitha, 131/3
Sri Lanka made a respectable score with the innings of Pathum-Mendis.
The Sri Lankan team started poorly after losing the toss and batting first, losing Dimuth Karunaratne for 22 runs.After this, Pathum Nissanka and captain Kusal Mendis scored 62 runs.Mendis and Sadira Samarawickrama added 50 runs for the third wicket.Pathum Nissanka scored 46 runs in 60 balls, including five fours.
Kusal Mendis scored 39 (50 balls, three fours) and Samarawickrama 36.Sri Lanka reached 139 runs for three wickets, but they lost wickets frequently after that.In the lower order, Angelo Mathews and Mahish Tikshina helped Sri Lanka reach 241 runs.
Tikshna scored 29 runs with three fours and a six.Mathews scored 23 runs with one four and one six.Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqui took four wickets maximum.Mujeeb ur Rehman took two wickets, Rashid Khan and Azmatullah Omarzai each took one.
Sri Lanka’s innings highlights: (241/10, 49.3 overs)
First wicket: Dimuth Karunaratne (15) out Fazalhaq Farooqui, 22/1
Second wicket: Pathum Nissanka (46) out Azmatullah Umarzai, 84/2
Third wicket: Kusal Mendis (39) out Mujeeb ur Rahman, 134/3
Fourth wicket: Sadira Samarawickrama (36) out Mujeeb ur Rahman, 139/4
Fifth wicket: Dhananjay de Silva (14) out Rashid Khan, 167/5
Sixth wicket: Charith Asalanka (22) out Fazalhaq Farooqui, 180/6
Seventh wicket: Dushmantha Chameera (1) run out Ibrahim Zadran, 185/7
Eighth wicket: Mahish Tikshina (29) out Fazalhaq Farooqui, 230/8
Ninth wicket: Angelo Mathews (23) out Fazalhaq Farooqui, 239/9
Tenth wicket: Kasun Rajitha (5) run out Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 241 /10
Sri Lanka has lost three out of five matches
This World Cup, the 1996 champion Sri Lankan team has lost three of its first five matches.Afghanistan team is similarly situated.Afghanistan has defeated England and Pakistan, boosting its morale.
Afghanistan’s playing-11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Azmatullah Umarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Naveen Ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui.
Sri Lanka’s playing-11: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (captain/wicketkeeper), Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjay de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Mahish Tikshina, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka.
