Group Stage Match-16 (SL vs Afgh)
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Time : 19:30 Local | 14:00 GMT

March 17, 2016

4th Super 10 match of ICC Worldt20 2015 has been played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata today. Opting to bat forst, Afghanistan bated well and put good score of 153 runs with skipper Asghar Stanikzai's 62 runs. Sri Lanka in reply played sensible cricket and won the match by 6 wickets with 7 balls remaining. TM Dilshan declared man of the match for his unbeaten 83* runs.

Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first. Afghanistan could not made batter start and lost 4 wickets early on 51 runs. Skipper Asghar Stanikzai took the charge in hand and played sensible cricket with contributing 62 runs of just 47 balls and put Afghanistan on good score of 153 runs in 20 overs.

Following target of 154 runs, Sri Lanka made confident start with D Chandimal and TM Dilshan. D Chandimal gone early scoring 18 runs, But TM Dilshan played good cricket in middle overs and led Sri Lanka till end and gave Sri Lanka superb win by 6 wickets with 7 balls remainings. TM Dilshan contributed well 83* runs for Sri Lanka.

Man of the match : TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Points : Sri Lanka 2, Afghanistan 0.