Asia Cup 2022 Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan 27 August Match review: In the Asia Cup 2022, yesterday on 27 August, the first match from Group B was played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, in which Afghanistan won by 8 wickets.
In the Asia Cup 2022, yesterday on 27 August, the first match from Group B was played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, in which Afghanistan won the toss and went for the first field.
Sri Lanka came out to bat but their opening partnership and the other batsmen failed to score an excellent run, giving Afghanistan a dazzling first success against Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Batting
The Afghan bowlers did not give the Sri Lankan batsmen a chance to settle on the wicket and their aggressive bowling made the Sri Lankan batsmen one by one.
Sri Lanka’s total runs were all out for 105 and their batting order is as follows
1-3 (Kusal Mendis, 0.5 ov), 2-3 (KIC Asalanka, 0.6 ov), 3-5 (P Nissanka, 1.6 ov), 4-49 (MD Gunathilaka, 7.2 ov), 5-60 (W Hasaranga, 9.2 ov), 6-64 (MD Shanaka, 10.1 ov), 7-69 (PBB Rajapaksa, 12.2 ov), 8-69 (M Theekshana, 12.3 ov), 9-75 (M Pathirana, 14.6 ov), 10-105 (C Karunaratne, 19.4 ov)
Afganistan Batting
The target was very small for the Afghan batsmen Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who came to bat and with their brilliant batting, put the team at half-century in just 5 overs.
Rahmatullah Gurbaz’s bat was running fast, in which Rs 34 runs were made in just 15 balls. Afghanistan’s batting and bowling side were strong in yesterday’s match.
While Afghanistan was Chasing 105, Wanandu Hasaranga got a big and first breakthrough in the form of Rahmanullah Gurbaz, when the Afghan team was very close to the target.
1-83 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 6.1 ov), 2-103 (Ibrahim Zadran, 9.2 ov)
Player of the Match:- Fazlhaq Farooqui was adjudged Player of the Match for his top-order bowling, Farooqui sent back the top two batsmen in the very first over from his lotus bowling. Farooqui threw 3 overs and 4 bowls and took 3 wickets for just 11 runs.
India vs Pakistan Big Match today on 28th August.
The second match of the Asia Cup 2022 will be played in Dubai on 28 August at 7:30 PM with India vs Pakistan match from Group A. Earlier the entire match of the Asia Cup was to be played in Sri Lanka but later the venue was changed by the ACC officials. Now the whole match will be played on different grounds in UAE. In this game, the India team will play under the leadership of Rohit Sharma.
The opposition team Pakistan will play under the leadership of Babar Azam. Although both the teams are ready with the key players in their team, in this article you will see the probable squad and playing XI as well as the details of the players will be shared with you very soon when comes officially. Here you will get Scorecard and all the information related to the Match.