Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 4 runs.
Sri Lanka managed to get the win against the resilient Afghanistan in the first T20I at Dambulla. The Afghans managed to win the toss and opted to field first.
Afghanistan were on top as they managed to take three wickets for cheap with the likes of Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva being dismissed before they were able to get going in the innings.
Wanindu Hasaranga managed to showcase his skills with the bat as he was able to rack up 67 off 32 deliveries pushing the hosts to set a target of 161. They had an over to spare, but Afghanistan’s bowling unit managed to come together to restrict the hosts to a chaseable score. It was the pacers that impacted the first innings mostly with Fazalhaq Farooqi taking 3, and Naveen-ul-haq and Azmatullah Omarzai taking two wickets each.
In the second innings, it was the youngster Matheesha Pathirana with his express pace, picking up four wickets to dent Afghanistan’s chances of chasing down the total. Skipper Ibrahim Zadran was alone in doing the heavy lifting as he brought the touring side close to the total with 67 but did not get any support from the other batters.
Sri Lanka XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Matheesha Pathirana
Afghanistan XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran(c), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Qais Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq
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