🏏Asia 🏆Cup 2022 Super Four -Match 1 : Sri Lanka v/s Afghanistan 🏏 - Page 4

Pitch Report from Russel Arnold: "Pitch flat as ever, hardly any grass. The newer ball will skid through, on the slower side as the game goes on. It will also bounce less here as well compared to Dubai. 17 wickets have fallen to spin here, and 13 of those have been hitting the stumps. You have to take advantage of the shorter boundaries, you cannot park the bus."

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to field

Dasun Shanaka: 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.

Mohammad Nabi: We would like to bat first, we want to put a good score on the board. Really happy with the way our bowlers have performed. Hopefully they bowl well today as well. We had a good game here against Bangladesh. We want to do well again. We have one change, Shinwari comes in.

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

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

Teams:

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

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

Pitch report: This pitch could be slower and lower. The ball might skid along the deck. Hasaranga and Theekshana can get some help from this wicket if they target the stumps. The pitch will get better in the second innings. The ball will come on to the bat nicely on the bat. The bowlers need to bowl a little short here, can't afford to be fuller, reckons Deep Dasgupta.

Uwaisul Karnain: "Dilshan Madushanka's performance in the last game almost went unnoticed and his contribution (especially with the new ball) will become crucial for SL to limit Afghanistan to a manageable score today!"

Musty Laghmani: "Previous two matches of Afghanistan have been won doing the chase, here is the real test today."

My money is on Afghanistan 😆