Toss Afghanistan selected to bowl vs Sri Lanka
Afghanistan received the toss and selected to bowl first, citing the freshness of the floor at Hambantota. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi anticipated there to be some early motion. Dasun Shanaka mentioned he would have bowled first too, however anticipated there to be runs within the floor.
Sri Lanka will area two debutants. Matheesha Pathirana, who performed a big function in Chennai Tremendous Kings’ IPL title-winning marketing campaign will play his first ODI, whereas legspinning-allrounder Dushan Hemantha additionally performs his first match. Sri Lanka are with out Wanindu Hasaranga, who’s combating a foot damage, whereas Dushmantha Chameera additionally sits the primary match out.For Afghanistan, Rashid Khan is unavailable for this match with damage, however left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad performs alongside Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Seam-bowling allrounder Azmatullah Omarzai performs forward of Gulbadin Naib.
There was already a breeze on the Sooriyawewa floor, which is barely prone to develop stronger via the day, doubtlessly making bowling tough for Sri Lanka within the afternoon.
Sri Lanka XI: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne, 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), 4 Charith Asalanka, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt), 7 Dhananjaya de Silva, 8 Dushan Hemantha, 9 Kasun Rajitha, 10 Lahiru Kumara, 11 Matheesha Pathirana
Afghanistan XI: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Najibullah Zadran, 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Azmatullah Omarzai, 8 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 9 Noor Ahmad, 10 Fazalhaq Farooqi, 11 Fareed Ahmad
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