Asia Cup 2022: Afghanistan Register Dominant Eight-Wicket Win Over Sri Lanka in Competition Opener
Afghanistan registered a thumping 8-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first match of the Asia Cup 2022.
Afghanistan achieved the target of 106 runs for victory by losing 2 wickets in just 10.1 overs and started their journey in the Asia Cup 2022 with a bang. Afghanistan’s openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai made the Afghan team’s victory easy by sharing 83 runs for the first wicket.
Jazai scored an unbeaten 37 off 28 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six, while Gurbaz scored 40 runs in just 18 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 3 fours.
Afghanistan register a thumping win on the opening day of #AsiaCup2022#SLvAFG | 📝 Scorecard: https://t.co/YV4rkrnw07 pic.twitter.com/bRxMwLGJ1r
— ICC (@ICC) August 27, 2022
Disappointed in bowling like batting
It was expected from the Sri Lankan team that they would make up for the disappointing performance in batting by bowling and would not win the match but would take the match till the end, but in front of the Afghan batsmen, the Sri Lankan bowlers were just a spectacle and gave their team a bad defeat. could not save.
Sri Lanka reduced to 105
With the help of 38 runs from Bhanuka Rajapakse and 31 runs from Chamika Karunaratne, the Sri Lankan team could reach the score of 105 runs. If it had not been for the 30-run partnership between Chamika Karunaratne and Dilshan Madhushanaka for the last wicket, Sri Lanka would not have even touched the 100-mark.
Afghanistan’s best bowling
The bowlers of the Afghan team, who decided to bowl first after winning the toss, performed well and took hold of the match from the very first over. For the Afghan team, Fazlaq Farooqui took 3 wickets, Mujibur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi 2-2 while Navinul Haque took 1 wicket.