Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 02 runs, Winning Streak Extended to Record 12 Consecutive One Day Internationals
ACC 16th Men’s Asia Cup 50 Overs Championship 2023 Pakistan & Sri Lanka – 06th Match – Group B – Lahore, Punjab Province
Sri Lanka electing to bat, 291 / 8 – ( 50 Overs ) Kusal Mendis 92 ( 3×6, 6×4, 84 balls ), Pathum Nissanka 41, Charith Asalanka 36, Dunith Wellalage 33no, Dimuth Karunaratne 32, Maheesh Theekshana 28 – Pathum Nissanka / Dimuth Karunaratne 62 run opening partnership – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 23 runs – Kusal Mendis / Charith Asalanka 102 runs for the 04th wicket, the next 04 wickets fell for the addition of 39 runs – Dunith Wellalage / Maheesh Theekshana 64 runs for the 08th wicket – first 10 overs : 62 / 0, 25 overs : 125 / 3, last 10 overs : 59 / 1 – Gulbadin Naib 4 / 60, Rashid Khan 2 / 63.
Afghanistan in reply, 289 all out – ( 37.4 Overs ) Mohammad Nabi 65 ( 5×6, 6×4, 32 balls ), Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi 59 ( 1×6, 3×4, 66 balls ), Rahmat Shah 45, Rashid Khan 27no, Najibullah Zadran 23, Gulbadin Naib 22, Karim Janat 22 – lost the first 03 for the addition of 40 runs – Rahmat Shah / Hashmatullah Shahidi 71 runs for the 04th wicket, Hashmatullah Shahidi / Mohammad Nabi 80 runs for the 05th wicket – the next 03 wickets fell for the addition of 36 runs – Najibullah Zadran / Rashid Khan 39 runs for the 08th wicket – the last 03 wickets added only 13 runs – first 10 overs : 58 / 3, 25 overs : 186 / 4, last 7.4 overs : 64 / 5 – Kasun Rajitha 4 / 79, Dhananjaya De Silva 2 / 12, Dunith Wellalage 2 / 36,
Player of the Match : Kusal Mendis – Sri Lanka
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