The Afghanistan bowling assault caused Sri Lanka a lot of issues on the Pune ground, limiting the complete to 241 in spite of various hitters getting great beginnings.
What’s more, the pursuit was a masterclass in levelheadedness, with Afg recuperating from the deficiency of Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the opening over to pursue down their objective with seven wickets and 28 balls in excess.
Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets
An upside-down match swung conclusively in support of Afg after Sri Lanka had taken steps to uncover a weak lower-center request.
Afghanistan recuperated wonderfully through the powerplay to set areas of strength for a looking for 242 to win after key opener Gurbaz was tidied up for a duck in the first over by Dilshan Madushanka.
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Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai held the way into the pursuit, with the scoring rate and required rate endlessly neck, with the game set to go down to the last second. Furthermore, the pair conveyed in style, both scoring magnificent half-hundreds of years in an organization that looked progressively predominant as it advanced.
A dropped opportunity gave Afghanistan the triumphant runs as they wrapped up triumph with a huge net run rate lift to additionally fortify their semi-last qualifications.
Squads
Afghanistan squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Sri Lanka squad: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (c) (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Mahesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka.