SL vs AFG - 2nd T20I - Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024
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Sri Lanka has won the first T20I against Afghanistan. Sri Lanka has already won the Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 by winning the Only Test and ODI matches.
Sri Lanka has been ruling the Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024. The team has already won the Only Test and all three ODI matches, thus becoming the leaders of the Tour. Lanka’s great performance continued in the Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I.
Can the winning streak continue in the 2nd T20I as well? To find out the same, it is important to go back to the first T20I and analyze the scenario.
Afghanistan won the toss and opted to field.
We analyzed in the pitch report of the first T20I prediction, that winning the toss and batting first would be a considerable option since the pitch at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium favors batters. AFG did win the toss but chose to bowl first.
Afghan bowlers did a great job by stopping runs and taking wickets. Afghanistan’s problem - Pathum Nissanka went back to the pavilion in the fourth ball of the first innings. Afghanistan had taken control after the fall of this wicket.
Wickets were falling, and Sri Lanka was struggling, till Hasaranga played a captain-like innings. The captain scored (67 off 32) balls. The rest of the batters couldn’t withstand the great bowling by Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, and Azmatullah. Three of them took (3), (2), (2) wickets respectively. Ahmad and Janat took one wicket each.
Sri Lanka was white-washed by Afghanistan before the final over at (160) runs.
What seemed like an easy-to-chase for Afghanistan, but Lankan bowlers were one step ahead. Ibrahim started the innings and stood like a rock till the last bowl of the innings, the captain scored (67 off 55) balls.
Things started to crumble for AFG after the fall of Gurbaz, the top and middle batting order didn’t work. And what seemed like an easy win for Afghanistan, things soon turned around and Sri Lanka won the match (4) runs. Pathirana took (4) wickets, Shanaka took (2), and Mathews, Theekshana, and Hasaranga took one wicket each.
Head-to-Head
Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have confronted each other in 5 head to head T20I matches so far in which Sri Lanka has been victorious in 4 games while Afghanistan has won only one.
Venue’s Pitch Report
The second T20I is happening on the same pitch. We all can take another T20I action of the Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. The pitch favors batters and spinners.
The pitch does not let the team bring many runs on the scoreboard as per the former T20I matches in this venue. So, considering the same, trying to bat first and score maximum runs would be fruitful for the team winning the toss.
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