Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka

Afghanistan have played 3 matches and have accumulated 2 points, with two of their matches getting washed out. Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have just won 1 match and ...

Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have just won 1 match and lost 2 and are level on points with Afghanistan. Afghanistan have played 3 matches and have accumulated 2 points, with two of their matches getting washed out. Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup 2022 Live Commentary and Cricket Score: The bottom two team of Group 1 will lock horns on Tuesday as they vie to survive the proverbial group of death.

They once again depended on their lead spinner Rashid Khan to help them out but his two wickets were not enough to win Afghanistan this game. After Mendis' ...

The ball straightens a fraction after pitching and Nissanka looks to play for the angle but he is beaten on the outside edge and bowled! An extra run there and Sri Lanka 8/0 in 1 First, Mendis gets the pull and smashes it cleanly over midwicket and pulls again, though not quite cleanly as the last but enough to clear the infield and touch the ropes. Just four runs from this over and Sri Lanka are 63/2, halfway down the game. A big one for Sri Lanka as they bag 16 runs in this one. A little close to the leg stump but de Silva banks perfectly on tossed up googly by Rashid Khan and sends it over the on side with a thick inside edge. Farooqi’s with the ball, just a single boundary from this over and SL 129/3 in 17 Rahman bowls a quicker and on a length just outside off, Rajapaksa makes a fine contact off the middle of the bat but Gurbaz completes the catch running to his left SL 142/2 in 18 Azmat comes in with ball but same treatment to him from the Sri Lankan batters. 10 from the over and SL 99-2 in 13 They have a chance to dent Australia’s hope and pick up a consolation win in their last fixture. Dhananjaya de Silva has guided Sri Lanka to a comprehensive victory over their Asian counterparts, Afghanistan!

Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga (3/13) led Sri Lanka's disciplined bowling as the Asia champions restricted Afghanistan to a modest 144-8 in the Group 1 contest ...

Dhananjaya de Silva then scored an unbeaten 66 off just 42 balls to seal the six-wicket victory. Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga (3/13) led Sri Lanka's disciplined bowling as the Asia champions restricted Afghanistan to a modest 144-8 in the Group 1 contest at Gabba. IST3 Min(s) Read

Sri Lanka 148 for 4 (Dhananjaya de Silva 66*, Mujeeb 2-24) beat Afghanistan 144 for 8 (Hasaranga 3-13) by six wickets.

One of the boundaries he conceded to de Silva was also the result of an inside edge. He was on 28 off 23 at the end of the powerplay, and Afghanistan had a platform, having made 42 for no loss. And Afghanistan did not have a partnership that touched 30 for the rest of the innings. In this game, Hasaranga bowled the seventh, 11th, 14th, and final over of the innings, took three wickets, and did not concede a single boundary. De Silva was two off seven at the end of the powerplay, then 12 off 15 later. He took special pleasure in bowling his opposite number - Rashid - with a googly in the 20th over, which brought Sri Lanka two wickets and cost only three runs.

Dhananjaya de Silva starred in the Sri Lanka win, scoring a match-winning 66 off 42 balls. Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka says this about Dhananjaya, ""It was a ...

Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are both at the bottom of the Super 12 Group 1 table with 2 points each. Here are the Playing XI of Afghanistan and Sri Lanka... Usman Ghani is yet to face a delivery. Mendis moves along to 24 and Dhananjaya de Silva is batting on 7 after smashing his first four in that over. Usman Ghani is batting on 14. Dhananjaya de Silva brings up his fifty with a three off Mujeeb ur Rahman as Sri Lanka close in on win. Sri Lanka need only 1 runs to win. Rashid Khan picks up his second wicket as Charith Asalanka is dismissed for 19. Dhananjaya de Silva is batting on 41 off 30 balls. The equation is pretty simple for Afghanistan and Sri Lanka at the moment. He showed in T20s it is not about taking the bowlers on and he timed it well. Moreover, with rain threat looming large, there's a chance of both teams getting eliminated from contention if the match is a washout.