Afghanistan Humiliate Sri Lanka By 08 Wickets In Curtain Raiser Group B Match
ACC 15th Asia Cup T20 Championship 2022 Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Match 01
Sri Lanka put into bat, 105 all out – ( 19.4 Overs ) Bhanuka Rajapaksa 38, Chamika Karunaratne 31, Dhanushka Gunathilaka 17 – 03 batters were out bowled, 03 batters were dismissed without scoring, 02 others were dismissed lbw, 02 more were run out – lost the first 03 wickets for the addition of 05 runs – Dhanushka Gunathilaka / Bhanuka Rajapaksa put on 44 runs for the 04th wicket, Chamika Karunaratne / Dilshan Madushanka added 30 runs for the last wicket – first 06 overs : 41 / 3, 10 overs : 64 / 5, 15 overs : 75 / 9, last 4.4 overs : 30 / 1 – Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 / 11 – career best – Mohammad Nabi 2 / 14, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2 / 24, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 02 victims & 01 run out assist. Matheesha Pathirana & Dilshan Madushanka were handed debut caps.
Afghanistan in reply, 106 / 2 – ( 10.1 Overs )Rahmanullah Gurbaz 40 ( 4×6, 3×4, 18 balls ), Hazratullah Zazai 37no ( 1×6, 5×4, 28 balls ) – the two were involved in an 83 run opening stand – Ibrahim Zadran 15, Extras 12 – first 06 overs : 83 / 0, 10 overs : 105 / 2.
Player of the Match : Fazalhaq Farooqi – Afghanistan
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