Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2023: Sri Lanka Won the Series by 2-1 After Thrashing Afghanistan by 9 Wickets

Sri Lanka and Afghanistan came against each other in the 2nd ODI of the series at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first.

Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran came to bat and Dushmantha Chameera opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Gurbaz hit a four on the third ball and it was the first boundary of the match. In the 2nd over, Ibrahim Zadran started the over with a four, Gurbaz hit a four on the fourth ball and got out after scoring 8(10) on the last ball. In the 5th over, Rahmat got out after scoring 7(11) on the third ball, Shahidi hit a four on the fifth ball and got out after scoring 4(3) on the last ball. In the 9th over, Ibrahim Zadran got out after scoring 22(21) on the fourth ball. In the 10th over, Afghanistan reached 50 runs. After 10 overs, AFG was at 50-4.

In the 13th over, Nabi started the over with a four, Najibullah hit a four on the third ball and got out after scoring 10(13) on the next ball. In the 15th over, Nabi got out after scoring 23(23) on the first ball. In the 16th over, Rashid Khan got out after scoring 2(8) on the fourth ball. In the 17th over, Gulbadin smashed back-to-back three fours. In the 18th over, Mujeeb got out for a duck. In the 21st over, Gulbadin hit a four on the second ball and Afghanistan reached 100 runs and got out after scoring 20(21) on the fourth ball. In the 23rd over, Fazalhaq Farooqi got out after scoring 4(15) on the second ball and it was the last wicket of Afghanistan.

In 22.2 overs, Afghanistan got all out at 116 runs.

Chasing 117 runs, Nissanka and Karunaratne came to bat and Fazalhaq Farooq opened the bowling attack. In the 2nd over, Nissanka smashed back-to-back two fours. In the 4th over, Nissanka smashed back-to-back two boundaries. In the 7th over, Sri Lanka reached 50 runs on the first ball and Nissanka smashed back-to-back two boundaries. In the 9th over, Nissanka started the over with a four and Karunaratne finished the over with a four. In the 10th over, Nissanka took a single on the first ball and scored a half-century.  After 10 overs, SL was at 84-0.

In the 11th over, Nissanka got out after scoring 51(34) on the first ball, Kusal Mendis hit a four on the third ball, and Karunaratne finished the over with a four. In the 13th over, Sri Lanka reached 100 runs. In the 15th over, Karunaratne took a single and scored a half-century. Sri Lanka scored 120-1 and won the match and series.

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