🏏Asia Cup 2023: M6: SL vs AFG in Lahore on 05/09/2023 at 3PM IST 🏏 - Page 34

AFG: 80-3 after 13 overs

Dhananjaya de Silva, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

9.6 Theekshana to Rahmat, FOUR, short of length and Rahmat punches fiercely through the covers after making room. In the gap and the ball reaches the fence in a jiffy. A boundary to end the first powerplay

AFG: 58-3 after 10 overs

13.6 Dhananjaya to Rahmat, SIX, shot! Excellent use of the feet. Tossed up by Dhananjaya, Rahmat dances down the track to get close to the pitch of the ball

AFG: 92-3 after 14 overs

10.5Pathirana to Rahmat, leg byes, FOUR, 145kph, pacy short ball, Rahmat swivels to pull. No bat, the ball hits his back thigh and races away to deep backward point for four. The ball didn't bounce as much as the batter expected and zipped off the deck to scoot under his blade. That must hurt Rahmat and the physio is out to have a look

Afghanistan need 200 runs

SL - 291/8 (50)

AFG - 92/3 (14)

CRR: 6.57

RR : 5.56

Batting R(B) 4s 6s SR

Hashmatullah Shahidi* 16(18) 0 1 88.89

Rahmat Shah 37(28) 4 1 132.14

Good news, Rahmat is fine to resume

12 runs of Dhananjaya's opening over!