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

11:35 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: That would be it, Sri Lanka win the Super Four opener

11:34 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Rahmanullah Gurbaz named Player of the Match

 

It was only fair that even after finishing on the losing side, Rahmanullah Gurbaz was awarded the Player of the Match prize. He scored a brilliant 84 off just 45 balls. He hit four fours and six sixes and took a brilliant catch as well.

 

11:28 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Match Summary

 

Sri Lanka avenged their Asia Cup opening match loss against Afghanistan by winning the opening match of the Super Four against the same opponent. The Lankans chased down a record 176 with five balls to spare. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhanushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka all scored in the 30s. 

 

Earlier in the evening, after winning the toss and deciding to field first, Sri Lanka dropped Rahmanullah Gurbaz very early in the match. He made them pay big time with his brilliant 84. However, the Lankan bowlers made a great comeback in the last five overs and gave away only 37 runs and took five wickets to restrict Afghanistan to 175-6 in their 20 overs.  

 

11:25 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: The Lankans broke some records too

11:24 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka won it easy at the end

11:18 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lankan victory it is

 

Sri Lanka avenged their Asia Cup opening match loss against Afghanistan by winning the opening match of the Super Four against the same opponent. The Lankans chased down a record 176 with five balls to spare. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhanushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka all scored in the 30s. 

 

11:12 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka avenge the loss, win it by four wickets

 

Farooqi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Full and smashed past mid-off for a four by Karunaratne and that would be the end of the game as Sri Lanka win by four wickets with five balls to sapre

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 179-6 after 19.1 overs

 

11:10 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Scores tied

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Full and smashed past the deep cover for a four. Only one more four required

 

Ball 2 Worked away and the batters run two 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Anti-Climatic this is. Two runs are required to win and Rajapaksa plays this across the line and gets done in by the slowness of the ball. He goes for 31 and Sri Lanka still need two off nine balls 

 

Ball 4 Karunaratne runs hard and completes a single. Scores are tied 

 

Ball 5 Dot ball. Will it finish in this over or go into the next over?

 

Ball 6 It is going into the last over then. Once again Sri Lanka are unable to hit the winning runs

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 175-6 after 19 overs

 

11:07 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Rajapaksa gone, Sri Lanka still need two runs

 

Naveen is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Full and smashed past the deep cover for a four. Only one more four required

 

Ball 2 Worked away and the batters run two 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Anti-Climatic this is. Two runs required to win and Rajapaksa plays this across the line and gets done in by the slowness of the ball. He goes for 31 and Sri Lanka still need two off nine balls 

 

11:03 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka need 8 off 12 balls

 

Farooqi is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single taken off the first ball 

 

Ball 2 Worked away to short third-man for a single 

 

Ball 3 Four!! Hasaranga says I will do it myself as he cuts this for a four past deep backward point 

 

Ball 4 Good slower ball from Farooqi and it is a dot ball 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Edge and past the short third-man for a four

 

Ball 6 Two off the last ball would mean 12 runs from the over

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 168-5 after 18 overs

 

10:58 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka need 20 off 18

 

Rashid is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! First ball and Dhanushka Gunathilaka has reverse swept this one for a four 

 

Ball 2 Single taken and that would bring the 150 up for Sri Lanka 

 

Ball 3 Short ball. Pulled away for a single 

 

Ball 4 Wicket!! This is a lapse of concentration as all that was needed was a single off the next ball. But Gunathialk went for glory and he has to perish now 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Now that is worth the risk from Hasaranga as he cuts this off the stumps for a four

 

Ball 6 Worked away well for a single by Hasaranga as Sri Lanka need 20 off the last 18 balls

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 156-5 after 17 overs

 

10:55 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Gunathilaka perishes

 

Rashid is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! First ball and Dhanushka Gunathilaka has reverse swept this one for a four 

 

Ball 2 Single taken and that would bring the 150 up for Sri Lanka 

 

Ball 3 Short ball. Pulled away for a single 

 

Ball 4 Wicket!! This is a lapse of concentration as all that was needed was a single off the next ball. But Gunathialk went for glory and he has to perish now 

 

10:51 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Rajapaksa dropped

 

Naven is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Rajapaksa starts this with a brilliant cut shot for a four

 

Ball 2 Four!! Driven through the covers now and it is a four once again 

 

Ball 3 Six!! Where has Rajapaksa been is the question? This guy has just killed the game in three balls. 

 

Ball 4 Hit to deep extra cover and only a single this time 

 

Ball 5 Worked away fine for a single by Gunathilaka

 

Ball 6 Dropped!! Has he dropped the game here? Rajapaksa hit that well, so well that it went straight to deep covers where Shinwari dropped the catch 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 145-4 after 16 overs

 

10:44 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Sri Lanka need 49 off the last five

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! That is a mighty good catch from Najibullah Zadran as Dasun Shanaka hit that ball really well but just couldn’t get the elevation and Mujeeb has his second wicket. 

 

Najib first took the catch and made sure that he was not touching the ropes on landing and then did incredibly well to let the ball go, ender the boundary ropes, release the ball before that and come back in the ground and catch that ball 

 

Ball 2 Single taken 

 

Ball 3 Wide down leg

 

Ball 3 Full ball and single taken 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Driven through the covers for screaming four 

 

Ball 6 Worked away for a single and now Sri Lanka will need 49 off the last five overs with four wickets in hand 

 

Sri Lanka Live Score 127-4 after 15 overs

 

10:42 PM

Asia Cup SL vs AFG Live: Mujeeb gets Shanaka

 

Mujeeb is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wicket!! That is a mighty good catch from Najibullah Zadran as Dasun Shanaka hit that ball really well but just couldn’t get the elevation and Mujeeb has his second wicket. 

 

Najib first took the catch and made sure that he was not touching the ropes on landing and then did incredibly well to let the ball go, ender the boundary ropes, release the ball before that and come back in the ground and catch that ball