Asia Cup Match Live Score & Reports 2023
Match 6 : Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka live
Date: Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Time : 14:00 IST (Local)
Kusal Mendis
Match 6 : Kusal Mendia's 92 runs and Kasun Rajitha's 4 for powered Sri Lanka to upset Afghanistan by 2 runs

6th ODI Match of Cricket Asia Cup 2023 between Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka at Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, Lahore on Tuesday, September 05, 2023.

Opting to bat first, Sri Lanka with Pathum Nissanka's 41 runs, Charith Asalanka's 36 runs and Kusal Mendis' superb 84 balls 92 runs managed to set good defending target of 292 runs for Afghanistan to get. Gulbadin Naib with 4 wickets was top bowler for Afghanistan.

Following 292 runs target, Afghanistan fought very hard but managed tos score 289 runs in 37.4 overs and lost the match by just 2 runs. Mohammad Nabi played super quick inning of 32 balls 65 runs with 5 massive sixes. Hashmatullah Shahidi also made 65 runs for Afghanistan. Kasun Rajitha took 4 wickets for Bangladesh. Kusal Mendis declared man of the match for his 92 runs.

Man of the match :- Kusal Mandis (SL)
Match 6 : Afgh vs SL live scorecard
Toss : Sri Lanka won and bat first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
Man of The Match : Kusal Mendia (SL)
Point : Sri Lanka 2, Afghanistan 0
  Sri Lanka
1st Inning
 
  Batting  
R
B
4s
6s
SR
  Pathum Nissanka c Najibullah Zadran b Gulbadin Naib 41 40 6 0 102.50
  Dimuth Karunaratne c Mohammad Nabi b Gulbadin Naib 32 35 6 0 91.42
  Kusal Mendis (w) run out (Rashid Khan) 94 84 6 3 109.52
  Sadeera Samarawickrama c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Gulbadin 3 8 0 0 37.50
  Charith Asalanka c & b Rashid Khan 36 43 2 1 83.72
  Dhananjaya de Silva b Mujeeb Ur Rahman 14 19 1 0 73.68
  Dasun Shanaka (c) b Rashid Khan 5 8 1 0 62.50
  Dunith Wellalage not out 33 39 3 1 84.61
  Maheesh Theekshana b Gulbadin Naib 28 24 2 1 116.66
  Kasun Rajitha            
  Matheesha Pathirana            
             
  Extras (lb 1, w 6) 7        
  Total (50.0 overs) 291/8 RR: 5.82
  Afghanistan    
  Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WB
Eco
  Fazalhaq Farooqi 7 1 52 0 0 0 7.42
  Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10 0 60 1 0 2 6.00
  Gulbadin Naib 10 0 60 4 0 2 6.00
  Mohammad Nabi 10 0 35 0 0 0 3.50
  Rashid Khan 10 0 63 2 0 1 6.30
  Karim Janat 3 0 20 0 0 1 6.66
  Afghanistan
2nd Inning
 
  Batting  
R
B
4s
6s
SR
  Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w) c Mendis b Rajitha 4 8 1 0 50.00
  Ibrahim Zadran b Rajitha 7 14 1 0 50.00
  Gulbadin Naib lbw b Pathirana 22 16 4 0 137.50
  Rahmat Shah c Pathirana b Rajitha 45 40 5 1 112.50
  Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) c Rajitha b Wellalage 59 66 3 1 89.39
  Mohammad Nabi c de Silva b Theekshana 65 32 6 5 203.12
  Karim Janat c Karunaratne b Wellalage 22 13 1 2 169.23
  Najibullah Zadran c sub (MADI Hemantha) b Rajitha 23 15 1 2 153.33
  Rashid Khan not out 27 16 4 1 168.75
  Mujeeb Ur Rahman c Samarawickrama b de Silva 0 3 0 0 0.00
  Fazalhaq Farooqi lbw b de Silva 0 3 0 0 0.00
             
  Extras (lb 5, w 10) 15        
  Total (37.4 overs) 289 RR: 7.67
  Sri Lanka    
  Bowling
O
M
R
W
NB
WB
Eco
  Kasun Rajitha 10 0 79 4 0 2 7.90
  Maheesh Theekshana 10 0 62 1 0 2 6.20
  Dunith Wellalage 4 0 36 2 0 0 9.00
  Matheesha Pathirana 10 0 63 1 0 4 6.30
  Dasun Shanaka 2 0 32 0 0 1 16.00
  Dhananjaya de Silva 1.4 0 12 2 0 0 7.20
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