Asia Cup, 2023: Sri Lanka Make It to Super Four; Afghanistan Lost from a Strong Position

Asia Cup, 2023: Sri Lanka Make It to Super Four; Afghanistan Lost from a Strong Position  Afghanistan and Sri Lanka came against each other in the 6th match of the Asia Cup 2023 at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl first.Nissanka and Karunaratne came to bat and Fazalhaq Farooqi opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Karunaratne hit a four on the third ball and it was the first boundary of the match. He hit one more four on the fifth ball. In the 5th over, Nissanka started the over with a four, hit a four on the fourth ball and finished the over with a four. In the 9th over, Karunaratne hit a four on the second ball and Sri Lanka reached 50 runs. After 10 overs, Sri Lanka was at 62-0.   

 

In the 11th over, Karunaratne got out after scoring 32(35) on the second ball. In the 15th over, Nissanka hit a four on the third ball and got out after scoring 41(40) on the fourth ball. In the 17th over, Samarawickrama got out after scoring 3(8) on the fifth ball. In the 20th over, Asalanka hit a four on the fourth ball and Sri Lanka reached 100 runs. After 25 overs, Sri Lanka was at 125-3.   In the 27th over, Kusal Mendis hit back-to-back three fours. In the 28th over, Kusal Mendis hit a four on the third ball and scored a half-century. With this four, Sri Lanka reached 150 runs. In the 33rd over, Kusal Mendis started the ove with a four and Asalanka hit a six on the fifth ball. 

 

In the 34th over, Asalanka got out after scoring 36(43) on the second ball. In the 35th over, Kusal Mendis hit a six on the third ball and Dhananjaya took a single on the last ball and Sri Lanka reached 200 runs. In the 39th over, Dhananjaya got out after scoring 14(19) on the first ball and Shanaka hit a four on the fifth ball. In the 40th over,Kusal Mendis ran out after scoring 92(84) on the first ball and Shanaka got out after scoring 5(8) on the third ball. After 40 overs, Sri Lanka was 232-7.   In the 45th over, Sri Lanka reached 250 runs. In the 50th over, Wellalage hit a six on the third ball, Theekshana hit a four on the fifth ball and got out after scoring 28(24) on the last ball.   In 50 overs, Sri Lanka scored 291 runs with a loss of 8 wickets.   

 

Chasing 292 runs, Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran came to bat and Rajitha opened the bowling attack. In the 1st over, Gurbaz hit a four on the fifth ball. In the 3rd over, Gurbaz got out after scoring 4(8) on the second ball and Gulbadin finished the over with back-to-back two fours. In the 5th over, Gulbadin hit a four on the first ball and Ibrahim Zadran got out after scoring 7(14) on the last ball. In the 7th over, Rahmat hit two fours. In the 8th over, Rahmat hit a four on the first ball and Gulbadin hit a four on the fifth ball. In the 9th over, Gulbadin got out after scoring 22(16) on the first ball. After 10 overs, Afghanistan was at 58-3.   

 

In the 16th over, Afghanistan reached 100 runs. In the 19th over, Rahmat got out after scoring 45(40) on the fourth ball. In the 22nd over, Nabi smashed two fours. In the 24th over, Nabi hit a six on the first ball and finished the over with a four. In the 25th over, Nabi hit a four on the fourth ball and scored a half-century. In the 26th over, Nabi smashed two sixes and Afghanistan reached 200 runs. After 26 overs, Afghanistan was at 200-4. In the 27th over, Nabi got out after scoring 65(32) on the third ball. In the 28th over, Shahidi took a single on the first ball and scored a half-century. In the 29th over, Karim Janat smashed two boundaries.

 

In the 32th over, Karim Janat got out after scoring 22(13) on the first ball and Shahidi got out after scoring 59(66) on the fifth ball. In the 34th over, Najibullah hit a six on the first ball and Afghanistan reached 250 runs. In the 36th over, Rashid Khan started the over with a four, Najibullah hit a six on the third ball and got out after scoring 23(15) on the fourth ball. In the 37th over, Rashid Khan smashed three fours. In the 38th over, Mujeeb got out for a duck on the first ball and Fazalhaq Farooqi got out after scoring 0(3) on the fourth ball. Afghanistan got all out at 289 runs and lost the match by 2 runs.   

 

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