ODI World Cup 2023: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Match Preview, ODI World Cup 2023

30th ODI • Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium • Pune

Sri Lanka

241 (49.3)

Afghanistan

242/3 (45.2)

AFG won by 7 wickets

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Date & Time

30 Oct, 02:00 PM IST

Venue

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

Match

30th ODI,

ICC ODI World Cup 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Richard Illingworth (England), Alex Wharf (England, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFast & Bounce

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionHigh Scoring

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

300Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

286Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

Weather Update

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

3- 6

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Afghanistan

Sri Lanka

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Sadeera Samarawickrama

SL . WK

295 Runs

5 Matches

Pathum Nissanka

SL . BAT

243 Runs

5 Matches

Kusal Mendis

SL . WK

229 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Dilshan Madushanka

SL . BOWL

11 Wkts

5 Matches

Kasun Rajitha

SL . BOWL

7 Wkts

3 Matches

Rashid Khan

AFG . BOWL

6 Wkts

5 Matches

Player of the Match Fazalhaq Farooqi

4/34

AFG

Info

Sri Lanka

241/10 (49.3)

Batters

Pathum Nissanka

76.67

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Omarzai

Dimuth Karunaratne

71.43

lbw b Farooqi

Kusal Mendis

78.00

c (sub Zadran) b Rahman

Sadeera Samarawickrama

90.00

lbw b Rahman

Charith Asalanka

78.57

c Khan b Farooqi

Dhananjaya de Silva

53.85

b Khan

Angelo Mathews

88.46

c Nabi b Farooqi

Dushmantha Chameera

25.00

runout (Zadran)

Maheesh Theekshana

93.55

b Farooqi

Kasun Rajitha

71.43

runout (Rahmanullah Gurbaz)

Dilshan Madushanka

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(49.3 Ov, RR: 4.85)

241/10

Bowlers

EXT

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman

3.80

Fazalhaq Farooqi

3.40

Naveen ul Haq

6.3

7.23

Azmatullah Omarzai

5.29

Rashid Khan

5.00

Mohammad Nabi

5.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dimuth Karunaratne

lbw b Farooqi

1-22

5.2

Pathum Nissanka

c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Omarzai

2-84

18.1

Kusal Mendis

c (sub Zadran) b Rahman

3-134

27.4

Sadeera Samarawickrama

lbw b Rahman

4-139

29.1

Dhananjaya de Silva

b Khan

5-167

35.6

Charith Asalanka

c Khan b Farooqi

6-180

38.5

Dushmantha Chameera

runout (Zadran)

7-185

39.6

Maheesh Theekshana

b Farooqi

8-230

46.6

Angelo Mathews

c Nabi b Farooqi

9-239

48.3

Kasun Rajitha

runout (Rahmanullah Gurbaz)

10-241

49.4

Afghanistan

242/3 (45.2)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

0.00

b Madushanka

Ibrahim Zadran

68.42

c Karunaratne b Madushanka

Rahmat Shah

83.78

c Karunaratne b Rajitha

Hashmatullah Shahidi

78.38

Not out

Azmatullah Omarzai

115.87

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 9)

TOTAL

(45.2 Ov, RR: 5.34)

242/3

Did not Bat

Ikram Alikhil, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Bowlers

EXT

Dilshan Madushanka

5.33

Kasun Rajitha

4.80

Angelo Mathews

6.00

Dushmantha Chameera

9.2

5.46

Maheesh Theekshana

5.50

Dhananjaya de Silva

5.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

b Madushanka

1-0

0.4

Ibrahim Zadran

c Karunaratne b Madushanka

2-73

16.5

Rahmat Shah

c Karunaratne b Rajitha

3-131

27.6

Match Info

Date & Time

30 Oct, 02:00 PM IST

Venue

Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

Match

30th ODI,

ICC ODI World Cup 2023

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Richard Illingworth (England), Alex Wharf (England, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bowl

1 1 0 2 4 1

Over 43

Runs: 9

4 0 4 1 0 0

Over 44

Runs: 9

0 1 1 4 1 1

Over 45

Runs: 8

1 1

Over 46

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match Fazalhaq Farooqi

4/34

Commentary

With that, we come to the end of our coverage of the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup for the day. The Sri Lankan team will hop onto the bus and travel 140-odd kilometres to take on India on the 2nd of November at Mumbai, while Afghanistan make their way up north to face the Netherlands at Lucknow. The Pakistan-Bangladesh rivalry will be re-ignited as both teams face off against each other at the Eden Gardens tomorrow. Join us right here on Sportskeeda for our live coverage of the same - it's going to be a spicy one, for sure! This is Rajarshi, signing off on behalf of Arya for the day. Good night - see you tomorrow!

With a third win in 6 games, Afghanistan close in right behind Australia's tail. They have Netherlands, Australia and South Africa to play next. The morale in their ranks will be sky high at the moment - Afghanistan are turning out to be dark horses in the truest sense in the 2023 World Cup! The success they've had while chasing against Pakistan, and Sri Lanka today, has provided them with a new identity altogether, something that was missing over the previous couple of editions. It's a long way back for Sri Lanka from here - having conceded defeat today, they face a red-hot Indian side on home soil four days later. The absence of a few key players, Wanindu Hasaranga in particular, have hampered them to no end.

Hashmatullah Shahidi (Afghanistan captain): Quite happy, I'm proud of the team the way we performed in all three departments. The game against Pakistan gave us a lot of confidence and belief that we can chase any kind of target. We started well in every aspect, we were very professional in the run-chase. The support staff is always positive, we work very hard before coming into the World Cup. They work really hard and provide us with a lot of confidence, especially Jonathan, he's always positive. Before the Pakistan game, he told me something that changed my mindset a lot. As a captain, you should lead from the front. That's what I'm trying. In the last game and today as well, I'm happy to have finished the game off. I'll be happy to do so going ahead. Rashid Khan is a very special player, the best in the world. Very energetic guy, and his energy rubs off on the team. I congratulate our nation on the win, and thank all the Indian supporters for coming to the ground to cheer for us.

Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka captain): Yeah we were a little bit short of runs. 240 wasn't enough on this pitch. We needed to score atleast 280-300. Our bowlers started really well in the first 10 overs. Dew came in and made things more difficult. There was too much dew and it gets difficult. The ball was coming onto the bat as the pitch got better. Madushanka has done really well, he is very young. Going forward he will do really well.

Fazalhaq Farooqi (Player of the Match): Thanks to god for the performance. It's good that we have three wins in the tournament and happy to contribute to the win. I was looking for swing in the first few balls but I realised there was no swing I went back to hitting the right areas and that was the plan all through the day and that is how I got all the success. We have given so many runs in the last over, we have been working really hard in the next trying to bowl well in the death overs. I tried to stick to my basics and try and bowl most of the variations as possible. (Translated by Rashid Khan)

Match summary:

Afghanistan win by 7 wickets with 28 balls to spare

Azmatullah Omarzai 73*(63) | Fazalhaq Farooqi 4/34 (10)
Pathum Nissanka 46(60) | Dilshan Madushanka 2/48 (9)

The Afghanistan cricket team take a lap of honour, expressing their gratitude for the immense support they received over the course of the day. To think they won just one World Cup game prior to the 2023 edition....Afghanistan, having registered a third victory, are actually in contention for a spot in the semi-finals, ahead of...(checks list) Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Netherlands and Bangladesh, and have played a part in eliminating England with a win early on in the tournament!

The maturity shown from their batters over the course of the run-chase was nothing short of commendable. A white-board in their dressing room read 50 in 10, 100 in 20, 150 in 30, 200 in 40, and then 242, perfectly breaking the target down for them. Their batters executed the plan to perfection - Hashmatullah Shahidi, as always, was the glue that held the run-chase together, first with Rahmat Shah, and then with Azmatullah Omarzai as the batters around him looked to score freely.

The fact that the wicket was an absolute belter was of utmost aid to the Afghans. Although there was that extra lift off the deck every now and then, particularly from the likes of Kasun Rajitha and Dushmantha Chameera later on, the former just couldn't hit the right line and length more often, releasing any sort of pressure he managed to pile on the batters. Kusal Mendis' bowling changes were questionable as well - he kept using bowlers suited to containing runs at stages where Sri Lanka yearned for breakthroughs.

Madushanka had the Lankans up and about first over by bending one back in and past Rahmanullah Gurbaz's defence, knocking his middle stump out. Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah then went on to stitch a really aesthetically pleasing partnership, laced with elegant, sumptuous stroke-play, and over the course of it, laying the foundation for the middle-order.

Ibrahim got out to a rather loose stroke, but Rahmat Shah was well in by then. He, along with Hashmatullah Shahidi, steadied the ship further, steering Afghanistan past three figures. It was just about nurdling the ball around for ones and twos, and that remained the case when Azmatullah joined Shahidi in the middle. Azmatullah took a while to get his eye in, and once he did, the boundaries began to flow. The required rate never went past 6, Afghanistan were always under control of the chase, and finished it with time to spare!

And.....there you have it! Omarzai supports a sheepish grin - his hands over his head as the fielder at deep mid wicket - Asalanka - spilled a sitter to hand Afghanistan a hard-fought win - their third in this World Cup!

45.2 Dushmantha Chameera to Azmatullah Omarzai, Dropped and that should be it for Afghanistan. A significant win for them and they move to 5th in the table and keeps hope of a semi-final berth alive. Was a slower fuller-length delivery, Omarzai tries to finish it off in style, swings across the line and gets it from the cue end of the bat, carries all the way to Charith Asalanka at deep square leg but he spills that allowing the batters to roll through for the run required to seal the victory.

45.1 Dushmantha Chameera to Hashmatullah Shahidi, eases away the fuller one around off past the point region and takes a single. Just one run away from another famous victory.

Shahidi gets to 2,000 One Day International runs with that single! It's been a day of milestones for Afghanistan as they close in on a second successive win in the 2023 Men's Cricket World Cup!

overs

240 /3 score

runs

Hashmatullah Shahidi *

57 (73)

Azmatullah Omarzai

72 (62)

Kasun Rajitha

1 /48

44.6 Kasun Rajitha to Hashmatullah Shahidi, fractionally shorter than a fuller-length, around the middle stump, worked away past the point region for a single.

44.5 Kasun Rajitha to Azmatullah Omarzai, again a short one a tad outside off, this time a more controlled pull shot past the mid-on fielder and takes a single.

Rajitha from round the wicket now

44.4 Kasun Rajitha to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR! Just one hit away now. Short of a length delivery again, a tad outside off and a disdainful pull shot over the midwicket fielder, was a frontfoot shot and gets them closer to back to back victories in the World Cup.

44.3 Kasun Rajitha to Hashmatullah Shahidi, on a length angling into Shahidi, bowling from round the wicket and that has been turned away towards the square leg region for a single.

44.2 Kasun Rajitha to Azmatullah Omarzai, bunts away the length delivery a shade outside off towards the sweeper cover fielder for a singe.

44.1 Kasun Rajitha to Azmatullah Omarzai, back of a length delivery a shade outside off, punched away straight to the backward point fielder.

Just the 10 more to get. The following over might turn out to be the last of the game.