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Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka স্কোরকার্ড, Super Four Match 1, Asia Cup 2022
Result · Sep 03 2022, Sat - 07:30 PM (IST)
AFGHANISTAN175/6
SRI LANKA179/6
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
CRR:9.34
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Match Info
| সিরিজ : | Asia Cup |
| তারিখ: | Sep 03 2022, Sat - 07:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| City: | Sharjah |
| ভেন্যু: | Sharjah Cricket Stadium |
| টস: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Charith Asalanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka |
| Afghanistan Playing XI: | Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Samiullah Shinwari, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi |
- This will be the third men’s T20I fixture between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, with the Afghans triumphing by eight wickets in the previous encounter played between the two sides a week ago.
- Sri Lanka snapped a six-game losing streak in the Asia Cup (including ODIs) by beating Bangladesh by two wickets in their most recent game; the Lions have now won two of their last three men’s T20Is, with the only loss during this run coming against the Afghans in this tournament’s opener (by eight wickets).
- Afghanistan have won 11 of their 14 men’s T20I games played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, no other team has registered more wins in the format at this venue than the Afghans.
- Afghanistan have lost four of their 12 men’s T20I fixtures played since the start of 2022 (W8), they have never lost five or more such games in a single calendar year.
- Sri Lanka have a catch success rate of 100% in the 2022 edition of the Asia Cup after having caught each of their four chances presented to them, they're the only team yet to drop a catch in the main leg of the competition so far.
- By winning their previous game against Bangladesh by two wickets, Sri Lanka registered their 13th victory in men’s T20I format under Dasun Shanaka; if the Lions register a win in this game, he will become the most successful skipper in men’s T20Is for the island nation.
- Afghanistan have struck a boundary once every 5.5 balls in the current edition of the Asia Cup, in fact they are the only team to have maintained such a rate below six, the best of all teams in the competition.
- Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) has registered a bowling dot ball rate of 56.5% in the 2022 edition of the Asia Cup; only Bhuvneshwar Kumar has a better such rate than the Afghan pacer in this competition.
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) has scored 78% of his runs from boundaries in the 2022 edition of the Asia Cup, the most for a batter in this tournament (min. 20 balls).
- Both Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan) have scalped two wickets apiece of openers in the ongoing edition of the Asia Cup, the most among all bowlers in the competition.
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