Afghanistan Beat Sri Lanka In ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024 SL AFG vs SL Final Match Report Latest Sports News

AFG vs SL Final Match Report: Afghanistan has won the title of ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2024. Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the final. Earlier, Afghanistan had created a big upset by defeating India in the semi-finals. Now Afghanistan has won the title for the first time by defeating Sri Lanka in the final. Afghanistan had a target of 134 runs to win. The Afghan team achieved the target with the loss of 3 wickets in 18.1 overs.

For Afghanistan, opener Sediqullah Atal scored the highest score of 55 runs not out in 55 balls. He hit 3 fours and 1 six in his innings. Whereas, Karim Jannat scored 33 runs on 27 balls. He hit 3 sixes in his innings. Darwish Rasooli contributed 24 runs in 20 balls. Whereas Mohammad Ishaq remained not out after scoring 16 runs on 6 balls. However, before this Afghanistan did not have a good start. Afghan opener Zubaid Akbari returned to the pavilion without opening, but the subsequent batsmen took over the innings.

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For Sri Lanka, Sahan Arasinghe, Dushan Hemantha and Ishan Malinga took 1 wicket each. Apart from this, other bowlers of Sri Lanka did not get success.

Earlier, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. Sri Lanka, who came to bat first, scored 133 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. For Sri Lanka, Sahan Arasinghe scored the highest score of 64 runs not out in 47 balls. He hit 6 fours in his innings. While Nimesh Vimukhi contributed 23 runs on 19 balls. While Pawan Ratnayake played an innings of 20 runs in 21 balls, apart from this no other Sri Lankan batsman could cross the double figure.

Whereas, if we talk about Afghan bowlers, Bilal Sami was the most successful bowler. Bilal Sami made 3 batsmen his victims giving 22 runs in 4 overs. Apart from this, Allah Ghazanfar dismissed 2 batsmen.

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