Farooqi, Gurbaz Stars Afghanistan rout of SriLanka in Asia Cup Opener

Asia Cup 2022: Afghanistan defeats Sri Lanka in Asia Cup Openers in UAE.






  • The Asia Cup T20 tournament has started in the United Arab Emirates, in the opening match, Afghanistan makes the alarm situation for other teams by defeating Sri Lanka easily by 8 wickets.



The initial match was played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in Dubai. Afghanistan won the throw and chose to field against Sri Lanka and batting first, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 105 runs in 19.4 overs. What's more, provided Afghanistan with an objective of 106 rushes to win.


The Sri Lankan batsmen looked vulnerable against the turning bundles of the Afghanistan bowlers and just 3 batsmen could get into twofold figures. Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 38, Chamika Karunaratne 31 and Danushka Gunathilaka scored 17 runs.


In the interest of Afghanistan, Fazlul Haq Farooqui took 3 wickets, Mujeebur Rehman and Mohammad Nabi took 2, 2 wickets and Naveen ul Haq took 1 wicket.


Pursuing the objective, Afghanistan got a decent opening and Rahmanullah Garbaz was excused for 40 sudden spikes in demand for 83, then, at that point, Ibrahim Zardan was excused for 15 on 103.


Hazratullah Zazai scored 40 and Najeebullah Zardan stayed not out by scoring 2 runs. Afghanistan accomplished the set objective in 10.1 overs for the deficiency of 2 wickets.

  • Bhanuka Rajapaksa was the top scorer for Sri Lanka with 38 runs. Fazal Haq Farooqui excused 3 players from Afghanistan.


Pakistan will play its First match on Sunday, August 28 against traditional rivals India.

In the T20 competition between the 6 best groups in Asia, Pakistan will be in real life in Group An alongside India and Hong Kong, while in Group B the groups of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be in real life.




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