Sri lanka post 242 runs target for Afganistan , An excellent effort from Afghanistan as they restrict Sri Lanka to 241 on a wicket which has no demons on it.
An excellent effort from Afghanistan as they restrict Sri Lanka to 241 on a wicket which has no demons on it. They wanted to bowl and Sri Lanka wanted to bat first, so both teams got what they wanted at the toss. Nissanka and Kusal Mendis steadied the innings with a 62-run stand, but they never tried to dominate the bowlers. Shahidi used his spinners during the middle stages and did keep a tab on the run-rate. The pressure built worked a charm as both batters were dismissed by the impressive Mujeeb.
It also precipitated a collapse as Sri Lanka slipped from 134 for 2 to 185 for 7. Mathews hung around and found a willing partner in Theekshana to help Sri Lanka get past 240.
Both Srilankan opener gave a nice start where Nissanka made 46 runs out of 60 balls after this nice start Karunaratne got out by FazalHaq Farooqi then Sri Lankan middle order batsman control the innings where both Kushal mendis and samarawickrama made 39 runs each and then suddenly Sri Lankan lower middle order collapsed and they were only able to make 241 and got all out by Afghanistan’s bowlers
FazalHaq Farooqi was the stand out performer for the afghans who took 4 wickets for 34 runs along with support of mujeeb ur rahman who took 2 wickets and 1 wicket each for omarzai and Rashid khan
Now Afghanistan batsman need nice and steady start to chase down this total in 50 overs to make their chances of semis more strong
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