Sri Lanka turns the tables, beat Afghanistan in a cracking opening Super-4 match
Sri Lanka turns the tables and beat Afghanistan in a cracking opening Super Four match of the Twenty20 international of the Asia Cup on Saturday.
Before this match, Afghanistan had never lost a T20I after posting 170 or more batting first, but Sri Lanka brings an end to their winning streak, the highest successful chase in a T20I at Sharjah too.
Afghanistan after being put into bat first, set a target of 175-6.
Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashed 84 to put on a key second-wicket stand of 93 with Ibrahim Zadran, who made 40.
While chasing a stiff target of 176 put by the in-form Afghan team, the Sri Lanka openers were off to a flyer as they gave them a start of 62 runs.
Sri Lankan top order where their big names, led their team from the front remarkably well.
But it was Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Danushka Gunathilaka who guided their team in the middle over with the former launching himself over the Afghanistan bowlers.
Both put up a 32-run stand and staged a rescue act after Sri Lanka was left tottering at 119/4 after the fall of skipper Dasun Shanaka.
Score Board:
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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| Hazratullah Zazai | b Madushanka | 13 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 81.25 | ||
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz † | c de Silva b Fernando | 84 | 45 | 82 | 4 | 6 | 186.66 | ||
| Ibrahim Zadran | c Fernando b Madushanka | 40 | 38 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 105.26 | ||
| Najibullah Zadran | run out (de Silva/†Mendis) | 17 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 170.00 | ||
| Mohammad Nabi (c) | c & b Theekshana | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Rashid Khan | run out (Nissanka/†Mendis) | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 128.57 | ||
| Karim Janat | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 1, w 9) | 11 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 20 Overs (RR: 8.75) | 175/6 |
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Did not bat: Samiullah Shinwari, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Hazratullah Zazai, 4.5 ov), 2-139 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 15.3 ov), 3-151 (Ibrahim Zadran, 17.2 ov), 4-166 (Mohammad Nabi, 18.4 ov), 5-166 (Najibullah Zadran, 18.5 ov), 6-175 (Rashid Khan, 19.6 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
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| Maheesh Theekshana | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Asitha Fernando | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dilshan Madushanka | 4 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 9.25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chamika Karunaratne | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 14.50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dasun Shanaka | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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| Pathum Nissanka | c †Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 35 | 28 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 125.00 | ||
| Kusal Mendis † | c Ibrahim Zadran b Naveen-ul-Haq | 36 | 19 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 189.47 | ||
| Charith Asalanka | b Mohammad Nabi | 8 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | ||
| Danushka Gunathilaka | b Rashid Khan | 33 | 20 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 165.00 | ||
| Dasun Shanaka (c) | c Najibullah Zadran b Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 10 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 111.11 | ||
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | b Naveen-ul-Haq | 31 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 221.42 | ||
| Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva | not out | 16 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 177.77 | ||
| Chamika Karunaratne | not out | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 250.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3) | 5 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 19.1 Ov (RR: 9.33) | 179/6 |
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Did not bat: Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka
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Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Kusal Mendis, 6.3 ov), 2-80 (Pathum Nissanka, 8.6 ov), 3-94 (Charith Asalanka, 11.3 ov), 4-119 (Dasun Shanaka, 14.1 ov), 5-151 (Danushka Gunathilaka, 16.4 ov), 6-174 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 18.3 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
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| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 3.1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 10.73 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 7.50 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10.00 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 9.75 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 4 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
