Recent Match
Cricket World Cup 2023, 30th Match, Pune, Oct 30th, 2023

Afghanistan

(45.2 ov) 242/3

Sri Lanka

(49.3 ov) 241/10

Complete Afghanistan won by 7 wkts

Player of Match: Fazalhaq Farooqi

1.2
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, no run
1.1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Karunaratne, no run, fullish ball shaping in and attacking the stumps, Karunaratne is a bit early into his flick shot and gets a soft leading edge towards Fazalhaq Farooqi
Fazalhaq Farooqi, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
A slip in place for Farooqi
ICYMI: Wow, that was some wonderful gesture from Kusal Mendis during their National Anthem. Soon as he saw the kid trip over (perhaps due to the heat), he picked the little boy up and held him gently until one of the coaching staff members rushed out to carry the kid off the field.
0.6
Mujeeb to Karunaratne, 1 run, to backward square leg
0.5
Mujeeb to Nissanka, 1 run, back to over the wicket to the right-hander, gives it a good amount of air and Nissanka drives it down to long-on
0.4
Mujeeb to Karunaratne, 1 run, to long-on
0.3
Mujeeb to Karunaratne, no run, on a back of a length outside off, punched to the right of Rashid at covers who dives and makes a good stop
0.2
Mujeeb to Nissanka, 1 run, on a length, turning in, Nissanka camps back and punches it down to long-on to get off the mark
0.1
Mujeeb to Nissanka, no run, starts off with an in-drifter on off, Nissanka lunges and blocks it to covers
Nissanka and Karunaratne are at the crease. Nissanka is on strike. Mujeeb will open the attack
The players make their way out to the middle. It's time for the National Anthems.
We have made a few changes to our Expert XI taking the conditions into consideration. Refer to our Fantasy Handbook guide before locking in your teams.
Teams:
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka
Kusal Mendis: I was looking to bat first, put up a good score on the board and defend.
Afghanistan have won the toss and have opted to field
Hashmatullah Shahidi: We want to bowl first.