Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan 1st Inning updates:
The first match of the Super 4 between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka is here and we cannot be more excited for it. In the highly anticipated contest where a lot it at stake, for not just the participants but the other teams as well, we are all in for the drama. Here in this article we talk about Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan 1st Inning updates in detail.
Winning the toss, Sri Lanka decided to field first giving Afghanistan a chance to set the target to chase. Working on the same, Afghans have scored a total of 175 runs in the first innings at the loss of 5 wickets. Srilanka needs 176 for the win.
During the death overs, Najibullah was the only batter who kept one end while the batters at the other end kept changing thus Afghanistan could not utilize the opportunity, scoring just 30 runs in last 4 overs. The batting couldn’t manage to hit more boundaries.
In the last five overs, Afghanistan managed to score 37 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. The highest partnership of the innings was between Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran who contributed 93 runs to the innings.
Theekshana bowled the 17th over of the game and was unsuccessful in pulling off a maiden. No wickets came in this over. A total of 13 runs and a wicket came off the 18th over of the innings bowled by Madushanka.
The 19th over of the innings was bowled by Theekshana who kept things tight, conceding just 3 runs and taking 2 wickets in the over. This shifted momentum towards Sri Lanka. The 20th over of the innings was bowled by Fernando where he conceded 9 runs but also took a wicket.
The run rate at the end of 20th over is 8.75. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored highest number of runs 84 by hitting 6 sixes and 4 fours at a strike rate of 186.66.
