Afghanistan VS Sri-Lanka || Who will win the ODI series?
Afghanistan and Sri Lanka ODI series battle is going on. The Afghanistan cricket team is currently staying in Sri Lanka for the three-match ODI series. The first two ODI matches between the two teams have already been played. Afghanistan won the first match and Sri Lanka won the second match. As a result, the fate of the series will be determined by the result of the third match. Which team will win the unannounced final match of the series?
Afghanistan is currently one of the developing countries in cricket. The team has been improving quite a bit over the past few years. The country has produced several world-class star players. Rashid Khan is the biggest example. The entire cricket world is fascinated by this one Rashid Khan. In the beginning, he made a career as a pure bowler, but with the change of time, he is performing amazingly with the bat. Along with Rashid Khan, other players in Afghanistan are also becoming world-class.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka's performance as a team isn't at all satisfactory. The World Cup-winning team's performance is deteriorating day by day. Especially after the departure of senior players from the team, new players haven't been able to fill the gaps. As a result of poor performance one after another, they have fallen far behind in the rankings!
Another proof of Sri Lanka's poor performance was the loss against Afghanistan in the first ODI at home. They lost the first ODI against Afghanistan by six wickets. At the start of that match, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bowl. The team lost wickets at the start of batting at their home ground. However, middle-order batsmen Asalanka and Dhananjaya de Silva batted well but in the end, they lost all the wickets and got a collection of 268 runs.
In response, the batsmen of Afghanistan did a great job from the beginning to the end. The team won in the 46th over with the contribution of Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, and two other batsmen with six wickets in hand. No Sri Lankan bowler was able to perform well on this day. On the other hand, every bowler in Afghanistan took a wicket.
Despite losing the first match, Sri Lanka made a good comeback in the second match. They won the 2nd match against Afghanistan by 132 runs. The win ties the series at 1-1. Sri Lanka set a mountain target of 300+ runs to Afghanistan in the 2nd match. Afghanistan were all out before they scored that run.
The fate of the ODI series between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will be determined by the result of the final match. Can Sri Lanka win the series at home? Or will the Afghans return home after winning the title?
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