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Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2022 Match-01:
Hello and welcome to our site, Sri Lanka vs. Afghanistan T20I match updates from the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Due to political unrest and the island nation's economic woes, where cricket is extremely popular, the tournament was initially supposed to take place in Sri Lanka but was moved to the UAE. Dasun Shanaka and company will now face Afghanistan to open the season and the Asia Cup group stage, respectively. This year's multi-nation tournament is likely to get off to a strong start thanks to the tough match.In a Group B Asia Cup game on Saturday, After losing the toss, Sri Lanka will have to bat first against Afghanistan in their Asia Cup opener. Nissanka and Gunathilaka will need to put in some effort on a pitch that will seam and swing around. Don't forget that the spin trio of Mujeeb, Rashid, and Mohammed Nabi, who might provide a challenge to the Sri Lankan middle order, must and dismissed Sri Lanka for just 105. In their Asia Cup opening in Dubai, Sri Lanka managed to score a pitiful 105 thanks to Fazalhaq Farooqi's excellent bowling up front. They got off to a terrible start when Farooqi and Naveen Ul Haq, his new ball partner, attacked them, reducing them to 5/3. After that, spinners Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb-ur-Rahman launched an assault, each taking a few wickets. Prior to Karunaratne saving them with a fiery 31, Lanka lost a few wickets due to some bad running between the wickets. Fazalhaq Farooqi (3/11), Muhammad Nabi (2/14) and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2/24) both seven wickets among them for Afghanistan.
Afghanistan openers steal the show in run-chase as they won by eight wickets to begin their Asia Cup campaign, Afghanistan swept over Sri Lanka. It is important to note that they won with 59 balls remaining, which will undoubtedly have a significant negative impact on their Net Run Rate (NRR). Rahamanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai, the Afghanistan openers, provided them a quick start, scoring 83 runs in the first six overs, before he was able to give Sri Lanka a breakthrough, among the runs. However, it was too late for a reversal because their bowlers, particularly their strike spinners Theekshana and Hasaranga, were unable to stop the runs.
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