CRICKET#CWC23 : Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi Leads From The Front As Afghanistan Continue Fairytale Run ; Beat Sri Lanka Emphatically By 7 Wickets Impectnewsindia
Afghanistan continue to impress in the CWC23 as they beat 1996 winners Sri Lanka emphatically by 7 wickets at a encounter in Pune to record their third win .
Afghanistan had won the toss and decided to bowl first . And Afghan bowlers did well to restrict Sri Lankan batsmen and did not allow them them to free their arms . Pathum Nissanka ( 46), Dimuth Karunaratne ( 15), Skipper Kusal Mendis ( 39), Sadeera Samarawickrama ( 36) , Charith Asalanka ( 22), Dhananjaya de Silva ( 14), Angelo Mathews ( 23) , Maheesh Theekshana ( 29). Bottomline all got starts but the big innings never came . Sri Lanka could score 241 in 49. 3 overs
Afghan bowlers came to the party in style backed by good fielding . Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/ 38 ( 10 overs), Fazalhaq Farooqi was brilliant with 4/ 34 ( 10 overs), Naveen-ul-Haq 0/ 47 ( 6.3 overs), Azmatullah Omarzai 1/ 37 ( 7 overs), Rashid Khan playing his 100th match took 1/ 50 ( 10 overs), Mohammad Nabi 0/ 33 ( 6 overs)