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Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Match 3, Asia Cup 2018
Result · Sep 17 2018, Mon - 05:00 PM (IST)
AFGHANISTAN249
SRI LANKA158
Afghanistan won by 91 runs
CRR:3.82
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | Asia Cup |
| Date: | Sep 17 2018, Mon - 05:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| City: | Abu Dhabi |
| Venue: | Sheikh Zayed Stadium |
| Toss: | Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Upul Tharanga, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews (c), Dasun Shanaka, Thisara Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Shehan Jayasuriya, Dushmantha Chameera, Lasith Malinga |
| Afghanistan Playing XI: | Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Ihsanullah, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadin Naib, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan (c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Aftab Alam |
- Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have met twice before in One-Day International cricket; those fixtures in 2014 and 2015 were both won by the Lions.
- One of those encounters came in the Asia Cup; Kumar Sangakkara's 76 in that game helped Sri Lanka secure a 129-run victory on that occasion.
- Sri Lanka are five-time winners of the Asia Cup; lifting the trophy in 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008 & 2014 whilst Afghanistan are only appearing in this competition for the second time (2014).
- Sri Lanka have suffered defeats in six of their eight previous ODI games at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi (W2); all of those came against Pakistan however.
- 10 of the 13 One-Day Internationals to have taken place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi since 2014 have been lost by the chasing side (W3).
- Afghanistan have claimed victory in each of their last three ODI matches played in the United Arab Emirates; a win in this game will equal their longest ever run in the country (four games in a row during 2013).
- Afghanistan have enjoyed a strong set of results in recent months; winning six of their last seven ODI games (L1), those games all took place on the road.
- Rahmat Shah comes into this tournament having posted 600 ODI runs across his 14 innings already in 2018; almost twice the amount any of his teammates have mustered this calendar year.
- Afghanistan's Rashid Khan has the best bowling average ever as it stands (20+ dismissals); the leg-spinner has claimed his 108 wickets at a rate of just 14.2.
- Sri Lanka's Thisara Perera posted an unbeaten 47 when these sides last met, doing so off just 26 balls (180.8 strike rate); of the instances of a player scoring 47 or more versus Afghanistan, only once has somebody managed a faster rate (Maxwell in 2015, 225.6).