AFG vs SL Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan 2024

3rd T20I • Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium • Dambulla

Afghanistan

209/5 (20)

Sri Lanka

206/6 (20)

AFG won by 3 runs

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Player of the Match Rahmanullah Gurbaz

70(43)

AFG

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Afghanistan

209/5 (20)

Batters

Hazratullah Zazai

204.55

lbw b Dananjaya

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

162.79

c Samarawickrama b Hasaranga

Ibrahim Zadran

111.11

c Hasaranga b Dananjaya

Azmatullah Omarzai

134.78

c Perera b Pathirana

Mohammad Nabi

114.29

Not out

Karim Janat

0.00

b Pathirana

Mohammad Ishaq

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 10, NB: 0, W: 11)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.45)

209/5

Did not Bat

Sharafuddin Ashraf, Noor Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Wafadar Momand, Qais Ahmad

Bowlers

EXT

Angelo Mathews

10.50

Nuwan Thushara

12.00

Matheesha Pathirana

10.50

Akila Dananjaya

9.25

Wanindu Hasaranga

8.75

Dasun Shanaka

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Hazratullah Zazai

lbw b Dananjaya

1-88

7.2

Ibrahim Zadran

c Hasaranga b Dananjaya

2-113

10.2

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c Samarawickrama b Hasaranga

3-141

13.5

Azmatullah Omarzai

c Perera b Pathirana

4-182

18.1

Karim Janat

b Pathirana

5-182

18.2

Sri Lanka

206/6 (20)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

200.00

Retired hurt

Kusal Mendis

123.08

c Ashraf b Malik

Kusal Perera

0.00

lbw b Ahmad

Wanindu Hasaranga

118.18

c Zadran b Nabi

Sadeera Samarawickrama

191.67

c Ishaq b Ahmad

Kamindu Mendis

166.67

Not out

Angelo Mathews

80.00

c Ahmad b Nabi

Dasun Shanaka

162.50

runout (Ishaq / Nabi)

Akila Dananjaya

400.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.3)

206/6

Did not Bat

Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana

Bowlers

EXT

Wafadar Momand

11.67

Azmatullah Omarzai

10.50

Fareed Ahmad Malik

15.00

Noor Ahmad

9.25

Mohammad Nabi

8.75

Qais Ahmad

8.50

Karim Janat

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kusal Mendis

c Ashraf b Malik

1-64

5.5

Kusal Perera

lbw b Ahmad

2-65

6.2

Wanindu Hasaranga

c Zadran b Nabi

3-93

9.2

Sadeera Samarawickrama

c Ishaq b Ahmad

4-146

14.5

Angelo Mathews

c Ahmad b Nabi

5-151

15.5

Dasun Shanaka

runout (Ishaq / Nabi)

6-187

18.5

Match Info

Date & Time

21 Feb, 07:00 PM IST

Venue

Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium

Match

3rd T20I,

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan 2024

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Umpires

Lyndon Hannibal(Sri Lanka), Raveendra Wimalasiri(Sri Lanka), Ruchira Palliyaguruge(Sri Lanka, TV)

Referee

Chris Broad(England)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bat

0 4 6 1 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 13

4 1 0 1lb 0 4

Over 18

Runs: 10

1 1 6 4 1W 4

Over 19

Runs: 17

4 0 4 0 1wd 0 6

Over 20

Runs: 15

All Overs

Player of the Match Rahmanullah Gurbaz

70(43)

Commentary

As Hasaranga poses with the winners' trophy with his team, we draw curtains on our coverage of Afghanistan's 2024 tour of Sri Lanka. While they've been largely unsuccessful with regards to results, the Afghanistan camp will return with a whole lot of positives. Sri Lanka seem a well-oiled unit going into the World Cup as well - couple of players were out injured, their return will only help in strengthening the side. We'll be back with plenty more coverage of cricket tomorrow - keep an eye on our tabs for the same! This is Rajarshi Das, signing off on behalf of Probuddha Bhattacharjee. Good night!

Wanindu Hasaranga, Sri Lanka captain: We played really good, the first two games. Credit should go to our bowlers, but we played good cricket all around. We just wanted to see how our bench players performed, I think it worked well. Bowlers did a good job, Dushmantha Chameera will be back after the injury. (Thanks the crowd for the support in Sinhalese).

Ibrahim Zadran, Afghanistan captain: I'm happy with today's win. Unfortunately we lost the series, feels great after the game though. It was a good total we put on the board. Hazrat and Gurbaz gave good momentum to the team, and we tried to keep it throughout the innings. We wanted to give the players a chance who didn't play to figure the best combination going into the T20 World Cup. We played good cricket in the first game but lost. Lots of positives for us this series, and we'll be looking to take them to the T20 World Cup.

Wanindu Hasaranga is the Player Of The Series!

Rahamnulah Gurbaz (Player of the Match): To be honest with you, it was really a hard time for me as I was not able to score recently. But things worked out today. While practicing yesterday, I was under pressure but I had a talk with my coach. Today, I took a bit of responsibility and it helped me.I don't mind actually batting first. When I'm having a good day, we can chase. But in this series, we were struggling while chasing. We didn't repeat the same mistakes in the first two games here and managed to win today.

Match summary:

Afghanistan win by 3 runs - Sri Lanka win the 3-match T20I series 2-1

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 70(43) | Mohammad Nabi 2/35 (4)
Kamindu Mendis 65*(39) | Akila Dananjaya 2/37 (4)

A valiant effort from Kamindu Mendis - having been offered a chance, he was set to take his side home from a precarious position, and almost pulled it off. A couple of swings and misses, to go with a non-call of a waist-high no ball proved to be fatal in the end.

Sri Lanka got off to a flier in the powerplay, courtesy Pathum Nissanka. The recent ODI-double centurion set the tone for the chase as Kusal Mendis was happy to play second fiddle. However, the run rate didn't cross double figures for a considerable period in the chase, which meant that Afghanistan were well in the contest even as Nissanka blazed along to a half century having taken on the Afghanistan pacers with success.

Wickets began tumbling at the other end as Afghanistan began rolling their spinners out, one after the other. Nissanka continued to motor along, but much like his counter-part Gurbaz, Nissanka had to battle a niggle as the innings progressed. He did his hamstring while running between the wickets, and once he stretched in an attempt to slog one out the ground successfully, Nissanka, who was struggling to run between the wickets by then, had to be escorted off the field.

Wanindu Hasaranga departed soon after, Sadeera Samarawickrama promised a lot in his 12-ball, 23-run cameo having taken spin on with success, but Qais Ahmad, having been summoned as a concussion replacement for Sharafuddin Ashraf, who took a blow to his head having taken the catch of Mendis, had his man eventually. The onus was on Kamindu Mendis and the rest of the Sri Lankan middle order to get the job done, and they sure did make a match out of it.

The equation was steep, but at no stage did it slip out of hand. Dasun Shanaka kept the hosts in the game with a cameo of his own, and eventually, it came down to Kamindu Mendis against Wafadar Momand with 19 needed off the last over, and Momand had to deliver with an extra fielder in the ring. Mendis brought it down to 11 off 3, but Momand prevailed at the end. Presentations to come...

Ahhhh! You can't help but feel that the non no-ball call might just have cost Sri Lanka a white-ball white-wash over Afghanistan! It has been a really rough tour for them down south, but Afghanistan end it on a good note - clinching a high-scoring thriller!

overs

206 /6 score

1wd

runs

Kamindu Mendis *

65 (39)

Akila Dananjaya

4 (1)

Wafadar Momand

0 /35

19.6 Wafadar Momand to Kamindu Mendis, SIX!!!! But that will not be enough for them. Good length at the middle and leg. Mendis clears his front foot and heaves it over the mid-wicket fence for a maximum. However. Afghanistan have picked up their first win of the tour by three runs.

19.5 Wafadar Momand to Kamindu Mendis, full at the middle and leg. Mendis swings across the line and hits it to deep square leg. The single is denied.

19.5 Wafadar Momand to Kamindu Mendis, short and down the leg side. Wide signalled by the umpire.

Kamindu stands around in despair - he was convinced this one crept over his waist! And he has good reason for the same - this one flew past his shoulder! Mendis was a couple of steps down the pitch, but that would have been well above his waist even if he stayed deep in his crease!

19.4 Wafadar Momand to Kamindu Mendis, full toss at the middle and off. Mendis swings across the line but misses.

He sure does trust that ramp shot of his, does Kamindu Mendis! 11 off 3 now! More changes in the field now - short fine moves slightly fine.

19.3 Wafadar Momand to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR!!! Full and slow at the leg stump. Mendis moves towards the off stump and paddles it past the short fine leg fielder for a boundary.

A mere waste of time, the review. It was evident right away that the ball struck Kamindu outside leg stump.

19.2 Wafadar Momand to Kamindu Mendis, APPEAL BUT NOT GIVEN!!!! Afghanistan have taken the review. Yorker at the middle and leg. Mendis swings across the line and misses. There is an appeal for the leg before but the umpire is unmoved. They have taken the review. No bat involved but impact outside the leg stump. The decision stands, it is NOT OUT!!!!

Hands on head for Momand! This one goes right through Janat's legs!

19.1 Wafadar Momand to Kamindu Mendis, FOUR!!! Full at the middle and leg. Mendis swings across the line and that goes off the inside edge. Janat at short fine leg fumbles and that races away to the fence.

Wafadar Momand (2-0-20-0) is back into the attack

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