30th Match: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan at Pune, Oct 30, 2023
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
Sri Lanka 241/10 (49.3)
Afghanistan 242/3 (45.2)
RR: 5.34
Last 12 Balls: . 1 1 4 1 1 | 1 1
Current Partnership: 0 runs, 0.4 overs, RR: 0 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran )
Last Wicket: Ibrahim Zadran 39(57)
Hashmatullah Shahidi | Afghanistan skipper: Quite happy and proud of the team. Happy for the way we performed in all 3 departments. The last game gave us lot of confidence and belief that we can chase any kind of target. It was a very professional performance from the bowlers today. All the coaching and managing staff are working hard and giving us confidence. Especially Jonathan (Trott) he is always positive, before Pakistan game he told me one word and that changed my mindset a lot. As a captain, you should lead from the front and that's what I am trying to do, I will try to maintain that in the rest of the tournament. Rashid Khan is a special player and the best player in the world. He (Rashid Khan) is a very energetic guy and always keeps the team very lively. I want to congratulate all the Afghanistan supporters and especially want to thank the Indian fans for coming out and supporting us.
Kusal Mendis | Sri Lankan skipper: We didn't do enough with the bat. 300 or maybe 280 would have been sufficient, but not to be. Bowlers have done well in the first 10 overs and the dew has come in a little bit and then it became a little hard to bowl the spinners. Actually, there was dew today and the ball came on to the bat nicely in the second innings. He (Madushanka) has done really well, in the first couple of games as well and hope he will continue his form going forward.
Fazalhaq Farooqi | Player of the Match: Thanks to the Almighty, nice to have 3 wins in the tournament, happy to have contributed to the team's win. I was looking for a swing with the new ball, but I didn't get it, so I just kept it simple, hit the right areas, and didn't want to concede boundaries and that's how I succeeded. We conceded too many runs in the last few overs (in the previous matches), we put in the hard yards in the nets, bowling with accuracy, and trying out as many variations as possible. That's exactly what we went out and did in the match today.
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets and moved to 5th slot in the points table
45.2
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Over 45.2 PVD Chameera bowls it short of length to Azmatullah Omarzai,1 run, goes on to the back foot and slogged high into the night sky, and goes straight towards the fielder in the deep, Asalanka runs forward but drops it.
45.1
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Over 45.1 PVD Chameera bowls a pitched up delivery to Hashmatullah Shahidi,1 run, gets forward and drives it through cover and picks up a single
