First T20I In The Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024
Sri Lanka has already registered a win in the Only Test and ODI matches. Lankans have been stronger in the Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024. Can AFG win today?
The Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 hasn’t been very fruitful for the visiting team. They have been struggling to win a match yet, and the Tour is about to finish, till the T20I action is over. Sri Lanka has already won the Only Test and ODI matches and is stronger on the home ground.
Afghanistan needs to win trio-T20I matches to boost its spirit before it faces some of the world’s best cricket teams like India, New Zealand, and England. These are ruling the Men’s T20I Team Ranking table.
Talking about the performances in the previous ODI matches, Sri Lanka has conquered all three matches. Considering the latest ODI matches, Sri Lanka has been unbeatable and ruthless to the Afghans.
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 3rd ODI
Predictions stated that winning the toss and choosing to bat first would help the team to win the match. Afghanistan did the same in the Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 3rd ODI of Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024, but it didn’t turn out to be in their favor.
AFG could score (266) runs, and got whitewashed in (48.2) runs. Gurbaz, Rehmat, and Azmatullah helped to add some runs to the board, all three scored (48), (65), and (54) respectively. Sri Lanka’s bowlers did a great job, Pramod, Asitha, and Duninth eliminated (3), (2), and (2) batters respectively.
It was easy for the Lankan batters to chase the target of (267) runs. Half of the work was done by Pathum, who scored an impressive spell of (118) runs, and Avishka did some great assistance by adding (91) to the board. The team ended the match by winning it in the (35.2) overs by (7) wickets.
Venue’s Pitch Report
The pitch at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium favors batters and the spinners. It offers good bounce and turns. The ODI statistics state that batting here first would be a favorable option. The venue has hosted only (3) T20I, but (69) ODI matches. The average first innings score here at Rangiri Dambulla is (133) runs.
T20I Schedule - Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
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