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Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2023: Sri Lanka Leveled the Series by 1-1 by Thrashing Afghanistan 132 Runs

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Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2023: Sri Lanka Leveled the Series by 1-1 by Thrashing Afghanistan 132 Runs

Sri Lanka and Afghanistan came against each other in the  2nd ODI of the series at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first.

Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka came to bat and Fazalhaq Farooqi opened the bowling attack. In the 2nd over, Nissanka hit a four on the second ball and it was the first boundary of the match. In the 3rd over, Karunaratne hit two fours. In the 4th over, Nissanka hit two fours.  In the 10th over, Karunaratne hit a four and Sri Lanka reached 50 runs. After 10 overs, SL was at 54-0.

In the 16th over, Nissanka got out after scoring 43(56) on the fifth ball. In the 21st over, Karunaratne hit a four and Sri Lanka reached 100 runs. In the 23rd over, Karunaratne hit a four on the second ball and scored a half-century and got out after scoring 52(62) on the third ball. In the 24th over, Samarawickrama hit back-to-back two fours. After 25 overs, SL was at 127-2.

In the 31st over, Samarawickrama hit a four on the second ball and Sri Lanka reached 150 runs. In the 34th over, Kusal Mendis hit two fours. In the 37th over, Kusal Mendis hit a half-century on the fourth ball and got out after scoring 44(46) on the fifth ball. In the 38th over, Sri Lanka reached 200 runs. In the 40th over, Asalanka got out after scoring 6(12) on the fifth ball. After 40 overs, SL was at 214-4.

In the 43rd over, Kusal Mendis smashed two boundaries. In the 44th over, Kusal Mendis hit a four and got out after scoring 78(75) on the fourth ball. In the 45th over, Shanaka finished the over with a six. In the 48th over, Shanaka got out after scoring 23(13) on the first ball. In the 49th over, Hasaranga started the over with six and Sri Lanka reached 300 runs and hit two fours. 

In 50 overs, Sri Lanka scored 323 runs with a loss of 6 wickets.

Chasing 324 runs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran came to bat and Kasun Rajitha opened the bowling attack. In the 3rd over, Ibrahim Zadran hit back-to-back two fours. In the 4th over, Gurbaz got out after scoring 2(12) on the second ball. In the 13th over, Rahmat hit a four and Afghanistan reached 50 runs. After 15 overs, AFG was at 56-1.

In the 16th over, Rahmat hit a four on the third ball and the partnership between Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah reached 50 runs. Rahmat Shah  got out after scoring 36(42) on the fourth ball. In the 20th over, Shahidi hit two fours. In the 24th over, Ibrahim Zadran hit a six and Afghanistan reached 100 runs. In the 29th overs  Ibrahim Zadran scored a half-century on the second ball and Shahidi finished the over with a four. After 30 overs, AFG was at 144-2.

In the 31st over, Ibrahim Zadran got out after scoring 54(75) on the third ball. In the 32st over, Shahidi scored a half-century on the third ball Afghanistan reached 150 runs. In the 33rd over, Shahidi started the over with a four and Najibullah got out after scoring 2(8) on the fifth ball. In the 34th over, Nabi got out after scoring 2(5) on the fifth ball. In the 35th over, Shahidi got out after scoring 57(62) on the first ball. In the 38th over, Noor Ahmad got out after scoring 3(7) on the first ball and Mujeeb got out for a duck on the third ball. In the 40tj over, Azmatullah hit back-to-back two boundaries. After 40 overs, AFG was at 187-8.

In the 42nd over, Fareed Ahmad got out for a duck on the second ball. In the 43rd over,  Azmatullah got out after scoring 28(31) on the second ball. Afghanistan got all out at 191 and lost the match by 132 runs. 

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