Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan by 2 runs. Asia Cup, 2023 Match No 6.

Sri Lanka batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very well, Pathum Nissanka and Dimuth Karunaratne came to start the inning and gave brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 63 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 63 runs in 10.2 over, Dimuth Karunaratne dismissed after scoring 32 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 35 balls, next batsman Kusal Mendis came to bat and handled the inning with Pathum Nissanka, the second wicket has dismissed for 80 runs in 14.4 over, Pathum Nissanka dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 41 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in 40 balls, next batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama came to bat and he was dismissed just for 3 runs in 8 balls as third wicket in 16.5 over, the team score was 86 runs, followed by Charith Asalanka came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 102 runs with Kusal Mendis, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 188 runs in 33.2 over, Charith Asalanka dismissed after scoring 36 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boudaires in 43 balls, next batsman Dhananjaya de Silva came to bat and he good strike rotate with Kusal Mendis, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 221 runs in first ball of the 39th over, Dhananjaya de Silva dismissed for 14 runs in 19 balls, next batsman Dasun Shanaka came to bat, meanwhile the sixth wicket has dismissed for 226 runs in last ball of the 40th over, Kusal Mendis dismisssed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 92 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 6 boundaires in just 84 balls, next batsman Dunith Wellalage came to bat, meanwhile the 7th wicket also dismissed for 227 runs in 39.3 over, Dasun Shanaka dismisssed just for 5 runs in 8 balls, followed by Maheesh Theekshana came to bat and handled the inning with Dunith Wellalage, the 8th wicket has dismissed for 291 runs in final ball of the inning, Maheesh Theekshana dismissed after scoring 28 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 24 balls, and Dunith Wellalage played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 33 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in 39 balls. In this way, Sri Lanka scored 291 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs and set a target of 292 runs for Afghanistan.

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Afghanistani bowler Gulbadin Naib performed very brilliant bowling took 4 wickets just for 60 runs in his spell, Rashid Khan 2 wickets for 63 runs in his spell, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 wicket for 60 runs in his spell, Mohammad Nabi was wicketless just for 35 runs in his spell, Fazalhaq Farooqi was wicketless for 52 runs in 7 overs, and Karim Janat also wicketless for 20 runs in 3 overs.

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Afghanistan chasing 292 runs in the second inning the entire team dismissed just for 289 runs in fourth ball of the 38th over and lost the match by 2 runs. Afghanistan started the inning not very well, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed just for 10 runs in 2.2 over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed just for 4 runs in 8 balls, next batsman Gulbadin Naib came to bat and handled the inning with Ibrahim Zadran, the second wicket has dismissed for 27 runs in last ball of the 5th over, Ibrahim Zadran dismissed just for 7 runs in 14 balls, next batsman Rahmat Shah came to bat and played well with Gulbadin Naib, the third wicket has dismissed for 50 runs in first ball of the 9th over, Gulbadin Naib dismissed for 22 runs with the help of 4 boundaires in 16 balls, followed by Hashmatullah Shahidi came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant brilliant half-century partnership of 71 runs with Rahmat Shah, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 121 runs in 18.4 over, Rahmat Shah dismissed after palying a brilliant inning of 45 runs with the help of 1 six and 5 boundaires in just 40 balls, next batsman Mohammad Nabi came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 70 runs with Hashmatullah Shahidi, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 201 runs in 26.3 over, Mohammad Nabi dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 65 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 6 boundaries in just 32 balls, next batsman Karim Janat came to bat and played well with Hashmatullah Shahidi, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 234 runs in first ball of the 32nd over, Karim Janat dismissed after scoring 22 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 13 balls, followed by Najibullah Zadran came to bat, meanwhile the 7th wicket also dismissed for 237 runs in 31.5 over, Hashmatullah Shahidi dismissed after palying a very brilliant half-century inning of 59 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in 66 balls, next batsman Rashid Khan came to bat and played well with Najibullah Zadran, the 8th wicket has dismissed for 276 runs in 35.4 over, Najibullah Zadran dismissed after scoring 23 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 15 balls, next batsman Mujeeb Ur Rahman came to bat and he was dismissed just in 3 balls without scoring as 9th wicket in first ball of the 38th over, the team score was 289 runs, followed by Fazalhaq Farooqi came to bat and he was dismissed without scoring in just 3 balls as final wicket in 37.4 over, the team score was 289 runs, and Rashid Khand was played an unbeaten inning of 27 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaires in just 16 balls. In this way, the entire team all-out just for 289 runs and lost the match by 2 runs.

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Sri Lankan bowlers performed very brilliant bowling, Kasun Rajitha took 4 wickets for 79 runs in his spell, Dunith Wellalage 2 wickets for 36 runs in 4 overs, Dhananjaya de Silva 2 wickets just for 12 runs in 1.4 overs, Maheesh Theekshana 1 wicket for 62 runs in his spell, Matheesha Pathirana 1 wicket for 63 runs in his spell, and Dasun Shanaka was wicketless for 32 runs in 2 overs.

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PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Mendis was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant half-century inning of 92 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 6 boundaires in just 84 balls.
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