Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2022
7th Match:
Seventh match of the Asia Cup (Main Round) 2022 between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan is going to be played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on September 3rd 2021.
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan History:
Overall:
Matches:
The teams met with each other twice. Sri Lanka won once and Afghanistan also won once.
The most consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan was 1 T20I in 2016.
The longest unbeaten streak for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan was 1 T20I in 2016.
The most consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka was 1 T20I in 2022.
The longest unbeaten streak for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka was 1 T20I in 2022.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka against Afghanistan are LW – – -.
Asia Cup History:
Matches:
The teams met with each other once. Afghanistan won the match.
The most consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan was 0 T20I, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan was 0 T20I, till date.
The most consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka was 1 T20I in 2022.
The longest unbeaten streak for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka was 1 T20I in 2022.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka against Afghanistan are L – – – -.
Points and Rankings:
The match is the comparison between the eighth rank (Sri Lanka (230)) and tenth rank (Afghanistan (222)) team. Sri Lanka is just 8 points ahead of Afghanistan.
Sri Lanka:
The team completed 161 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 71 times including a (1) win in a tied game and lost 88 times including a couple (2) of wins in a tied game. 2 times, the plays were called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka are WLWLL.
The team played 6 T20Is in the Asia Cup. Out of them, the team won twice and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup are WLLLL.
Afghanistan:
The team played 101 T20Is. Out of them, the team won 68 times and lost 33 times including a (1) defeat in a tied game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan are WWLWW.
The team played 5 T20Is in the Asia Cup. The team won 4 times and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan in the Asia Cup are WWWWL.
Asia Cup 2022 – 3rd match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan
The Outing:
The result of the match will impact the team’s points in the Ranking table, as if the result will go in favor of Sri Lanka then the winning side will gain a (1) point without any impact in the ranking, whereas the other team will lose a couple (2) of points without any impact in the ranking. On the other hand, in case of a reverse result, the winning team will gain a couple (2) of points with a (1) position in the ranking, and the opposite team will lose a (1) point without any impact in the ranking.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Sharjah shows the weather would be pretty sunny and clear throughout the game. There would be extremely less chances of rain, as the precipitation percentage would be between 0% to 3%. The temperature would be between 34 to 36 Celsius. The wind would be between 8 to 19 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch:
Team preferred to bat first after winning the toss in 15 games out of 27 outings, and the selection favored the teams, as the teams won 10 times including a super over victory in a tied game and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LWWLW.
On the other hand, the teams, who chose to field first, won 5 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LLLLW.
The first batting team won the match 17 times, including a one over eliminator win in a tied outing. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the match 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLWWW.
Overall, 15 times the teams won the toss, won the matches, including a tied match, and lost 12 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLWLL.
Sri Lanka Team:
Particularly, for Sri Lanka, the team won the toss 3 times in 4 games. The team won twice and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWW – -.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue, while losing the toss, are L – – – -.
Afghanistan Team:
Particularly, for Afghanistan, the team won the toss 9 times in 14 games. The team won 7 times and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWLW.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWWLW.
The team never lost an encounter, while defending the target, after losing the toss, till date.
Score:
The lowest defended total was 132 runs in 2013, and the highest successful chase was 172 runs in 2021.
The first inning lowest total was 44 runs in 2021 and the highest total was 215 runs in 2016. For the second inning, the lowest total was 38 runs in 2022 and the highest was 182 runs in 2016.
The batting average of the first innings is 23.05 and 19.11 is for the second innings.
T20I History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka against Afghanistan at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20I History at Venue:
Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka has an average record, as the team won twice and also lost twice in 4 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue are LLWW -.
Afghanistan:
Afghanistan has a dream record, as the team won 11 times and lost 3 times out of 14 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue are WWWWW.
The team never lost any outing, since 2013.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Sri Lanka:
The team would like to go with a winning combination.
Sri Lanka Eleven: P. Nissanka, K. Mendis, C. Asalanka, D. Gunathilaka, B. Rajapaksa, D. Shanaka, W. Hasaranga, C. Karunaratne, M. Theekshana, A. Fernando, D. Madushanka
Afghanistan:
The side also would like to go with a winning XI.
Afghanistan Eleven: H. Zazai, R. Gurbaz, I. Zadran, N. Zadran, M. Nabi, A. Omarzai, K. Janat, R. Khan, N. ul Haq, M. ur Rahman, F. Farooqi
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://www.icccricketschedule.com/sri-lanka-vs-afghanistan-super-4-match-whether-forecast-and-pitch-report/
