Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan 2nd T20 Match, On February 19, 2024, the second T20 match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will begin. The match will be held at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.
Sri Lanka took a 1-0 lead in the series versus Afghanistan on Friday.
Sri Lanka Team have dominated the series so far. They continued their winning streak by winning the only Test and white-washed Afghanistan Team in the three-match ODI series. The Afghans have been beaten so far on this tour and they also lost the first T20.
Afghanistan Team lost by only four runs to Sri Lanka in the first match of the three T20 series.
Batting first, the Sri Lankan batsmen lost all wickets and scored 160 runs in ninteen (19) overs. But Afghanistan could not reach the target of 161 runs given by Sri Lanka in the allotted overs. They lost nine wickets for 156 runs in twenty (20) overs.
Sri Lanka Team :
Sri Lankan skipper, all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga took one wicket with twenty runs in the first T20 match and on his 67 runs off 32 balls, the Sri Lanka team won the first T20 match.
Sri Lankan batsman Dhananjaya de Silva scored 24 runs off 17 balls in his first T20 match against Afghanistan. His strike rate in T20 matches is 117.29.
Sri Lankan batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama got 25 runs off 24 balls in previous match. He played 12 T20 matches so far and scored 136 runs.
Matheesha Pathirana grabbed 4 wickets with 24 runs. He picked up four wickets in his second T20 match against Afghanistan and won the man of the match award.
All-rounder Dasun Shanaka took 2 wickets with 17 runs. He has played 91 T20 international matches. And his T20 career batting strike rate is 122.54. He has taken 25 wickets in T20 career.
Afghanistan Team :
Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran‘s 55-balls 67-run innings in the first T20 match is of no use to the Afghanistan Team. His T20 matches batting strike rate is 102.71.
Gulbadin Naib is an all-rounder. Naib is a right-handed batter. In the recent 3 matches, he has scored 41 runs averaging 13.7 per match. In last previous match he scored 16 runs off 17 balls.
Karim Janat scored 20 runs off 16 balls with the bat and took one wicket with the ball. He played 36 T20 matches and scored 515 runs and took 39 wickets with the ball.
Fazalhaq Farooqi grabbed 3 wickets with 25 runs in previous match. Bowls left-arm medium-fast and in the recently played 4 matches, this player has taken 8 wickets at an average of 9.8.
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan 2nd T20 Match, Pitch report –
Not many people associate Dambulla with high scoring and expansive limits. The side that wins the toss will aim to score highly by batting first. Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium appears to have a strong batting surface. The new ball comes off the bat wonderfully, and since the game is being played in the dark, the bowlers will have a difficult time hitting their target. The middle overs are when the spinners might be called upon.
Under the lights, the pursuing team will be troubled by the pacers’ early swing and seam with the ball. The pitch at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium favors batsmen as revealed by the average first innings score of 140 in T20 matches.
SL vs AFG Possible Playing XI –
Sri Lanka Team :
Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Matheesha Pathirana.
Afghanistan Team :
Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Qais Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Naveen Ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
