- Sri Lankan scored a less than impressive 241 all out against Afghanistan in their Reality Cup match.
- Azmatullah Omarzai left Sri Lanka 84-2 in the nineteenth over after they had lost the throw.
- Nonetheless, Mahesh Theekshana (29) and Angelo Mathews (23) added an important 45 off 42 balls for the eighth wicket to give them the late energy.
Pursuing an objective of 242 runs, Afghanistan’s Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, and Hashmatullah Shahidi drove Afghanistan to beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets with 28 balls staying in the ICC Men’s Reality Cup match in Pune on 30 October.
Sri Lankan scored a less than impressive 241 all out against Afghanistan in their Reality Cup match
Afghanistan Won Sri Lanka
Welcome to bat, opener Pathum Nissanka (46), Kusal Mendis (39), and Sadeera Samarawickrama (36) all got begins but neglected to underwrite as Afghan bowlers figured out how to routinely take wickets.
Fazalhaq Farooqi (4/34) snapped four wickets to arise as the best bowler for Afghanistan. It was an aggregate exertion as Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2/38), Azmatullah Omarzai (1/37) Rashid Khan (1/50) all were among the wickets.
Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka’s great run of progressive World Cup fifties reached a conclusion when he was out for 46 against Afghanistan in Pune on Monday.
Nissanka was in sight of his fifth 50 years in six matches this competition when he was discovered behind attempting to slice Afghanistan paceman Azmatullah Omarzai to end a 60-ball innings including five fours.
The 25-year-old Nissanka began the competition with a duck against South Africa before rolling out scores of 51 (against Pakistan), 61 (Australia), 54 (Netherlands) and 77 not out (Britain).
Both Afghanistan and Sri Lanka have horrible odds of arriving at the semi-finals of the competition with only 4 focuses each from their 5 matches. Notwithstanding, Sri Lanka is as of now fifth on the focus table thanks to a superior run rate, while Afghanistan is simply underneath them in the sixth spot.
Afghanistan’s certainty will be out of this world after their pounding triumph over neighbors Pakistan. Afghanistan‘s spinners, who have been at the core of the group’s prosperity, were in fine structure again in their last game, yet in a shocking result, the Aghan batsmen pursued down the 283-run focus with 8 wickets in excess.
In the meantime, the Sri Lankans will likewise be overflowing with certainty after a vehement triumph over the authoritative title holders in their last match. The Lankan bowling assault, which has been at legitimate fault for offering an excessive number of runs in past experiences, figured out how to keep the English batsmen under control in the past game, on account of an excellent bowling execution from pacer Lahiru Kumara.
