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Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Live Score, 2nd T20: AFG win the toss, opt to bowl first

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan squads SL vs AFG Live Telecast in India: Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will feature in the second T20I on Monday. Sri Lanka Squad: Wanindu Hasaranga (C), Charith Asalanka (VC), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya De Silva, Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kamindu Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Akila Dananjaya, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara, Binura Fernando Afghanistan squad: Ibrahim Zadran (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Ishaq Rahimi, Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad, Wafadar Momand, Qais Ahmad. !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()...
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Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Live Streaming, 2nd T20: When and where to watch SL vs AFG live?

SL vs AFG 2nd T20 Live Streaming in India: Sri Lanka will host Afghanistan for the second T20 International in the three-match series at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Monday. Having achieved a 3-0 clean sweep in the ODI series, the Lankans started the T20Is with a thrilling four-run win over Afghanistan in the first match. Sri Lanka was bowled out for 160 in just 19 overs after the Afghans opted to bowl. Led by skipper Wanindu Hasaranga’s career-best 67 off 32 deliveries, laced with seven fours and three sixes, Sri Lanka made up for a poor start. Pacers Fazalhaq Faroogi and Naveen-ul-Haq had run through the top-order, leaving Sri Lanka hanging at 55 for four before Hasaranga’s onslaught. In reply, Hasaranga’s counterpart, Ibrahim Zadran anchored the chase wi...
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Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 4 runs in thrilling T20I series opener | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Matheesha Pathirana and Binura Fernando bowled brilliant death overs as Sri Lanka narrowly edged Afghanistan by four runs in a T20I series opener in Dambulla on Saturday.Rookie Lankan pacer Pathirana claimed four wickets to help rescue the hosts after their batting collapse. Sri Lanka were all out for 160 with six balls remaining and Afghan opener Ibrahim Zadran led the reply, batting through the innings with 67 not out.But his chase was bereft of support with the next top-scorer Karim Janat making 20 at number seven before Pathirana sent him back.Pathirana, 21, was given man of the match honours for only his second career T20 match after two quick dismissals that left Afghanistan still short by 11 at the end of the penultimate over."The game was hanging in the balance," he s...
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Sri Lanka celebrate 3-0 sweep against Afghanistan | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Opener Pathum Nissanka cracked a dazzling ton as Sri Lanka completed a clean sweep of the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan in Pallekele on Wednesday. Chasing 267 for victory in the third and final match, Nissanka fired 101-ball 118 as the hosts registered a comfortable seven-wicket victory with 88 balls to spare. The hundred was Nissanka's fifth in ODIs and the second in the series.Nissanka finished the series with 346 runs, the most by a Sri Lankan in a three-match series.Roshan Mahanama had posted 267 runs in three ODIs against Zimbabwe in 1994, but Nissanka's effort is now the highest by a distance.It is also the fourth highest tally in a three-match series in the world.Nissanka had posted an unbeaten 210 in the first game, becoming the first Sri Lankan to score ...
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Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Live Score, 3rd ODI: SL looks to whitewash AFG in Pallekele

Squads Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil(w), Gulbadin Naib, Qais Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Riaz Hassan, Naveed Zadran Sri Lanka Squad: Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Asitha Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Shevon Daniel, Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Sahan Arachchige, Dunith Wellalage !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.asy...
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Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Live Streaming, 3rd ODI: When and where to watch SL vs AFG live?

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Live Streaming, 3rd ODI: Sri Lanka will host Afghanistan for the final and inconsequential ODI match in the 3-match series on Wednesday. With the series already in the Lankan Lions’ pockets after winning the first 2 matches, the third one will all be about Afghanistan gaining some sort of momentum before the T20I series begins from Saturday. In the second ODI, Charith Asalanka scored 97 while captain Kusal Mendis and Sadeera Samarawickrama chipped in with 61 and 52 respectively. At the tail end, Janith Liyanage scored a 50 of his own as Sri Lanka set a target of 308. Chasing, Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah were the only ones who could score decent runs but their efforts were in vain with their team getting bundled out for 153. In the first ODI, it ...
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Afghanistan announces squad for Sri Lanka T20I series | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Afghanistan Cricket Board on Monday announced a 16-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka with a focus on preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Ibrahim Zadran will continue to lead the side in absence of regular T20I skipper Rashid Khan, who is in the process of recovering from back surgery. The T20 series is scheduled to take place in Dambulla, with matches set for February 17, 19, and 21, immediately following the conclusion of the one-day international series on Wednesday.Missing Rashid badly, Afghanistan lost the one-off Test and trail the three-match ODI series 2-0 against hosts Sri Lanka.Afghanistan's chief selector Ahmad Shah Sulimankhil said the Twenty20 World Cup is the target."We have a close eye on the upcoming T20 World C...
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One-off Test: Afghanistan fightback reduces Sri Lanka’s lead to 42 | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Ibrahim Zadran cracked a maiden Test ton as Afghanistan produced a superb fight on Day 3 of the one-off Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo, ending at 199 for one in their second innings on Sunday. Following a challenging first innings where Afghanistan was dismissed for 198, conceding a substantial lead of 241, they needed a resilient performance in their second innings. Zadran (101 not out) not only surpassed his previous best Test score of 87 but also achieved his first Test ton as he bailed his side out of troubled waters and reduced the deficit to 42 at the close of play. It is only the fourth Test hundred by an Afghan.The 22-year-old opening batsman was given two reprieves.The first was on 39 when Prabath Jayasuriya put down a tough return catch, and then again on 63 when...
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Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan One-off Test Live Score – The Times of India

LIVE NOWTHE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 02, 2024, 08:58:11 ISTSri Lanka needs more on-field aggression to reestablish its Test prowess, new captain Dhananjaya de Silva said Thursday ahead of their one-off red-ball match against Afghanistan. The island nation is dead last on the World Test Championship (WTC) rankings and their last match in October at the same ground saw a humiliating innings and 222-run loss to Pakistan in their worst ever home defeat. They slipped to eighth in the global Test rankings last week after Australia's loss at home to the West Indies, and de Silva said his side had failed to make an impact with their cautious play.Read Less!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if (!isFBCampaignActive) { return; } ...
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Cricket World Cup: Afghanistan shows maturity that bigger teams lacked as win over Sri Lanka keeps semis hopes alive

Azmatullah Omarzai had just pulled Kasun Rajitha with no timing whatsoever in the 43rd over, soon after reaching his 50. Pathum Nissanka would put in a brave dive from the deep, but the ball failed to stick. Afghanistan still needed 30-odd in the awkward chase that wasn’t steep but sufficiently deceptive.Not thwarted, showing fearless instinct to risk-proof the same stroke, Omarzai would tame the pull shot next ball, playing it along the ground before it reached the mid-wicket fence. Meticulously- calculated aggression was Afghanistan’s batting mantra on Monday, as they overwhelmed the target of 242 for a comfortable 7-wicket win, despite losing opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz for nothing in the first over. After chasing down Pakistan’s total of 282 like pros, they have now shrugged off Sri L...
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AFG vs SL | Farooqi on fire as Afghanistan keeps itself in the hunt for semifinal berth

At the start of the chase, the Afghanistan dug-out had split the target of 242 into phases of 10 overs each on its whiteboard. The last row stated ‘48 242’, the coaching staff asking its in-form batting group to cross the line comfortably. And the batters did not disappoint. Despite falling behind the asking rate at the midway stage, the middle-order ensured that the Afghans got over the finish line well before the target that was set by the coaching group. Afghanistan’s captain Hashimatullah Shahidi with Azmatullah Omarzai during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Pune on October 30, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP The seven-wicket win, achieved with 28 deliveries to spare, against Sri Lanka at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium on October 30 kept the spirite...
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Faulty counting triggers Afghanistan’s exit; Sri Lanka alive in Asia Cup

Rashid Khan buried his face in his hands as Mujeeb Ur Rahman holed out to long on where Sadeera Samarawickrama took the offering and tumbled on to the ground off the first ball of the 38th over. In the Afghanistan dressing room, they looked inconsolable. Needing three more runs in pursuit of 291/8, they had to get there in 37.1 overs to make it to the Super 4’s stage at the expense of Sri Lanka. It looked all but over. But only it didn’t. There was still plenty of life in it. But only somebody forgot to tell the Afghans. Their head coach Jonathan Trott, who sat for a major part of the last few overs chewing his nails, should have done better. With a wicket still in hand, had they got to 295 in 37.4 overs, they could have still boarded the flight from Lahore to Colombo to play the Super ...