Sri Lanka lost the toss and batted in the first match of the Eshita Cup and went into trouble at the beginning.
The whole match was the dominance of the Afghan bowlers, and in the face of that power, Sri Lanka went all out with 105 runs with 2 balls left.
Faruqi trapped Kushal Mendis LBW on the fifth ball of the first over of the match. The next ball, Charith Asalanka was also trapped lbw.
The tournament has two groups in the ‘A’ group - India, Pakistan and the qualifiers are in the qualifiers, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in the ‘B’ group.
Sri Lanka 105/10 (19.4 overs)
(Nishanka 3, Kushal Mendis 2, Charith Asalanka 0, Danushka Gunathilaka 17, Vanuka Rajapakse 38, Otanindu Hasaranga 2, Dasun Shanaka 0, Chamika Karunaratne 31, Mahish Thiksana 0, Dilshan Madhushanka 1*, Mathisa Pathirana 5.
Afghanistan
Farooqui 3.4-1-11-3, Naveen-ul-Haq 3-0-23-1, Mujib ur Rahman 4-0-24-2, Omarzai 1-0-20-0, Mohammad Nabi 4-0-14-2, Rashid Khan 4-0-12-0.
