Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 4 wickets
5 (5) R/R: 7.5
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 31(14) S.R (221.42)
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup Super 4, HIGHLIGHTS: Sri Lanka clinch a win by 4 wickets in the final over
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FOUR! Chamika Karunaratne finishes off in style. Farooqi comes round the wicket, bowls a low full toss, wide of off and the batter hammers that over mid off for a boundary. Sri Lanka seal the win by 4 wickets
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WICKET! Naveen-ul-Haq has cleaned up Rajapaksa with a straight delivery as the batter tries to go leg side with a cross bat. But it's too late now for Afghanistan as Sri Lanka only need two to win
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FOUR! Sri Lanka needed 8 from two overs before the start of this over. Naveen comes round the wicket, bowls it full, offers some width and Rajapaksa dispatches that through the covers for a boundary
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FOUR! Hasaranga joins the party as he finds the gap on that fuller delivery, away from him through the backward point area
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WICKET! Rashid cleans up Gunathilaka. He deceives hims with pace, bowls it straight and that kept low. The batter tried for the sweep but missed the ball completely as it hit the stumps behind
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FOUR! Now Gunathilaka gets going. He goes for the reverse sweep on that tossed up delivery and gets a boundary as the fielders are inside the circle
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That can be a costly drop for Afghanistan. Naveen-ul-Haq once again bowled that fuller, outside off and Bhanuka Rajapaksa hits that in the air but finds the man at deep extra cover but he has dropped that one
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SIX! Rajapaksa steps out on that fuller delivery and hammers it straight down the ground. Naveen-ul-Haq comes round the wicket and bowls a slower one but it doesn't really work for him
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FOUR! What a shot from Bhanuka Rajapaksa. Naveen bowls it touch fuller, going away from the left-hander and he slices it past the off side fielder for a boundary
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WICKET! Naveen-ul-Haq has cleaned up Rajapaksa with a straight delivery as the batter tries to go leg side with a cross bat. But it's too late now for Afghanistan as Sri Lanka only need two to win
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WICKET! Rashid cleans up Gunathilaka. He deceives hims with pace, bowls it straight and that kept low. The batter tried for the sweep but missed the ball completely as it hit the stumps behind
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WICKET! What a catch from Najib. Mujeeb bowls a full toss to Shanaka who hammers that straight to the long boundary but Najib who is stationed at the position takes the catch, tosses it back before he goes out of the park, then comes back and completes it
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WICKET! Nabi gets the wicket. Sri Lanka have lost the third one. Touch fuller from the spinner, outside off and Asalanka ties to go for the big shot with a cross bat but only manages to inside edge that to the stumps
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WICKET! That's a massive wicket. Nissanka has been caught behind. Mujeeb offers some width on that carom ball as the batter goes for the cut, but only edges that and Gurbaz does the rest as he takes a brilliant catch behind the stumps
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WICKET! Naveen bowls that short, around the off and Kusal Mendis pulls that one but doesn't time the shot well and finds the fielder at cow corner. He has to walk back. Afghanistan have a breakthrough
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WICKET! Afghanistan have put 175/6 in 20 overs after Rashid Khan was run out on the final ball of the innings while trying to steal a second on the striker's end. Sri Lanka will need 176 in 20 overs
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WICKET! Najibullah Zadran is GONE! That's a massive wicket. Rashid Khan plays the ball to the covers and calls for the run as Najibullah responds. But Hasaranga is quick enough to pick up the ball and throw it to wicket-keeper's end and he does the rest. Zadran is short of his crease and will walk back
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WICKET! Another one goes down. Nabi gives himself some room on that fuller delivery, away from him but only manages to get the toe end of the ball as he hits it straight. Theekshana times the jumps perfectly and takes that catch
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WICKET! Sri Lanka have picked another wicket here. Back of the hand, fuller delivery, outside off from Dilshan Madushanka and Ibrahim Zadran goes across the stumps to scoop that over fine leg but miscues his stroke and is caught by Asitha Fernando
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WICKET! Sri Lanka finally have a breakthrough and Gurbaz has to walk back. Asitha Fernando bowls that full, outside, doesn't provide much pace on it as the batter takes the aerial route again and hits it high in the air on the on side. Hasaranga steadies himself around the deep mid-wicket region and takes a good catch. He foes for 84
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WICKET! Sri Lanka have struck. Dilshan Madushanka cleans up Zazai. Length delivery, on to the stumps and the left-handed batter tries to go for the big shot on the leg side but misses the ball completely and hits the off stump behind
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, HIGHLIGHTS: Sri Lanka chased down a target of 176 runs. AFP
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup Super 4, HIGHLIGHTS: Hello and welcome to the LIVE COVERAGE of the Super 4 match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan
PREVIEW: The Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022 is set to begin with Sri Lanka taking on Afghanistan in Sharjah. Afghanistan had topped their group with wins against the Lankan Lions as well Bangladesh. Sri Lanka registered a place in the Super 4s with a stunning win against Bangladesh in a close encounter.
The last time when these two sides locked horns with each, Afghanistan had rattled the Sri Lankan batting line up and bowled them out for 105 in the opening clash of the tournaments. Later, the openers gave the final touch as the Afghan side clinched a win by 8 wickets in that particular game.
SQUADS:
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Samiullah Shinwari, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afsar Zazai, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Usman Ghani, Noor Ahmad
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Charith Asalanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva, Jeffrey Vandersay, Ashen Bandara, Praveen Jayawickrama, Nuwanidu Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara
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