Asia Cup 2023: Sri Lanka overcome spirited Afghanistan chase to reach Super Fours

[Major]

Najib showing what he can do

 

[Major]

Real mature batting by afg. Not all balls were hit they rotated strike. Love this afg team

 

[Major]

33 need in 3 overs

 

[ads101]

Don’t see Afghanistan winning from here but they have done ridiculously well to do so. Hoping they pull it off.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Not taking anything away from Afg, but this looks like a perfect batting pitch.

 

[Major]

2 overs left. Now its abit difficult. They need to get some strikes

 

[Champ_Pal]

2 overs left. Now its abit difficult. They need to get some strikes

Both these batters can strike long ball.

 

[Major]

Four. 23 needed now in 12 balls

 

[Major]

16 needed off 10

 

[Major]

Goneeeee . Mujeeb to come out

 

[pakpassfan]

SL is useless..how did Bangla lose to this team

 

[Adi_62945]

Afghanistan may come out all guns firing. They are brutal in patches especially spin bowling and lower middle order batting. Hope we get a crunch match. Will go for afghanistan to win this one and create an excitement in this rain driven tournament

My prediction came true

 

[Major]

16 needed off 9

 

[Rana]

How have Sri Lanka nearly botched this?

 

[Ahmed216]

Poor shot from Najib. They had it under control and next over was an easier bowler

 

[Nikhil_cric]

If Afghans qualify, who goes out - SL or BD?

 

[Major]

16 off 8

 

[Ahmed216]

If Afghans qualify, who goes out - SL or BD?

SL

 

[Major]

Wide. 15 off 8 needed. Mujeeb no looking to strike.

 

[ads101]

Yes a wide

 

[Major]

Rashid didn't take the single. Wants to keep strike. 15 needed off 7.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

SL

Damn. Thought it would be BD because SL NRR is higher

 

[Champ_Pal]

Win or lose, Afg has made themselves proud.

 

[Major]

Rashid lost it for afg

 

[Champ_Pal]

Wellalage bowling like Axar.

 

[ads101]

Think those 2 dots sealed it unfortunately

 

[Major]

Rashid gave 3 dots there.

 

[Major]

Either way, mujeeb will have to play a ball.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Rashid refusing singles like Dhoni.

 

[emranabbas]

Come Lanka full support

 

[Major]

3 needed of one ball and mujeeb gas to do it

 

[ads101]

Wow lol inside edge

 

[Major]

Come on Lanka, Mankad lmaooo

 

[Champ_Pal]

Wow lol inside edge

Luck favors the brave.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Mujeeb for the win. Hit a six :miandad

 

[Saj]

This has to be one of Afghanistan's greatest ever wins!

 

[ads101]

come on Afghanistan!

 

[Ahmed216]

They need a 4 in next 2 balls actually

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Dunith bowled like Nawaz at MCG vs India )

 

[emranabbas]

Afghan will still lose the next game lol

 

[Major]

Afg out of asia cup

 

[Major]

Wait wait wait. If they hit a 6 in next three deliveries they still make it

 

[Ahmed216]

Oh no this must be heartbreaking for Afghans

 

[Ahmed216]

Afg out of asia cup

They need a 4 next ball which will take them to 293. Still have a chance

 

[Champ_Pal]

How the hell did Mujeeb score a rapid fifty against Pakistan? The man cannot hold the bat properly. He bats like Bumrah.

 

[Major]

Afg don't know it. What idiotsss

 

[Major]

Omgggg these guys r soon dumbb

 

[ads101]

Oh they don’t know how sad

 

[Champ_Pal]

The hell was that block? Afg seems to be unaware of the equation.

 

[Ahmed216]

Omgggg these guys r soon dumbb

They didn't realise they could still qualify and began deadbatting it

 

[Major]

Wow. 3 full tosses. And they had no idea.

 

[ads101]

what did they do so silly

 

[Rana]

A dumb team like Afghanistan honestly shouldn’t qualify

 

[emranabbas]

Well done Sri Lanka

 

[Ahmed216]

The hell was that block? Afg seems to be unaware of the equation.

Yesss

 

[ads101]

Did the dressing room not know? Who are the coaches? Sack them.

 

[Champ_Pal]

This is so dumb from Afghanistan. The coach and the support staff must resign after this epic fail from them.

 

[Major]

He blocked a juicy full tosses.. lmaooooo

Well serves farooqi righr

 

[Babeikh]

Got to hand it to the Afghans. They gave it a really good go and got about as close as they could have done.

But pleased Sri Lanka went through and we have the four best teams in Asia in the Super 4.

 

[Imran Hasan]

How come no one told them that they needed a 6 in 3 balls

 

[Major]

There is a TV in the dressing room. Unless you don't understand English or just too dumb and kept it on mute....

Lmaooo these guys threw away the game

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Isn't Jonathan Trott their coach? Dumb by Afghanistan

 

[ads101]

So angry. Sack the coaches and whatever staff. Ridiculous.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Jonathan Trott is a terrible coach. What is he doing there? This is unbelievable.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Afghanistan did all that just for farooqi to dead bat 3 full tosses lmao

 

[Major]

Discussion going on and now they are being told. Lmao

 

[Champ_Pal]

You have to feel sorry for Rashid Khan and Nabi. They deserve a better team and coach.

 

[Major]

I'm just glad it wasn't Pakistan there

 

[ads101]

Sri Lanka was probably laughing thinking they were dumb enough to try to block it out.

 

[ads101]

Never seen something like this before. When a team didn’t know they could actually win.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This has to be one of Afghanistan's greatest ever wins!

Turned out to be their dumbest loss. How could the back room staff not know?

 

[SamNJ]

Farooqui is always an epicentre of choke. Terrible cricketer, good for nothing.

 

[Asif321]

This is a massive heartbreak for Afghanistan

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Trotty better run before the talibs get him lol

 

[Major]

Man he blocked a full toss. Like come on. I wanna feel bad for them but than I keep remembering that mankad

 

[ishtiaq_ctg]

What a brain fade in the end. Jonathan Trott should be ashamed of himself for this blunder. Commentators had more idea then the Afgan support staff.

 

[shariqnoor]

Criminal for the coaches of the Afghan team not to know what was required at the end.

 

[SamNJ]

Afghan team coached by a South African coach. A match made in heaven for dumb chokes.

 

[Saj]

Messed it up did Afghanistan.

They could have qualified for the Super 4s if they'd got to 295 from 37.4 overs. Instead they defended/tried to defend the last 3 balls.

 

[mon858]

How can there be no one watching live commentary of TV in dressing room at least