Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2022 Live Updates: Revenge On The Cards As Sri Lanka Take On Afghanistan

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• September03202222: 11 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Goes into the road

  Clobbered away for a six! Nissanka bring out the sweep, not for the first time in this innings. Mujeeb flights it and he gets down on one knee to hit this behind the stands

• September03202222: 01 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Mendis departs

  Huge wicket for Afghanistan! Mendis picks out the man at deep. Naveen with the breakthrough. How crucial this wicket will be?

• September03202221: 57 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Back to back sixes from Mendis

  Back to back sixes to end the powerplay! Kusal Mendis gets down on one knee and sweeps this towards the leg side. Falls just behind the boundary line

• September03202221: 51 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Easy pickings for Sri Lanka

  On the pads, Kusal slashes it hard. Finds a thick outside edge and the pace helps him beat the man at short fine leg

• September03202221: 44 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Top edge over the keeper

  Top-edged for a four! Sri Lanka get a bit lucky. Farooqi bowls a short-pitched ball and Nissanka goes for a pull. Takes a thick edge and flies over the keeper

• September03202221: 22 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Run out on the final delivery

  Rashid tries to steal an extra runs but falls way too short. Excellent effort from Sri Lanka to pull this below 180.

  They will need to 176.

• September03202221: 19 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Swung away for a six

  What a hit! Pitched short and Rashid tonks this over deep midwicket for a maximum.

• September03202221: 16 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Run out

  Hit hard to mid-off and they look to steal a single. But the throw is a good one to the striker’s end and Kusal does the rest. Najib departs

• September03202221: 14 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Caught and bowled

  Off the bottom of the bat and Theekshana takes an easy catch. Nabi departs

• September03202221: 07 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Scooped to short fine-leg

  Tries the scoop but hits straight to short fine leg! Ibrahim goes across the crease early. Madushanka spots the move and slows it right up

• September03202220: 58 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Unlucky

  Big inside edge and Zadran will get a boundary. No fielder at fine leg

• September03202220: 56 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Rahmanullah falls

  Rahmanullah goes for a big one but he mistimes. Hasaranga had plenty of time and he settles down to take a difficult catch. He falls on 84

• September03202220: 46 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Poor delivery

  Terrible delivery! Pitches it straight down the leg and beyond the keeper’s reach. Easy pickings for Sri Lanka

• September03202220: 43 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Just clears the man in the deep

  Ibrahim finally gets a clean connection. Just clears the man in the deep. This will give him some confidence

• September03202220: 41 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: That’s gone all the way

  Doesn’t get the desired connection but the short boundaries in Sharjah means it comfortably cleared deep extra cover

• September03202220: 38 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: A boundary at last

  Thick edge and past short third and beyond him and running away for four. 22 balls since the last boundary

• September03202220: 18 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Gurabaz’s got to fifty!

  That brings up the fifty for Gurbaz. Gets there in 22 balls.

• September03202220: 10 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Tonked

  Swept away for a six! Beautiful shot from Gurbaz. Gets down one knee and sweeps this over deep midwicket for a six

• September03202220: 00 (IST)

  SL vs IND: Off-stump rattled

  Ball stays a shade low with Zazai trying to slog across the line. Off stump pegged pack

• September03202219: 58 (IST)

  SL vs BAN: Pierced away

  Punched away on the backfoot! Uses the pace nicely and is able to beat the flying man at backward point

• September03202219: 52 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Slashed hard by Rahmanullah

  Cut away by Gurbaz! Too much width on offer. He takes his time and cuts this towards off side for a boundary

• September03202219: 47 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Suspense

  What the hell just happened? Sri Lanka thought they had Rahmanullah. However, the replay shows that Gunathilaka stepped on the skirting, and the Afghanistan batter was called back.

• September03202219: 38 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Edged and four

  Edge and flies past the keeper! Fernando almost gets Zazai. Mendis, behind the sticks, laughs

• September03202219: 34 (IST)

  SL vs AFG:

  And Zazai is up and running. Width on offer. Zazai leans forward and creams a drive over mid off’s right! First boundary of the match

• September03202219: 33 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: And we are under

  Theekshana gets this underway with the new ball. Bowls a waist length delivery and Zazai inside edges it to short fine leg. No run

• September03202219: 15 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Here’s how both teams line up

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

  Afghanistan XI: Hazratullah Zazai , Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (capt), Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Usman Shinwari, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

• September03202219: 02 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Sri Lanka opt to bowl

  Sri Lanka have won the toss and Afghanistan will bat first. 

• September03202217: 40 (IST)

  SL vs AFG: Hello

  Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Asia Cup Super 4 fixture between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. 

  Stay tuned for the toss!