Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    6.1 Middle stump uprooted! Gurbaz is done for pace and seam, and Kumara is rightfully pumped! This was on a good length and Gurbaz looks to strike through the line, but there's just enough movement to take this past the inside edge and through the bat-pad gap. 42/1
    10.2 Hasaranga strikes as Ghani holes out to deep midwicket. Darts it short on middle and leg, Ghani goes back to heave it away over the on side. Finds Shanaka stationed at the ropes to perfection. A middling innings from the opener ends. 68/2
    12.2 Comes off the bottom of the blade and Ibrahim knows it as soon as he makes contact. It is the hard length again from Kumara but Ibrahim looks to drive and hit it over mid-off. But that shot is not on and he ends up miscuing it straight to Rajapaksa inside the ring. Throws his head back in disgust. 90/3
    15.6 Dhananjaya delivers! Gets the left-hander and Sri Lanka rejoice. Extra flight on that one and bowls it fuller around off. Najibullah looks to clear long-off but ends up slicing it and finds Hasaranga in the deep. Timely strike for the Lankans given how dangerous Najib can be at the death. 113/4
    17.2 Slower and on a length on the pads, turned through midwicket. Naib wanted a second but was sent back. He slipped, lost his bat and tried to roll into his crease but in vain. The throw from the deep was quite accurate and Mendis does the rest. Double pain for Naib as he is clutching his left elbow as he walks off. 127/5
    18.5 And finally Shanaka takes a well-judged catch. Rajitha goes full and outside off again, Nabi looks to go over covers but ends up skying it. The Sri Lankan captain backtracks, keeps his eyes on it and takes it safely this time. 140/6
    19.3 Hasaranga wins the duel of the leggies! Asks for some call in his celebration. Tosses it up and lands the googly on a length, deceiving Rashid who is down to swipe it across the line. Misses it completely to be bowled. 142/7
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    19.6 Caps off the final over with a stumping! Tossed up around off, comes down to hack it across the line but misses it. Afghanistan have been restricted to 144. 144/8
    Extras
    11 (b 3, lb 1, nb 1, w 6)
    TOTAL
    144/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.2)
    Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 6.1 ov), 2-68 (Usman Ghani, 10.2 ov), 3-90 (Ibrahim Zadran, 12.2 ov), 4-113 (Najibullah Zadran, 15.6 ov), 5-127 (Gulbadin Naib, 17.2 ov), 6-140 (Mohammad Nabi, 18.5 ov), 7-142 (Rashid Khan, 19.3 ov), 8-144 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    CAK Rajitha403117.75112111
    Pramod Madushan302408.0072100
    CBRLS Kumara403027.50122140
    M Theekshana403308.2551110
    PW Hasaranga401333.25120000
    DM de Silva10919.0011000

Match Notes

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12BKG MendisP Nissanka
2nd34DM de SilvaBKG Mendis
3rd54DM de SilvaKIC Asalanka
4th42PBB RajapaksaDM de Silva
5th6MD ShanakaDM de Silva

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL32140.667
NED3214-0.162
NAM31220.73
UAE3122-1.235
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM32140.2
IRE32140.105
SCOT31220.304
WI3122-0.563
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ53172.113
ENG53170.473
AUS5317-0.173
SL5234-0.422
IRE5133-1.615
AFG5032-0.571
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND54181.319
PAK53261.028
SA52250.874
NED5234-0.849
BAN5234-1.176
ZIM5133-1.138