Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 3rd ODI - Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024
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Let’s see who will win the 3rd ODI of the Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2024. Sri Lanka is already leading the series.
Sri Lanka has defeated Afghanistan in the past two ODI matches of the tour. Sri Lanka won the first Only Test as well. Afghanistan must charge up as they don’t want to be identified as an easy competition.
Scenario of 2nd ODI
With strong batting and bowling performance, Sri Lanka easily managed to win in the 2nd ODI. By winning the toss and choosing to bat first, Sri Lanka, again, left a huge target score of (308) runs to chase.
The Lankan openers were weak in the match. The first two wickets fell in just (36) runs. Soon, things took a turn, and Mendis, Samarawickrama, Asalanka, and Janith Liyanage scored (61), (52), (97*), and (50) runs respectively. The bowlers whitewashed the entire Afghanistan team in (33.5) overs. Dilshan, Pramod, Asitha, and Wanindu took (2), (1), (2), and (4) wickets respectively.
Sri Lanka won the match by a great margin of (155) runs.
Pitch Report
The pitch at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium offers great assistance to the batting line-up. This is evident from the fact that Sri Lanka was able to score (381) and (308) runs in the first two ODIs. Fast bowlers cannot expect much from the match.
Considering the pitch, winning the toss and choosing to bat first would bring victory to the team. Afghanistan had lost the first two ODIs, as it took a lot of work for them to chase on foreign ground.
Head-to-Head
Both the teams have confronted each other for (14) matches. Sri Lanka has the stronger hold, the team has won (9) matches. Whereas, Afghanistan has won (4) matches and one match resulted in NR.
Probable Playing XIs
Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Janith Liyanage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Asitha Fernando, Pramod Madushan
Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil(w), Qais Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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