Afghanistan knocked Five time Champion Sri Lanka out of the Asia Cup with a 91 runs win on Monday. Sri Lanka bundeled out for 158 in 41.2 overs, Afghanistan choose to bat first after won the toss, and scored 149 in 50 overs on a pitch that looked to be on slower side.
Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman picked 2 wickets each and Afghanistan will face Bangladesh on Sept 20 in the next match.
Afghanistan become impressive win so far in 2018, beating Zimbabwe and Ireland, apart from the qualifiers to book a berth in the next year's ICC World Cup.
Also Read: Asia Cup 2018: India vs Pakistan team squad, Fixtures, who will win
from Afghanistan, Rahmat Shah top scored 72 runs from 90 balls. and Sri Lanka T Perera picked up five wickets to give some semblence of respect. but Sri Lanka were guilty too long to get off their mark and to their paces . Upul Tharanga played a 36 run knock.
Batsman Mohammad Shahzad (34), Ishanullah Janat (45), Rahmat Shah (72) adn Hashmatullah Shahidi (37) scored a fighting total 249 runs in the first innings.
Today India will face Hong Kong in Dubai, Men in Blue got down to serious business of their tournament opener vs Hong Kong. KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Shikhar Dhawan and Jasprit bumrah only arrived in Dubai on Sunday evening, and will head into Tuesday's game with a single practive session under their belts.
Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman picked 2 wickets each and Afghanistan will face Bangladesh on Sept 20 in the next match.
Afghanistan become impressive win so far in 2018, beating Zimbabwe and Ireland, apart from the qualifiers to book a berth in the next year's ICC World Cup.
Also Read: Asia Cup 2018: India vs Pakistan team squad, Fixtures, who will win
from Afghanistan, Rahmat Shah top scored 72 runs from 90 balls. and Sri Lanka T Perera picked up five wickets to give some semblence of respect. but Sri Lanka were guilty too long to get off their mark and to their paces . Upul Tharanga played a 36 run knock.
Batsman Mohammad Shahzad (34), Ishanullah Janat (45), Rahmat Shah (72) adn Hashmatullah Shahidi (37) scored a fighting total 249 runs in the first innings.
Today India will face Hong Kong in Dubai, Men in Blue got down to serious business of their tournament opener vs Hong Kong. KL Rahul, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Shikhar Dhawan and Jasprit bumrah only arrived in Dubai on Sunday evening, and will head into Tuesday's game with a single practive session under their belts.
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