Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Live Score online Streaming telecast Asia Cup 2022. Sri Lanka take on Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022 opener. Catch live cricket score ...

PREVIEW: The much-anticipated Asia Cup is all set to get underway in Dubai when Sri Lanka take on Afghanistan in a Group B match on Saturday (27 August). Follow us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/firstpostin), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/firstpost) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/firstpost/). You can also follow LIVE updates of the match on Firstpost.com. India, Pakistan and qualifiers Hong Kong feature in Group A, while Group B consists of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. For Afghanistan, Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz will look to explode as far as their batting is concerned. Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2022 LIVE CRICKET SCORE and UPDATES: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the first match of the Asia Cup 2022

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- 19:52 (IST)Naveen-ul-Haq joins the partyUmpire raises his finger straightaway! Like us on [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robo.ndtv.cricket&hl=en)or [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/ndtv-cricket/id418320331?mt=8). - 19:39 (IST)Farooqi strikes early!LBW appeal turned down But Afghanistan review. - 20:19 (IST)Mujeeb strikes for AfghanistanGunathilaka tries the reverse sweep but holes out in the deep! - 20:00 (IST)Excellent cover driveDriven emphatically by Gunathilaka! - 18:32 (IST)Helo guys!Hello everyone, welcome to the space. The keeper has time to collect and whip off the bails, and Theekshana's on his wayMaheesh Theekshana run out (Rahmanullah Gurbaz) 0 (0) - 21:03 (IST)Karunaratne takes the aerial routeSome valuable runs for Sri Lanka these. - 21:15 (IST)Stand and delivered!Karunaratne is playing some cameo here. Golden duck for ShanakaDasun Shanaka c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Mohammad Nabi 0 (1) - 20:45 (IST)Back-to-back run outs! Asia Cup 2022, SL vs AFG Live Updates:Afghanistan are in control of the proceedings against Sri Lanka in the opening match of the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Stadium.

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Slower one to end the over and it is a dot and a maiden as Gunathilaka defends it back to the bowler. Nissanka shimmied out again and looked to muscle that to the long-on fence but the ball moved away a bit and missed the blade. Full on middle and off and Rajapaksa stands and delivers and smashes this over the long-off boundary for a maximum. Rare loose ball on the pads and Rajapaksa flicks it through midwicket for a single and gets off the mark. Four dots and Gunathilaka almost chops on off the fifth delivery as he gets a thick inside edge. Boundary off the fifth ball of the over however, as Rajapaksa gets low and hammers it ovr cover for a boundary. Googly to end the over and Karunaratne goes deep in his crease and carves it behind point for a single. He gets off the mark with a single after two dot balls. A half-shout by the keeper but the umpire is unmoved. The fielder in the deep gets a hand to it but then ends up parrying it over the rope. Loud LBW appeal off the last ball of the over but the umpire is not convinced and Nabi goes upstairs for the review. Karunaratne just about squeezes out a single off the last ball to keep strike.

Gurbaz and Zazai racked up 83 runs, out of a target of 106, in the Powerplay itself.

In a whirwind of a cameo, he would thump 40 off 18 balls to help Afghanistan rack up 83 in the Powerplay, breaking the back of the chase before Sri Lanka's spinners could even get into their work. The real carnage took place in the final Powerplay over that saw the pair plunder four boundaries in an over that cost 20 to undo some of the damage that had happened early on. It was an engrossing period of play in many ways, with almost every delivery struck to a deep fielder and ending up as a dot ball. There was chaos and controversy to kick off the Asia Cup, but by the time the fog of the first three overs lifted, Afghanistan had a vice-like grip on the game. The umpire deemed the batter to have nicked off to the keeper, only for Sri Lanka to review immediately. A thrilling all-round performance saw Afghanistan crush Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the first game of the 2022 Asia Cup.

The opener of the multi-nation tournament saw the Mohammad Nabi-led side first dazzle with the ball and then put up a commanding show with the bat, to ...

But in the eighth over Mujeeb ur Rahman handed Afghanistan the important wicket of Gunathilaka (17 off 17), to put the breaks on Lanka. (Delay between spells) With the new ball I am trying to bowl quick deliveries and in the death overs. My plan was simple - to give my team the breakthrough. There was a little bit of grass and the wicket wasn't well for the spinners at all. Hazratullah Zazai (32 off 19) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (40 off 18) put up a sizzling opening stand of 83 off 37 to take the game away from Sri Lanka. Naveen-ul-Haq struck in the very next over as Lanka lost their top three in the first two overs. (Openers) They played really well and gave the team confidence. Fazalhaq Farooqi handed Afghanistan the perfect start as he pocketed back-to-back wickets in the very first over to reduce Lanka to 3/2. Needing just 23 to win from 83 deliveries, Afghanistan lost opener Rahmanullah as Hasaranga handed Lanka the first wicket. Afghanistan ticked all the boxes as they were without doubt the better team on the field on Saturday. With the bowlers doing their job perfectly, the batsmen finished it off with 59 balls to spare. Dasun Shanuka-led Sri Lanka found themselves on the backfoot right from the toss.