🏏Asia Cup 2023: M6: SL vs AFG in Lahore on 05/09/2023 at 3PM IST 🏏 - Page 66

Dasun Shanaka | Sri Lanka captain: It's a tough one, very hard to defend such a total. DDS and my wicket - that was the important part of the game. Mendis and Asalanka built the innings really well. We didn't chip today. Credit to Theekshana and Wellalage - they played brilliantly to finish on 291. Kasun opened the door for us. Nabi played an outstanding innings which almost took away the game from us. We found a way to win.

Kusal Mendis | Player of the Match: We batted well in the first ten overs and then in the middle overs. I did my best today for my today. We were under pressure. The bowlers did a great job. With four fielders outside the circle, it's very hard to bowl. We did well in all three departments and that's why we won. Wellalage bowled really well, he got two wickets in an over. Matheesha also bowled well, he's improving.

Phew! A nail-biter at Lahore. Sri Lanka won this see-saw battle to progress to the next round. This will be a tough loss to swallow for Afghanistan. From almost qualifying and then losing the match by 2 runs, it'll take a while for them to recover from this. They were so focused on 37.1 that after Mujeeb's downfall, they didn't know they could have still crosed the line in the next three balls with a six. Well, they have some time to pick themselves up before the World Cup.

OMG im so mad right now 😭😭😭😭

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Congratulations to Sri Lanka for winning the match and moving to Super 4s.

Congratulations to Kusal for winning the PoTM award.

But, it is heart-wrenching for Afghanistan to lose after coming so close. I can't believe it. Their last batsman did not even try.

Or like some others said, may be they are not aware of the changed equation. Once they crossed that 37.1 overs they might have thought they lost the chance already.

Cheers..

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imagine missing out on a semi final just because of maths 🥲

Originally posted by: JustRandomGirl

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imagine missing out on a semi final just because of maths 🥲

Still upset n heartbroken for AFG