Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2022 Super 4, HIGHLIGHTS: SL win by 4 wickets

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FOUR! Chamika Karunaratne finishes off in style. Farooqi comes round the wicket, bowls a low full toss, wide of off and the batter hammers that over mid off for a boundary. Sri Lanka seal the win by 4 wickets

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WICKET! Naveen-ul-Haq has cleaned up Rajapaksa with a straight delivery as the batter tries to go leg side with a cross bat. But it’s too late now for Afghanistan as Sri Lanka only need two to win

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FOUR! Sri Lanka needed 8 from two overs before the start of this over. Naveen comes round the wicket, bowls it full, offers some width and Rajapaksa dispatches that through the covers for a boundary

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FOUR! Hasaranga joins the party as he finds the gap on that fuller delivery, away from him through the backward point area

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WICKET! Rashid cleans up Gunathilaka. He deceives hims with pace, bowls it straight and that kept low. The batter tried for the sweep but missed the ball completely as it hit the stumps behind

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FOUR! Now Gunathilaka gets going. He goes for the reverse sweep on that tossed up delivery and gets a boundary as the fielders are inside the circle

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That can be a costly drop for Afghanistan. Naveen-ul-Haq once again bowled that fuller, outside off and Bhanuka Rajapaksa hits that in the air but finds the man at deep extra cover but he has dropped that one

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SIX! Rajapaksa steps out on that fuller delivery and hammers it straight down the ground. Naveen-ul-Haq comes round the wicket and bowls a slower one but it doesn’t really work for him

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FOUR! What a shot from Bhanuka Rajapaksa. Naveen bowls it touch fuller, going away from the left-hander and he slices it past the off side fielder for a boundary

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WICKET! What a catch from Najib. Mujeeb bowls a full toss to Shanaka who hammers that straight to the long boundary but Najib who is stationed at the position takes the catch, tosses it back before he goes out of the park, then comes back and completes it

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SIX! Nabi bowls that way too short and Gunathilaka gets under it and hammers it over deep square leg boundary for another maximum

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FOUR! After surviving that LBW appeal, Shanaka sweeps this fuller delivery, around the off stump channel to the fine leg boundary for a four

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WICKET! Nabi gets the wicket. Sri Lanka have lost the third one. Touch fuller from the spinner, outside off and Asalanka ties to go for the big shot with a cross bat but only manages to inside edge that to the stumps

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SIX! Gunathilaka gives himself some room on that fuller delivery, on to the stumps and plays that inside out for a maximum over extra cover

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WICKET! That’s a massive wicket. Nissanka has been caught behind. Mujeeb offers some width on that carom ball as the batter goes for the cut, but only edges that and Gurbaz does the rest as he takes a brilliant catch behind the stumps

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SIX! What a shot from Nissanka. Mujeeb bowls that touch fuller, around the fifth stump line and the batter goes for the slog sweep  and hammers that over widish long on

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WICKET! Naveen bowls that short, around the off and Kusal Mendis pulls that one but doesn’t time the shot well and finds the fielder at cow corner. He has to walk back. Afghanistan have a breakthrough

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FOUR! Fuller delivery once again, way to outside off and Kusal Mendis goes over covers for another boundary

After 6 overs,Sri Lanka 57/0 ( Pathum Nissanka 23 , Kusal Mendis (W) 32)

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SIX! One more to end the power play. Mendis once again goes for the slog sweep and this time gets a six over square leg boundary

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SIX! Another slog sweep and that maximum brings up the 50 for Sri Lanka. Length ball from Rashid, outside off and Kusal Mendis hammers that for a six over mid-wicket

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FOUR! Too straight from Naveen and Mendis uses the angle and pace to hit that through the short fine leg fielder for a boundary

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SIX! Mujeeb bowls that touch short, around the off stump channel and Kusal Mendis goes for the slog sweep and gets a maximum over square leg

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FOUR! This time he middles it. Farooqi bowls that length ball, moving away from the right-hander and Nissanka pulls that for a boundary over mid wicket

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FOUR! Short one from Farooqi and Pathum Nissanka goes for the pull and top edges that as the ball races away to the fence behind

After 2 overs,Sri Lanka 14/0 ( Pathum Nissanka 9 , Kusal Mendis (W) 4)

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Sri Lanka need to get a steady start and can’t afford to lose wickets especially in the first six overs

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WICKET! Afghanistan have put 175/6 in 20 overs after Rashid Khan was run out on the final ball of the innings while trying to steal a second on the striker’s end. Sri Lanka will need 176 in 20 overs

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SIX! This time Rashid gets this into his arc. Asitha bowls that back of the length, on the middle stump and Rashid gets that short arm pull into play and gets a maximum towards mid-wicket boundary

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WICKET! Najibullah Zadran is GONE! That’s a massive wicket. Rashid Khan plays the ball to the covers and calls for the run as Najibullah responds. But Hasaranga is quick enough to pick up the ball and throw it to wicket-keeper’s end and he does the rest. Zadran is short of his crease and will walk back

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WICKET! Another one goes down. Nabi gives himself some room on that fuller delivery, away from him but only manages to get the toe end of the ball as he hits it straight. Theekshana times the jumps perfectly and takes that catch

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FOUR! A six and a four now. Najibullah hits the full toss over mid wicket for a maximum and bow gives himself some room on the fuller delivery, way outside off to hit that through the point region

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WICKET! Sri Lanka have picked another wicket here. Back of the hand, fuller delivery, outside off from Dilshan Madushanka and Ibrahim Zadran goes across the stumps to scoop that over fine leg but miscues his stroke and is caught by Asitha Fernando

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WICKET! Sri Lanka finally have a breakthrough and Gurbaz has to walk back. Asitha Fernando bowls that full, outside, doesn’t provide much pace on it as the batter takes the aerial route again and hits it high in the air on the on side. Hasaranga steadies himself around the deep mid-wicket region and takes a good catch. He foes for 84

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SIX! A six to follow those 5 wides. Touch fuller from the bowler, outside off, Gurbaz steps out and hammers that straight down the ground for maximum

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SIX! Karunaratne bowls that length delivery, on to the stumps and Zadran hammers that over long on for a maximum

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SIX! Gurbaz doesn’t really time that but gets enough on it. Shanaka bowls that full, outside and the batter hits that over extra cover for a maximum

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FOUR! A boundary for Afghanistan finally. Gurbaz throws the bat on that fuller delivery, way outside off, gets top edge but the third man is inside the circle and he gets the boundary behind

After 12 overs,Afghanistan 95/1 ( Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W) 58 , Ibrahim Zadran 21)

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Afghanistan now need to push the paddle and get runs quickly. They need to put up a big total here

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Gurbaz gets a single on the leg side and he gets to his FIFTY with that. He has been striking it nicely

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FOUR! Madushanka bowls that short and Ibrahim Zadran just helps it on its way as the ball races away to the fence around the third man area

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WICKET! Sri Lanka have struck. Dilshan Madushanka cleans up Zazai. Length delivery, on to the stumps and the left-handed batter tries to go for the big shot on the leg side but misses the ball completely and hits the off stump behind

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FOUR! What a fine shot from Gurbaz again. Dilshan Madushanka bowls that touch back of the length, slightly away from the batter and he plays that late through the short third man region for a boundary

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FOUR! Short and wide and Gurbaz hammers that through the off side for another boundary. That mistake from Gunathilaka is proving to be a costly one for Sri Lanka

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SIX! Another one. Back of the length from Fernando around the middle stump line and Gurbaz walks across and pulls that over deep fine leg for a maximum

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SIX! That could have been the first wicket for Sri Lanka but Gunathilaka has done a blunder here. Gurbaz didn’t time that stroke well as he took the aerial route on the length ball, outside off and was caught by the fielder straight down the ground. But Gunathikala was in contact with boundary while completing the catch. That’s a SIX!

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SIX! Hammered away by Gurbaz. Theekshana bowls that way outside off, fuller and the batter dispatches that over mid-wicket for a maximum

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FOUR! Outisde edge and Zazai gets another boundary. Touch back of the length from Asitha, moving away from the left-hander and he edges that one. The wicket-keeper puts in the dive to his left but couldn’t reach the ball as it runs to the fence behind

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FOUR! Zazai gets off the mark with a boundary. Theekshana comes round the wicket, tosses that one up just outside off and the batter just hits that over mid off for a boundary

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We are moments away from LIVE ACTION. Zazai and Gurbaz will open the innings as Afghanistan have been put into bat. Theekshana to bowl the first over

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Playing XI
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Mohammad Nabi(c), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran,  Samiullah Shinwari, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi

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Playing XI
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Danushka Gunathilaka, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka

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Sri Lanka have won the toss and they have elected to bowl first against Afghanistan. “We are going to bowl first, we are good at chasing. So it’s a good toss to win. The openers got us a good start, and we had partnerships in the middle. That was important. That helped us control the game. Playing with the same team,” Shanaka said at the toss

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Afghanistan are so far unbeaten in the tournament. They have produced some good all-round show especially against Sri Lanka and would look to replicate the same

Afghanistan have been in some good form having won both their group matches against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively. Sri Lanka on the other hand, marched into the Super 4s with a win against Bangladesh in a close finish

Hello and welcome to the LIVE COVERAGE of the Super 4 match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan