ASIA CUP 2022 AFG VS SL : AFGHANISTAN START A TOURNAMENT WITH A MASSIVE WIN BY 8 WICKETS

 ASIA CUP 2022 SL VS AFG: AFGHANISTAN'S MASSIVE VICTORY BY 8 WICKETS IN THE OPENING GAME OF ASIA CUP 2022 AGAINST SRILANKA.

GREAT START BY AFGHANISTAN TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT WITH A MASSIVE 8 WICKETS WIN AGAINST SRILANKA IN THE OPENING ENCOUNTER GAME OF ASIA CUP 2022 AT DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM.

FAZALHAQ FAROOQI SUPERB OPENING SPELL  & MUJEEB UR RAHMAN AMAZING SPELL AND THE OTHER BOWLERS  GAVE GOOD  SUPPORT AT THE OTHER END.

AFTER  AFGHANISTAN OPENERS HAZRATULLAH ZAZAI SUPERB START COMFORTABLE CHASING DOWN THE 106 RUNS TARGET OF JUST  10.1 OVERS  WITH 8 WICKETS IN HAND IN MATCH 1 GROUP B AT DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM

WHILE AFGHANISTAN WON THE TOSS AND PUT SRILANKA INTO BAT FIRST 

 AFGHANISTAN BOWLER  FAZALHAQ FAROOQUI TAKE BACK TO BACK TWO WICKETS IN THE FIRST OVER OF THE MATCH.

AFTER SRILANKA BATSMEN LOST BACK-TO-BACK WICKETS IN A QUICK TIME, AFGHANISTAN BOWLERS ARE RIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE GAME.

ONLY BHANUKA RAJAPAKSA  SCORED 38 RUNS OFF 29 BALLS AND IN THE END, CHAMIKA KARUNARATNE SCORE 31 RUNS OFF  38 BALLS. 

AFGHANISTAN BOWLERS ARE TERRIFIC WITH THE BALL FAZALHAQ FAROOQI TAKING 3 WICKETS, MUJEEB UR RAHMAN, AND MOHAMMED NABI PICKING UP TWO WICKETS EACH.

RASHID KHAN SUPERB ECONOMICAL SPELL JUST GAVE 12 RUNS IN HIS SPELL.

IN THE END, SRILANKA ALL OUT OF JUST 105 RUNS  AND REGISTERED THEIR LOWEST TOTAL IN ASIA CUP.

SRILANKA ALL OUT  -  105  RUNS (  19.4 )  OVERS

AFGHANISTAN  OPENERS GAVE A  HAZRATULLAH ZAZAI  AND RAHMANULLAH GURBAZ GAVE A FIERY START IN THE POWER PLAY SMASHING 83 RUNS IN THE FIRST 6 OVERS AND TOP OF THE CHASE

RAHMANULLAH  GURBAZ SCORE 40 RUNS OFF 18 BALLS WITH 3 FOURS AND 2 SIXES AND HAZRATULLAH ZAZAI SCORE AN UNBEATEN 37 RUNS OFF 28 BALLS WITH 5 FOURS AND ONE SIX.

AFGHANISTAN BATSMEN EASILY CHASED DOWN THE TARGET  106 RUNS IN JUST 10.1 OVERS 

AFGHANISTAN    -   106/2  (  10.1 )  OVERS,  AFGHANISTAN WINS BY 8 WICKETS  WITH 59 BALLS REMAINING LEFT.

PLAYER OF THE  MATCH  -  FAZALHAQ FAROOQI  SENSATIONAL WITH A NEW BALL IN THE FIRST OVER OF THE MATCH TO STRIKE TWO BACK-TO-BACK WICKETS.

FAZALHAQ FAROOQI MATCH-WINNING SPELL  3 WICKETS, 11 RUNS, 1 MAIDEN,  3.4 OVERS 

AFG VS SL PLAYING 11 : 

SRILANKA XI  :  DANUSHKA GUNATHILAKA, PATHUM NISSANKA, KUSAL MENDIS ( WK) CHARITH ASALANKA, BHANUKA RAJAPAKSA, DASUN SHANAKA ( C ) , WANINDU HASARANGA, CHAMIKA KARUNARATNE, MAHEESH THEEKSHANA, DILSHAN MADHUSHANKA, MATHEESHA PATHIRANA.

AFGHANISTAN XI  : HAZRATULLAH ZAZAI, RAHMANULLAH GURBAZ ( WK) , IBRAHIM ZADRAN, KARIM JANAT, NAJIBULLAH ZADRAN, MOHAMEED NABI ( C ) ,RASHID KHAN, AZMATULLAH OMARZAI, NAVEEN UL HAQ, MUJEEB UR RAHMAN, FAZALHAQ FAROOQI.