Afghanistan continued their dream marketing campaign within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 as they beat Sri Lanka on Monday, October 30 by seven wickets at Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium, Pune. After being put in to bat first, Sri Lanka had been bundled out for 241 in 49.3 overs. In reply, Afghanistan comfortably chased down the goal in 45.2 overs and sealed their third win of the event.
Earlier within the first innings, Angelo Mathews didn’t go large with the bat as he obtained dismissed for 23 (26). Nevertheless, he performed an astonishing shot in his quick innings as he stylishly scooped Naveen ul Haq for a six over advantageous leg. On the primary ball of the forty sixth over, the Afghanistan seamer pitched the ball quick to Mathews. The Sri Lankan batter stayed nonetheless and nonchalantly scooped it over advantageous leg for a most.
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Coming again to the match, other than Mathews, Kusal Mendis (39 off 50), Pathum Nissanka (46 off 60) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (36 off 40) additionally performed helpful knocks to assist Sri Lanka attain 241 all out in 49.3 overs. Fazalhaq Farooqi was the decide of the bowlers for Afghanistan as he scalped 4/34 in ten overs Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2/38) additionally picked two wickets.
Azmatullah Omarzai prime scores in Afghanistan’s run chase
In reply, Afghanistan didn’t get off to an awesome begin of their chase dropping their opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (0 off 4) within the first over itself. Nevertheless, Ibrahim Zadran (39 off 57) and Rahmat Shah (62 off 74) added 73 runs for the second wicket to stabilize the innings. Following their dismissals, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi (58* off 74) and Azmatullah Omarzai (73* off 63) obtained concerned in an unbeaten 111-run stand to assist their aspect chase down 242 in 45.2 overs and win the match by seven wickets.
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