Sri Lanka turned water on Afghanistan’s expectations. (Photo-PTI)
Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka: In the last league match of Group-B in the Asia Cup 2025, Sri Lanka broke Afghanistan’s dream and dropped it out of the Asia Cup. With this, Bangladesh team has reached Super-4. Sri Lankan wicketkeeper batsman Kusal Mendis played a brilliant innings and turned the hard work of Afghanistan’s all -rounder Mohammad Nabi. Mohammad Nabi played a stormy innings against Sri Lanka, but Kusal Mendis easily won Sri Lanka by 6 wickets by playing a brilliant half -century innings.
Kusal Mendis played a brilliant innings
Chasing a target of 170 runs, Sri Lanka won by losing 4 wickets in 18.4 overs. For Sri Lanka, wicketkeeper batsman Kusal Mendis played a brilliant half -century innings and won by winning the team. He scored an unbeaten 74 runs in 52 balls with the help of 10 fours.
Apart from this, Kusal Perera scored 28 runs in 20 balls with the help of 3 fours. Kamindu Mendis scored an unbeaten 26 runs in 13 balls with the help of 2 sixes. For Afghanistan, Mujib ur Rehman, Ajmatullah Umrajai, Mohammad Nabi and Noor Ahmed took one wicket each. Earlier, on the basis of Mohammad Nabi’s brilliant innings, Afghanistan team managed to score 169 runs.
Mohammad Nabi’s innings was useless
Batting first against Sri Lanka, Afghanistan scored 169 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. During this time, the team’s all -rounder Mohammad Nabi played a stormy innings of 60 runs in just 22 balls with the help of 3 fours and 6 sixes, but his innings went in vain. And Afghanistan had to be out of the first round of this tournament.
Apart from Mohammad Nabi, Ibrahim Jadaran scored 24 runs in 27 balls with the help of a six. Captain Rashid Khan scored 24 runs in 23 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Opener Seedikullah Atal scored 18 runs in 14 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, no batsman could stand at the crease. For Sri Lanka, fast bowler Nuwan Tushara took the most 4 wickets. Dushmantha Chameera, Dunith Vellage and Dasun Shanaka got one wicket each.