Asalanka, Wellalage help Sri Lanka level series by 1-1 against Afghanistan.
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The 3rd ODI and final match of the Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2022 played today at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. In which Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan by 4 wickets to equalize the series.
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Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning very not very well, Ibrahim Zadran played a very brilliant century and a half-century inning of 162 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 15 boundaries in just 138 balls, Najibullah Zadran also played brilliant half-century inning of 77 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaries in 76 balls, apart from this, Rahmat Shah scored 22 runs in 30 balls, Rashid Khan 13 runs in 10 balls, Mohammad Nabi 12 runs in 12 balls, Gulbadin Naib 8 runs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 5 runs, Hashmatullah Shahidi 4 runs, and Noor Ahmad remains unbeaten for 2 runs, in this way, Afghanistan scored 313 runs after losing 8 wickets the in stipulated 50 overs, and set a target of respectable 314 runs target in front of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan bowlers, Kasun Rajitha took 3 wickets for 60 runs, Wanindu Hasaranga took 2 wickets for 67 runs, Asitha Fernando and Dhananjaya de Silva got 1-1 wicket.
Sri Lanka chasing 314 runs in the second inning archived the target very easily by losing 6 wickets in fourth ball of the final over, Sri Lanka started the inning very strongly, Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with century partnership of 101 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 101 runs in last ball of the 18th over, Kusal Mendis dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 67 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaries in 61 balls, next batsman Dinesh Chandimal came to bat, meanwhile the second wicket has also gone for 107 runs in first ball of the 21st over, Pathum Nissanka dismissed after scoring 35 runs in 55 balls, next batsman Dhananjaya de Silva came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 5 runs in 11 balls as third wicket in 22.3 over, the team score was 116 runs, next batsman Charith Asalanka came to bat and handled the inning with Dinesh Chandimal, the fourth wicket has gone for 164 runs in 30.3 over, Dinesh Chandimal dismissed after scoirng 33 runs in 32 balls, followed by Dasun Shanaka came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 79 runs with Charith Asalanka, the fifth wicket has gone 243 runs in 41.4 over, Dasun Shanaka dismissed after playing a briliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 5 boundaires in 44 balls, next batsman Wanindu Hasaranga came to bat and he dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs as sixth wicket in 3 balls in first ball of the 44th over, the team score was 249 runs, followed by Dunith Wellalage came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Charith Asalanka, Charith Asalanka played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 83 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 72 balls, and Dunith Wellalage also played an unbeaten victory inning of 31 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 21 balls. In this way, Sri Lanka chased the target very easily by losing 6 wickets in 49.4 overs and won the match by 4 wickets.
Afghanistani bowlers Rashid Khan took 4 wickets just for 37 runs, and Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets for 56 runs.
Sri Lankan batsman Charith Asalanka was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and victory inning of 83 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 72 balls.
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