Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan ODI series 2023
6th ODI:
Sixth game of the Asia Cup 2023 between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan is going to be played at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on September 5th 2023.
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan History:
Overall:
Matches:
The teams completed 10 times in the longest limited overs format. Out of them, Sri Lanka won 6 times, whereas Afghanistan won 3 times. One game was called off without any result (No Result).
The consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan was 2 matches (twice) from 2014 to 2018 and from 2023 to present.
The longest undefeated streak for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan was 2 matches (thrice) from 2014 to 2018, from 2022 to 2023 and from 2023 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka was 1 match (thrice) in 2018, in 2022 and in 2023.
The longest undefeated streak for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka was 2 matches from 2022 to 2022.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Sri Lanka against Afghanistan are WWLWL.
In Asia Cup History:
Matches:
The teams completed 2 times in the longest limited overs format. Out of them, Sri Lanka won 1 time, whereas Afghanistan also won 1 time.
The consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan was 1 match in 2014.
The longest undefeated streak for Sri Lanka against Afghanistan was 1 match in 2014.
The consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka was 1 match in 2018.
The longest undefeated streak for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka was 1 match in 2018.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Sri Lanka against Afghanistan are LW – – -.
Points and Rankings:
The match is the comparison between the eighth rank (Sri Lanka (89)) and ninth rank (Afghanistan (82)) teams. Sri Lanka is just 7 points ahead of Afghanistan.
The Sri Lanka Team:
The team completed 895 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 410 times and lost 441 times. 5 games resulted in a tie. 39 outings were called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka are WWWWW.
The team completed 51 games in the Asia cup ODI format. Out of them, the team won 35 times and lost 16 times.
Last 5 (completed) Asia cup match results of Sri Lanka are WLLWW.
The Afghanistan Team:
The team completed 151 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 73 times and lost also 73 times. A (1) game resulted in a tie. Four (4) outings were called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan are LLLLL.
Asia Cup 2023 – 4th match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan
The team completed 10 games in the Asia cup. Out of them, the team won 2 times and lost 7 times. One (1) outing resulted in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) Asia cup match results of Afghanistan are LTLLW.
The Outing:
The result of the match will impact the team’s points, as if the result will go in favor of Sri Lanka then the team will gain a (1) point without any impact in the ranking, whereas the opponent will lose a couple (2) of points without any impact in the ranking. On the other hand, in case of a reverse result, Sri Lanka will lose a couple (2) of points without any impact in the ranking, on the other hand, Afghanistan will gain three (3) points without any impact in the ranking. In case of tie, Sri Lanka will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranking and the opposite team will gain a (1) point without any impact in the ranking.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Lahore shows the weather would be pretty sunny and clear throughout the play. There will be extremely less chances of rain, as the precipitation percentage would be between 1% to 7%. The temperature would be between 29-36 Celsius. The wind would be between 9 – 14 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature, both would fluctuate throughout the engagement.
Toss and Pitch:
Teams preferred to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 30 times out of 65 played games, and the selection favored the teams, as the teams won 19 times and lost 10 times with a (1) no result game.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WWWWW.
The sides never lost a match after choosing to bat first after winning the toss since 2005.
On the other hand, the teams who chose to field first, won 20 times and lost 14 times with a (1) tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLWL.
The first batting team won the match 33 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the match 30 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLLWL.
Overall, 39 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 24 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWLW.
Sri Lanka:
Particularly, for Sri Lanka, the team won the toss 7 times in the 13 played games. The team won 6 times and lost once
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLWW.
The side never chose to field first after winning the toss since 1997.
The team never lost a battle after choosing 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 WWLWL.
The team never got a chance to chase the target after losing the toss, till date.
The side never lost a game while setting up a target after losing the toss since 2004.
Afghanistan:
Particularly, for Afghanistan, the team won the toss 0 times in an only played encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while winning the toss, are – – – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while losing the toss, are L – – – -.
Score:
The lowest defended total was 150 runs in 1989, and the highest successful chase was 349 runs in 2022.
The first innings lowest total was 145 runs in 1996 and the highest total was 375 runs in 2015. For the second innings, the lowest total was 75 runs (completed innings) in 2009 and the highest was 349 runs in 2022.
The batting average of the first innings is 34.84 and 33.17 is for the second innings.
ODI History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue, yet. 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’ ODI History at Venue:
Sri Lanka Unit:
The home side has an extremely good record at the place. The team won 9 times and lost 4 times out of 13 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue are WWWWL.
The team has never lost any outing since 2004.
Afghanistan Unit:
The home side has a poor record, as the team lost the only played outing.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue are L – – – -.
Selected XI for both the Teams:
Sri Lanka:
The side may go with a winning combination.
Sri Lanka Eleven: D. Karunaratne, P. Nissanka, K. Mendis, S. Samarawickrama, C. Asalanka, D. de Silva, D. Shanaka, D. Wellalage, M. Theekshana, K. Rajitha, M. Pathirana
Afghanistan:
The team may go with N. Ahmad in place of K. Janat.
Afghanistan Eleven: R. Gurbaz, I. Zadran, R. Shah, H. Shahidi, N. Zadran, M. Nabi, G. Naib, R. Khan, M. Ur Rahman, F. Farooqi, N. Ahmad
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”. *Notes: T means tie in “last five match 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.ivacy.com/blog/sri-lanka-vs-afghanistan-asia-cup/
