Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 1st Match of the Asia Cup 2022, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium
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1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO
(i) Points Table Scenario
SL - Not Played Yet
AFG - Not Played Yet
2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 195
Avg 1st Innings - 158
Avg 2nd Innings - 134
Highest total - 219/2 (Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals - 28th October'2020)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
SL - 3 - 1w/2l
AFG - 14 - 11w/3l
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s
SL
No Records Yet
AFG
Mohammad Nabi - 52nd highest run scorer (269), Avg (33.63) - 19M/14I
Rashid Khan - 12th highest wicket taker (22), Avg (14), SR (16.45) - 16M/16I
Mohammad Nabi - 15th highest wicket taker (20), Avg (23.15), SR (19.30) - 19M/19I
Fareed Ahmad - 90th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (13.4), SR (8.57) - 3M/3I
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) New Zealand vs Australia - 14th November'2021
172/4 vs 173/2 (AUS won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w
2) Pakistan vs Australia - 11th November'2021
176/4 vs 177/5 (AUS won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w
3) Namibia vs India - 8th November'2021
132/8 vs 136/1 (IND won by 9 wkts)
Pacers - 2w+1w=3w
Spinners - 6w+0w=6w
4) Scotland vs India - 5th November'2021
85/10 vs 89/2 (IND won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w
5) Bangladesh vs Australia - 4th November'2021
73/10 vs 78/2 (AUS won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 6w+0w=6w
6) New Zealand vs Scotland - 3rd November'2021
172/5 vs 156/5 (NZ won by 16 runs)
Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w
7) India vs New Zealand - 31st October'2021
110/7 vs 111/2 (NZ won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
8) Australia vs England - 30th October'2021
125/10 vs 126/2 (ENG won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 7w+0w=7w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 33w
2nd Innings - 12w
Spinners
1st Innings - 23w
2nd Innings - 9w
Overall
45w:32w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Sri Lanka (SL)
1. Dasun Shanaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(19)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Charith Asalanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Ashen Bandara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Dhananjaya Da Silva
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Asitha Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Nuwanidu Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Danushka Gunathilaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Praveen Jayavickrama
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Chamika Karunaratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Pramod Madushan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Dilshan Madhushanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Kusal Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Pathum Nissanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Matheesha Pathirana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Bhanuka Rajapaksa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(26)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Maheesh Theekshana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Nuwan Thushara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Jeffrey Vandersay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 43(25)*&2w, 25(18)*&2w, 1(3)&3w, 1w, 18(13)&0w, 1(2)&0w, 13(7)&1w, 0w, 35(32)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)&3w, 52(49)*&1w, 22(13)&0w, 0w, 2w, 9(9)&0w, 6(6)&0w, 30(12)*&0w, 13(13)*&0w, 4w
2. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(8), 22(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 55(24)*
3. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 2w
4. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Usman Ghani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(18)
6. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Karim Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 15(17)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w
8. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w
9. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Hashmatullah Shahidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Samiullah Shinwari
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)&0w, 0w, 19(14)&1w, 12(16)&0w, 11(12)&0w, 35(19)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(1)&1w, 1w, 7(12)*&1w, 9(10)*&1w, 12(8), 6(4)*&1w
13. Naveen Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
15. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(24)
18. Qais Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Nijat Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of SL)
(ii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet
(iii) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 16th March'2016
153/7 vs 155/4 (SL won by 6 wkts)
Samiullah Shinwari - 31(14)
Mohammad Nabi - 1w
Rashid Khan - 1w
Dinesh Chandimal - 18(17)
(iv) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Sri Lanka (SL)
1. Dasun Shanaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Charith Asalanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Ashen Bandara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(17)
5. Dhananjaya Da Silva
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Asitha Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Nuwanidu Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Danushka Gunathilaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Praveen Jayavickrama
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Chamika Karunaratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Pramod Madushan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Dilshan Madhushanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Kusal Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Pathum Nissanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Matheesha Pathirana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Bhanuka Rajapaksa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Maheesh Theekshana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Nuwan Thushara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Jeffrey Vandersay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(4)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(3)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Usman Ghani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Karim Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Hashmatullah Shahidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Samiullah Shinwari
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Naveen Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Qais Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Nijat Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) SRI LANKA (SL) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Pathum Nissanka - RHB
Last 10 - 15, 10, 16, 6, 23, 14, 2, 13, 137, 14, 56
2) Kusal Mendis - RHB, Legbreak, WK
Last 10 - 56*, 86, 30, 34, 3, 15, 21, 76, 85, 3, 8, 26, 14
3) Charith Asalanka - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 29, 23, 5r 1w, 7r 1w, 14r 0w, 110r 0w, 13*, 13, 37, 26
4) Bhanuka Rajapaksa - LHB, RM, WK
Last 10 - 9, 14, 34, 4, 17, 13, 0, 6, 17r 0w, 100r 1w
5) Dhananjaya Da Silva - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 25r 0w, 15r 0w, 17r 1w, 14r 1w, 4r 0w, 45r 0w, 33r 1w, 109r 0w, 14r 0w, 20r 1w, 14, 11r 1w, 60r 2w
6) Dasun Shanaka - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0r 2w, 21, 37r 0w, 19r 1w, 19r 1w, 13, 17r 0w, 5, 43r 0w, 7r 3w
7) Wanindu Hasaranga - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 24r 0w, 69r 2w, 3r 1w, 3r 0w, 7r 4w, 2w, 0r 1w, 3r 3w, 21r 1w, 37r 4w
8) Chamika Karunaratne - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 50r 1w, 4, 27r 0w, 75r 0w, 7r 2w
9) Maheesh Theekshana - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 15r 0w, 0w, 38r 2w, 11r 0w, 10r 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w
10) Matheesha Pathirana - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w
11) Asitha Fernando - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 2w, 4w, 11r 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 6w, 3w
BENCH
12) Danushka Gunathilaka - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 3, 8, 18, 55, 15, 4r 0w, 26, 6*, 19r 0w, 42
13) Jeffrey Vandersay - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 7r 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 7r 0w, 1w
14) Nuwan Thushara - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 1w
15) Dilshan Madhushanka - RHB, LMF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 9r 2w, 4w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w
16) Pramod Madhushan - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 9r 2w, 2w, 2w
17) Praveen Jayavickrama - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w
18) Nuwanidu Fernando - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2, 1, 0, 85, 65, 2, 78, 32, 0r 0w, 86, 3, 126*
19) Dinesh Chandimal - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 24, 15, 11, 5, 80, 21, 76, 94*, 206*, 0, 13, 6
20) Ashen Bandara - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 40*, 30, 27*, 37*, 46, 1, 27r 2w, 12r 0w, 44, 3r 1w
Safe C/VC choices
Wanindu Hasaranga, Pathum Nissanka
B) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 4, 24, 53, 1, 26, 6, 30*, 0, 121*, 55
2) Hazratullah Zazai - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 10, 6, 39, 30, 20, 73r 1w, 2, 32, 2, 12
3) Ibrahim Zadran - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 8, 1, 36, 17, 29*, 4, 31*, 1r 0w, 25, 91
4) Usman Ghani - RHB
Last 10 - 44*, 1, 59, 69, 3, 32, 31, 72*, 17
5) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 10, 50, 42, 8, 15, 43, 67*, 0, 81, 37
6) Mohammad Nabi - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0, 5, 6r 1w, 9r 2w, 5r 1w, 4r 0w, 2w, 5r 2w, 0w, 15r 0w
7) Karim Janat - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 4r 0w, 30r 1w, 24r 2w, 44r 0w, 40r 1w, 10, 6r 2w, 12r 1w, 0w, 10r 1w
8) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 31r 2w, 0w, 9r 0w, 0w, 0w, 25r 2w, 11r 3w, 3r 1w
9) Naveen Ul Haq - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 3w, 10r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 7r 4w, 0w, 3w
10) Mujeeb Ur Rahman - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 5r 0w
11) Fazalhaq Farooqi - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 3w
BENCH
12) Noor Ahmad - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 2w, 8r 0w, 0w, 13r 1w
13) Afsar Zazai - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 14, 16, 67*, 13, 2*, 3, 28, 2, 24
14) Samiullah Shinwari - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 19, 40*, 0, 24, 32, 72r 0w, 14*, 1, 55r 0w
15) Hashmatullah Shahidi - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 36, 11, 90, 62, 8r 1w, 15, 42r 1w, 56, 51, 29*
16) Fareed Ahmad - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 0w, 7r 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w
17) Azmatullah Omarzai - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 15*, 4r 1w, 0w, 11r 0w, 11r 0w, 10r 3w, 3w, 14r 1w, 0w, 0w
RESERVES
18) Qais Ahmed - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 3w
19) Sharafuddin Ashraf - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0*, 13r 1w, 12r 1w, 44r 0w, 4r 3w, 1w, 43r 3w, 20r 0w, 1w, 0w
20) Nijat Masood - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w
Safe C/VC choices
Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan
Differential GL C/VC choices
SL - Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Matheesha Pathirana
Risky - Kusal Mendis, Dasun Shanaka
AFG - Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Naveen Ul Haq
Risky - Najibullah Zadran, Ibrahim Zadran
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