Afghanistan Vs Sri Lanka 32nd Match 01 November 2022

32nd T20I • The Gabba • Brisbane

Afghanistan

144/8 (20)

Sri Lanka

148/4 (18.3)

SL won by 6 wickets

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Player of the Match Wanindu Hasaranga

3/13

AFG s

SL s

Info

Afghanistan s

144/8 (20)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

116.67

b Kumara

Usman Ghani

100.00

c Shanaka b Hasaranga

Ibrahim Zadran

122.22

c Rajapaksa b Kumara

Najibullah Zadran

112.50

c Hasaranga b Silva

Gulbadin Naib

85.71

runout (Mendis / Nissanka)

Mohammad Nabi

162.50

c Shanaka b Rajitha

Rashid Khan

112.50

b Hasaranga

Azmatullah Omarzai

75.00

Not out

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman

50.00

st Mendis b Hasaranga

Extras

(B: 3, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.2)

144/8

Did not Bat

Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bowlers

EXT

Kasun Rajitha

7.75

Pramod Madushan

8.00

Lahiru Kumara

7.50

Maheesh Theekshana

8.25

Wanindu Hasaranga

3.25

Dhananjaya de Silva

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

b Kumara

1-42

6.1

Usman Ghani

c Shanaka b Hasaranga

2-68

10.2

Ibrahim Zadran

c Rajapaksa b Kumara

3-90

12.2

Najibullah Zadran

c Hasaranga b Silva

4-113

15.6

Gulbadin Naib

runout (Mendis / Nissanka)

5-127

17.2

Mohammad Nabi

c Shanaka b Rajitha

6-140

18.5

Rashid Khan

b Hasaranga

7-142

19.3

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman

st Mendis b Hasaranga

8-144

19.6

Sri Lanka s

148/4 (18.3)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

100.00

b Rahman

Kusal Mendis

92.59

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Khan

Dhananjaya de Silva

157.14

Not out

Charith Asalanka

105.56

c Omarzai b Khan

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

128.57

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Rahman

Dasun Shanaka

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(18.3 Ov, RR: 8)

148/4

Did not Bat

Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Pramod Madushan

Bowlers

EXT

Fazalhaq Farooqi

3.3

6.29

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman

6.00

Fareed Ahmad Malik

12.50

Rashid Khan

7.75

Azmatullah Omarzai

8.50

Mohammad Nabi

8.00

Gulbadin Naib

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Pathum Nissanka

b Rahman

1-12

1.6

Kusal Mendis

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Khan

2-46

7.5

Charith Asalanka

c Omarzai b Khan

3-100

13.3

Bhanuka Rajapaksa

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Rahman

4-142

17.6

Match Info

Date & Time

01 Nov, 09:30 AM IST

Venue

The Gabba, Brisbane

Match

32nd T20I,

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Rod Tucker (Australia), Nitin Menon (India, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Pitch Report

Batting friendly pitch with some help available for pacers.

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bat

0 1 1 0 0 1

Over 16

Runs: 3

1 4 0 1 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 8

3 1 4 4 1 W

Over 18

Runs: 13

2 0 4

Over 19

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Wanindu Hasaranga

3/13

Commentary

That will be all from the Gabba for now, but do not forget to join us again for the second match of the day from the very same venue, starting in a few minutes from now, as England take on New Zealand, in not only a mouth-watering clash but also for a fight for survival. If England lose, they will make things much, much harder for themselves to make the final four. On the other hand, a win here will confirm a place in the semi-finals for New Zealand. This is the pair of Pragadeesh and Bidipto, saying good bye, but keep following Sportskeeda!

Dasun Shanaka, Sri Lanka captain: It was a pretty good performance from us today, we bowled well, Wanindu, especially with his last over, was special and Dhananjaya did a really good job in getting us over the line. We feel that we have found the consistency required and will definitely go all out to win the next match by a healthy margin. Other results are not in our hands, so we have to de what we can.

Mohammad Nabi, Afghanistan captain: The power play was a good one for us with the bat, we did put some decent runs on the board, the wicket was slow too, but we did not hit the right lengths or bowl in the right lines, and unfortunately, we lost the game there. We have one more game left, it has been slightly disappointing not to get games under the belt because of rain, but hopefully, we put up a good show against Australia.

Wanindu Hasaranga (Player of the Match): We lost the last two games against the good sides. We have to play our best game to win it today and we did it. I saw last night's game in the same venue and thought Zampa bowled really well, and I wanted to bowl stumps-to-stumps. I went for some runs in the previous game but I know how to comeback stronger. I have bowled on bigger boundaries before, so I know how to do it

Sri Lanka - 148/4, beat Afghanistan - 144/8, by 6 wickets with 9 balls to spare.

Dhananjaya de Silva 66* (42) | Wanindu Hasaranga - 3/13
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 28 (24) | Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 2/24

Well done to Sri Lanka, especially in the last 8.3 overs of the match, when they stole the show with the bat and totally confused Afghanistan with their approach against spin. Dhananjaya de Silva was the star for them, with a composed and classy knock, who took them over the line and finished the job, somewhat single-handedly!

In the first 10 overs of the innings, the match was actually more in favour of Afghanistan with the squeeze on the scoring. Mujeeb, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rashid and Nabi were able to keep the runs in check and make life difficult for the batters. The pitch too was on the slower side, having been used for the third game in a row. But after the drinks break, Dhananjaya de Silva found a way to get off and running against Rashid and from there, things just got easier for Sri Lanka.

The fielding and the overall discipline from Afghanistan was not up to scratch today and they paid the price for that. In the end, Rashid Khan had to be carried off the field for damaging his left leg. Hope that is not too serious.

This now means that Sri Lanka live to fight another day in this World Cup but Afghanistan are out of the qualification race for the semi-finals.

Sri Lanka are still alive in the T20 World Cup but Afghanistan are out of contention now, as far as, the semi-finals are concerned.

18.3 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Finishes things off in style with his signature cover drive. Turns out to be a match-defining knock from Dhananjaya de Silva. Sri Lanka stay alive but Afghanistan have been knocked out of this WC. Fuller delivery angling around off, Dds stays in his crease and lofts it over extra cover for a boundary

18.2 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dhananjaya de Silva, fuller delivery angling across off, DdS drives but only manages to get a toe-end back to the keeper

Only third man and fine-leg are back.

Oh no! Not the sight that we want to see. Rashid Khan is in a lot of pain right now and he is taken off the field. It's the left leg in question for him.

18.1 Fazalhaq Farooqi to Dhananjaya de Silva, short of a length delivery and it's been pulled towards wide long-on. Rashid Khan runs to his left, slides and prevents a boundary. Looks like he is in some pain at the moment

Dasun Shanaka, RHB, is at the non-striker's end.

So is there still some life left in the game? With only three runs left to get and Dhanajaya de Silva still there, perhaps not.

overs

142 /4 score

runs

Dhananjaya de Silva

60 (39)

Bhanuka Rajapaksa *

18 (14)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

2 /24

17.6 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, OUT! Carrom ball angling in, Rajapaksa tries to open the bat face but the ball hits his glove, ricochets off Gurbaz's arm and pops up before the keeper moves to his left to take it

Bhanuka Rajapaksa c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 18 (14b, 3x4, 0x6)

17.5 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Dhananjaya de Silva, fuller delivery on middle and off-stump, Dds drives it to long-on for a single

Dhananjaya de Silva is single-handedly taking Sri Lanka to victory!

17.4 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR MORE! Rocks back and pulls the length delivery between deep square and deep mid-wicket

17.3 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! We have seen some impeccable drives but this time Dds brings his innovation into play. He uses the pace and scoops the length delivery over the keeper

17.2 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Bhanuka Rajapaksa, back of a length delivery angling outside off-stump, Rajapaksa pulls it to deep square leg for a single

Round the wicket now.

Third fifty for Dhananjaya de Silva in T20Is!

17.1 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Dhananjaya de Silva, carrom into the surface, Dds helps it to the leg-side for a run. Oh wait, there is an overthrow after the direct hit at the non-strikers end and they take two more runs. It's also a well-compiled fifty for Dhananjaya de Silva

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