Sri Lanka win by six wickets against Afghanistan

[Gabbar Singh]

This should be a good match - Afghanistan are on a decent run of form and are playing with confidence so they should make it a competitive contest.

 

[Deewana]

It is a 50 50 match..I am backing Afgani's to defeat Lankans

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[Ashraful_Rox]

Supporting Afghanistan, this is their best chance to win a match in the group, can also challenge England.

 

[Major]

Backing my favorite team Afghanistan to win this

Upset is on hand boys

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Looks like Malinga is still injured.

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[Major]

(last five completed matches, most recent first)
Afghanistan: WWWWW
Sri Lanka: LLLWL

 

[Major]

Afghanistan won the toss and will bat first

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Tuk Tuk Afghanistan

 

[Deewana]

Gone
Shehzad
12-1 (3 ovrs)

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[lahoriyah1234]

Afghanistan are going to make out srl team charsii karahi...go afghanis...

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Angelo Mathew is a Poor Captain and wrong choice of captaincy. He should be replaces with thirmane guy opener looks like a captaincy material.

 

[Lurker_Ind]

If somehow Afghans can score about 130, they have the bowling to trouble Lankans.

Shahzad should have stayed. Mathews is an underrated bowler.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Noor Ali times the ball well.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

This is turning into a good start for Afghanistan - they were very careful to start with but have punished the bad balls.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Spoke too soon - they are now Tuk Tuk-ing along.

 

[Adil_94]

Lankans will win this easily. Afghan batting doesn't have enough firepower.

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[IcedCoffee]

Pitch changed in one day? BCCI tactics for India's game?

jk.

 

[street cricketer]

This is fantastic batting by Asghar.

Taking on a world class bowler like Herath!

 

[aniket1911]

Afghans playing well here.
Need this partnership to go on.

 

[Deewana]

What an inactive thread !

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[IcedCoffee]

Shenwari fancying some mankad.

 

[aniket1911]

Hahahahaha )
What was that sami .

 

[IcedCoffee]

That is one awkward reverse sweep.

 

[cricfan967]

Wow 145-150 on here

 

[aniket1911]

This is some clutch innings by sami.

 

[street cricketer]

These Afghans have immense power!

 

[Lords]

Afghans getting good support from Indian crowd. Good attendence for this match.

Had it been in Delhi half the stadium would be filled by afghans

 

[aniket1911]

Shenwari out but well played.
31(14) !

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Sometimes afghanistan remind me of the Lagaan team.

 

[dhump]

Afghanistan will not give competitive total it seems they are slogging everything when they should try to build and set a target and follow it.

 

[aniket1911]

Dropped by mathews.

 

[aniket1911]

Afghan have potent attack.
Need at least 150+ to give them something to defend.

 

[Amjid Javed]

150 here from 20 overs and the Afghan bowlers might fancy their chances of causing an upset.

Important last 3 overs for the Afghans here.

 

[Amjid Javed]

What a knock by the captain, well played! that last 6 he hit was like abdul razzaq!

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Great last over by Afghanistan.

 

[Major]

154 is the target, is there an upset on the hands?

 

[Alamgeer]

Afghan winning this?

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[Speedster1]

Afghan finish on 153-7, defo are in for a sniff of this one!

 

[gazza619]

If they get Dilshan and Chandimal early, they can bag this.


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[Amjid Javed]

Afgans 153/7 - Target 154. This will be a tough chase i think for SL

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Afghanistan are 20 runs short.

 

[aniket1911]

We might have upset on cards today.
Ladies and gentleman.

 

[Gabbar Singh]

106 from the last 10 overs.

 

[TalhaSyed]

Sometimes afghanistan remind me of the Lagaan team.

I see what you mean!

Great come back by the Afghanis here!

 

[Syed1]

106 from the last 10 overs.

Wow wow wow

 

[Syed1]

Lanka are seriously down in the dumps, a team that has played three out of the five finals of this tournament will be losing to a minnow like Afghanistan tonight

 

[Nikhil_cric]

What the hell Lanka? Can't let Afghans win here

 

[Syed1]

SL will go back to being a minnow, it was a short stay for them in the big boys league, only about 20-25 years.

 

[Amjid Javed]

We might have upset on cards today.
Ladies and gentleman.

I hope so would be great for the competition.

 

[Dman]

Look like a shadow of their past after the retirement of Mahela and Sang. These two along with Muralitharan made sure that Sri Lanka would remain a top team, not anymore.

 

[Abdul]

Despite all those hoicks and all that edginess, Asghar Stanikzai has played a very crucial knock on a tough surface and in the end it's the runs what really matter regardless of how beautiful or ugly you look while getting them.

 

[uberkoen]

Afghanistan can make a match out of this. They have a decent total on the board. Need to keep it tight though.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Afghans will need to get the two big guns out early if they want to try and cause an upset.

12/0 after 2

 

[Abdul]

Would dearly love an Afg win here.

 

[Lords]

Dilshan does best dilscoop. So much control.

Btw shehzad is too fat, looks like a halwai

 

[Thivagar]

Wicket coming for Nabi. Most likely its Chandimal.

 

[Thivagar]

Wicket coming for Nabi. Most likely its Chandimal.

 

[Adil_94]

Dilshan is the key if he bats through. Lankans have got this.

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[Thivagar]

Dilshan is the key if he bats through. Lankans have got this.

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It is sad that the team is reliable on a 40 year old and 38 year.

 

[Adil_94]

It is sad that the team is reliable on a 40 year old and 38 year.

after losing two legends like Sanga and Jaya it was always going to be tough. I'm disappointed with chandimal though I expected him to kick on.

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[JaDed]

Dew isn't as much as Mumbai.

 

[Adil_94]

Afghans in control here spinners squeezing the game. Is there an upset on the cards ?

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[Caved12]

Hi Everyone!

Where is Shapoor Zardan? Is he injured?

 

[Gabbar Singh]

req run rate is going up - spinners doing well here.

 

[Adil_94]

Thirimanne doesn't look like a T20 player.

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[JaDed]

Afghans need to up their fielding to create pressure on bigger teams.

 

[JaDed]

Thirmane gone Rashid gets one.

 

[Thivagar]

Lol

 

[badsha001]

From which angle does rashid look 17 years old?

 

[Thivagar]

Thirimanne doesn't look like a T20 player.

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He isn't but he is the only sane player. Others lack intelligence. I think School cricket kind of weeds out the intelligent kids from the jock retards.

 

[anuk]

the boys making our motherland proud yet again

 

[Adil_94]

Why isn't Mathews coming up the order. Thisara is a hack.

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[Thivagar]

From which angle does rashid look 17 years old?

According to Pushto age ? Do they use a 24 month calendar ?

 

[Amjid Javed]

Afghans need dilshan out ideally soon as hes the key batsmen and if he gets out panic might set in.

 

[badsha001]

According to Pushto age ? Do they use a 24 month calendar ?

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[Thivagar]

after losing two legends like Sanga and Jaya it was always going to be tough. I'm disappointed with chandimal though I expected him to kick on.

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He isn't smart either. He doesn't know how to play spin. He can't read flighted deliveries. He doesn't come down to play a single or double. He thinks if you come down you must try to hit a six.

 

[Thivagar]

I think Dilshan will retire after this tournament lol.

 

[Adil_94]

He isn't smart either. He doesn't know how to play spin. He can't read flighted deliveries. He doesn't come down to play a single or double. He thinks if you come down you must try to hit a six.

his record suggest he's much more comfortable playing against bounce and pace than spin.

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[Adil_94]

Thisara looks unrecognisable he seems to have lost a lot of weight.

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[jusarrived]

That wasnt out