Asia Cup 2022 SL vs AFG Highlights: Sri Lanka avenge loss vs Afghanistan

Asia Cup 2022 Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Highlights: Sri Lanka avenged their Asia Cup opening match loss against Afghanistan by winning the opening match of the Super Four against the same opponent

10:36 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Nabi taken to cleaners

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single taken off the first ball

 

Ball 2 Single taken to deep extra cover 

 

Ball 3 Wanted two off this shot, but Shanaka will have to contain with one

 

Ball 4 Six!! Gunathilka is playing a blinder here as he has pulled this one for a huge six 

 

Ball 5 Single taken. Smart cricket 

 

Ball 6 And single off the last ball would end Nabi’s spell 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 119-3 after 14 overs

 

10:32 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Shanaka survives

 

Rashid is into the attack

 

Ball 1 The ploy of Shanaka promoting himself might have just failed. But a review by the captain himself has saved him. The impact was outside off and the umpire had given it out

 

Ball 2 Four!! Swept away by Shanaka and it is like salt on the wound as it goes for a four

 

Ball 3 Single taken 

 

Ball 4 Single taken as Gunathilaka is going for every ball 

 

Ball 5 Single taken 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball will end the over

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 108-3 after 13 overs

 

10:28 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Eventful over ends

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Six!! Gunathilaka hits through the line 

 

Ball 2 Single taken by Gunathilaka 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Asalanka has just chopped it on his stumps. This is poor batting from the Sri Lankan as he could have easily taken a single there 

 

Ball 4 Trickey single from Dasun Shanaka will get him off the mark

 

Ball 5 Driven through the covers for two runs 

 

Ball 6 Four!! Karim Janat has a habit of dropping catches and he has dropped another one here and it is of Gunathilaka who had top-edged an off spinner. 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 101-3 after 12 overs

 

10:25 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Nabi gets Asalanka

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Six!! Gunathilaka hits through the line 

 

Ball 2 Single taken by Gunathilaka 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Asalanka has just chopped it on his stumps. This is poor batting from the Sri Lankan as he could have easily taken a single there 

 

10:23 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka Live Score 87-2 after 11 overs

10:17 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Nabi bowls the most economical over of the innings

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single taken off Nabi’s first ball 

 

Ball 2 Dot ball. Nabi is bowling in an ideal situation with two left-handers stacked up against him

 

Ball 3 Single taken 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball once again 

 

Ball 5 And again. Nabi is just accumulating the dot balls 

 

Ball 6 And that’s it. It would be just two runs from the over. This is now the most economical over in the innings so far

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 82-2 after 10 overs

 

10:13 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Mujeeb removes Nissanka

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single off the first ball of Mujeeb’s over

 

Ball 2 Six!! Nissanka has hit this out of the ground. Full outside off and Nissanka goes down on one knee and hits it out of the ground almost

 

Ball 3 Great cricket. Single just after hitting a six

 

Ball 4 Single taken as Asalanka gets Nissanka back on strike

 

Ball 5 Guided to short third-man for no runs

 

Ball 6 Wicket!! Mujeeb had been wicketless so far, but on a wayward ball, which was there to be cut, Nissanka just edged it and Gurbaz behind the stumps could do nothing wrong tonight 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 80-2 after 09 overs

 

10:08 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Tight over from Nabi

 

Nabi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single to deep backward square leg 

 

Ball 2 Two runs taken. That was great running from Sri Lanka 

 

Ball 3 Single taken to deep fine leg 

 

Ball 4 Another single taken 

 

Ball 5 Only a single this time to Mujeeb

 

Ball 6 And a single off the last ball would mean seven from the over 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 71-1 after 08 overs

 

10:04 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Naveen strikes

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single off the first ball 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Inside out to the fats bowler and it goes for a four to deep extra cover 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! This is the commentator’s curse as Naveen bowls a short ball and Mendis hit that straight top deep mid-wicket fielder 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball as Asalanka just feels the ball and doesn’t run

 

Ball 5 Wide signalled by the umpire

 

Ball 5 Single taken 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball as the batter was lucky to get an inside edge on it

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 64-1 after 07 overs

 

10:00 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Kusal Mendis gone

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single off the first ball 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Inside out to the fats bowler and it goes for a four to deep extra cover 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! This is the commentator’s curse as Naveen bowls a short ball and Mendis hit that straight top deep mid-wicket fielder 

 

9:58 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Rashid taken to the cleaners

 

Rashid is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Very good running from Lankan openers as they run two of the first ball of Rashid’s over

 

Ball 2 Single taken 

 

Ball 3 That would be single once again 

 

Ball 4 And another single 

 

Ball 5 Six!! Lying low and Kusal Mendis pulls this one for a six

 

Ball 6 Six!! That is the best possible start for the Sri Lankan team as they get 57 from the first six overs 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 57-0 after 06 overs

 

9:52 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Nine from the over

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Played wide of short fine leg for a single 

 

Ball 2 Played well in the gap, but it has been fielded well to reduce the shot to just two runs 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball 

 

Ball 4 Four!! Full and on the pads and hit past the short fine leg for a four

 

Ball 5 Single taken as it goes past point

 

Ball 6 And a single will end the over

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 40-0 after 05 overs

 

9:47 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Kusal hits a six

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball 

 

Ball 2 Six!! Kusal Mendis bends down and swings it over deep backward square leg for the first six of the innings 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball again

 

Ball 4 Cut from a very close range and Kusal gets a single 

 

Ball 5 Dot ball 

 

Ball 6 Single of the last ball

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 31-0 after 04 overs

 

9:44 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Good over for Sri Lanka once again

 

Farooqi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Pulled away to deep backward square leg for a single 

 

Ball 2 Half volley, driven well, but played straight to the fielder. It would be a dot ball

 

Ball 3 Dot again 

 

Ball 4 That would be three dots in a row

 

Ball 5 Four!! Edged over the keeper for a four

 

Ball 6 Four!! This one has been pulled away brilliantly for a four

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 23-0 after 03 overs

 

9:40 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Mujeeb at his best

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 In the air…. But away from the fielder and that would be s ingle 

 

Ball 2 Single to deep square leg 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball 

 

Ball 4 That might be run out as the batter looked like not making the ground. But he has

 

Ball 5 Dot ball 

 

Ball 6 Worked away on the on-side for two runs 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 14-0 after 02 overs