Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka by 07 wickets
ICC 13th 50 Overs Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 – India Preliminary Round Robin Stage
26th Day : Match 30 : Pune, Maharashtra, Western India
Sri Lanka put into bat, 241 all out – ( 49.3 Overs ) Pathum Nissanka 46, Skipper Kusal Mendis 39, Sadeera Samarawickrama 36, Maheesh Theekshana 29, Angelo Mathews 23, Charith Asalanka 22, Extras 11 – Pathum Nissanka / Kusal Mendis 62 runs for the 02nd wicket, Kusal Mendis / Sadeera Samarawickrama 50 runs for the 03rd wicket – then lost the next 05 wickets for the addition of 51 runs – Angelo Mathews / Maheesh Theekshana 45 runs for the 08th wicket – The last 03 wickets added 11 runs – 02 lower order batters dismissed run out – first 10 overs : 41 / 1, 25 overs : 125 / 2, last 9.3 overs : 56 / 3 – Fazalhaq Farooqi 4 / 39 – career best – Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2 / 38.
Afghanistan in reply, 242 / 3 – ( 45.2 Overs ) Azmatullah Omarzai 73no, Rahmat Shah 62, Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi 58no, Ibrahim Zadran 39, Extras 10 – Ibrahim Zadran / Rahmat Shah 73 runs for the 02nd wicket, Rahmat Shah / Hashmatullah Shahidi 58 runs for the 03rd wicket, Hashmatullah Shahidi / Azmatullah Omarzai 111 runs unbroken for the 04th wicket – first 10 overs : 50 / 1, 25 overs : 119 / 2, last 5.2 overs : 41 / 0 – Dilshan Madushanka 2 / 48, Dimuth Karunaratne 02 catches.
Player of the Match : Fazalhaq Farooqi – Afghanistan