SL vs AFG 3rd ODI Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Tips, Pitch Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Weather Forecast, Head to Head, Toss Based Analysis

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 3rd ODI of the Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka, at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 

Weather Forecast
Partly Cloudy - 31°C

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 

(i) Total Matches - ODIs

Overall - 35

Avg 1st Innings - 248
Avg 2nd Innings - 204

Highest total - 363/7 (South Africa vs Sri Lanka - 5th August'2018)

Matches won batting first - 15
Matches won batting second - 19

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

SL - 30 - 14w/15l
AFG - 2 - 1w/0l

(iii) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 27th November'2022
228/10 vs 10/0 (No Result)

Pacers - 5w+0w=5w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w

2) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 25th November'2022 
294/8 vs 234/10 (AFG won by 60 runs)

Pacers - 3w+9w=12w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

3) Sri Lanka vs Australia - 16th June'2022
220/9 vs 189/10 (SL won by 26 runs - DLS)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 5w+4w=9w

4) Sri Lanka vs Australia - 14th June'2022 
300/7 vs 282/8 (AUS won by 2 wkts - DLS)

Pacers - 2w+1w=3w
Spinners - 4w+7w=11w

5) Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe - 21st January'2022 
254/9 vs 70/10 (SL won by 184 runs)

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 3w+7w=10w

6) Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka - 18th January'2022
302/8 vs 280/9 (ZIM won by 22 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

7) Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka - 16th January'2022
296/9 vs 300/5 (SL won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

8) Sri Lanka vs West Indies - 1st March'2020
307/10 vs 301/9 (SL won by 6 runs)

Pacers - 8w+5w=13w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

9) Sri Lanka vs England - 20th October'2018
273/7 vs 132/2 (ENG won by 18 runs - DLS)

Pacers - 2w+0w=2w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w

10) Sri Lanka vs England - 17th October'2018
150/9 vs 153/3 (ENG won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

SUMMARY 

Pacers 
1st Innings - 39w
2nd Innings - 36w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 35w
2nd Innings - 25w

Overall
75w:60w (Pacers:Spinners)

(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Sri Lanka (SL)

1. Dasun Shanaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(17), 65(34)&1w, 21(10), 66(66), 15(23), 6(7)&1w, 34(36)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(12)*&0w, 102(94)&0w, 16(27)&0w

2. Charith Asalanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 52(56), 37(42), 13(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 71(68)&0w, 23(21)&0w, 10(18)

3. Ashen Bandara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Dhananjaya Da Silva 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(47)&2w, 10(10)&1w, 3(10)&0w, 17(28)&0w, 51(47)&0w, 7(17)&0w, 34(41)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 84(66)&0w, 16(16)&0w

5. Dinesh Chandimal 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(13), 0(9), 32(51), 0(5), 35(31), 1(3), 36(71), 34(42), 33(47), 17(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(8), 29(65), 48(63)*, 23(35), 75(91), 2(6), 14(11)

6. Asitha Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Wanindu Hasaranga 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(9)&1w, 37(19)&4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 66(46)&2w

8. Lahiru Kumara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

9. Dhananjaya Lakshan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

10. Pramod Madushan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Kusal Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(36), 19(48), 1(10), 14(13), 0(1), 5(14), 55(48), 36(51), 86(87)*, 36(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(34), 26(24), 7(9), 1(5)

12. Pathum Nissanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 55(66), 56(68), 14(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 75(71), 16(24), 85(83)

13. Bhanuka Rajapaksa 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Kasun Rajitha 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(5)&1w

15. Maheesh Theekshana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 11(14)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w

16. Dunith Wellalage 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 20(35)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

Afghanistan (AFG)

1. Hashmatullah Shahidi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Rahmat Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 52(64)
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. Ikram Ali Khil
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Yamin Ahmadzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Fazalhaq Farooqi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 53(55)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Riaz Hassan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Shahidullah Kamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(5)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Gulbadin Naib
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(24)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Azmatullah Omarzai 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Mujeeb Ur Rahman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Zia Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Ibrahim Zadran 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 106(120)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Najibullah Zadran 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of SL)

(ii) On This Venue
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of AFG)

(iii) Recent Head to Head Matches 

1) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 25th November'2022 
294/8 vs 234/10 (AFG won by 60 runs)

Ibrahim Zadran - 106(120)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 53(55)
Rahmat Shah - 52(64)
Najibullah Zadran - 42(25)
Gulbadin Naib - 22(24) & 3w
Fazalhaq Farooqi - 4w
Yamin Ahmadzai - 2w
Rashid Khan - 1w
Pathum Nissanka - 85(83)
Wanindu Hasaranga - 66(46) & 2w
Lahiru Kumara - 1w
Kasun Rajitha - 1w
Dhananjaya Lakshan - 1w
Maheesh Theekshana - 1w

2) Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 4th June'2019
201/10 vs 152/10 (SL won by 34 runs - DLS)

Najibullah Zadran - 43(56)
Gulbadin Naib - 23(32)
Mohammad Nabi - 4w
Rashid Khan - 2w

3) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 17th September'2018
249/10 vs 158/10 (AFG won by 91 runs)

Rahmat Shah - 72(90)
Hashmatullah Shahidi - 37(52)
Rashid Khan - 2w
Mohammad Nabi - 2w
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 2w
Gulbadin Naib - 2w
Dhananjaya Da Silva - 23(38)

4) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 22nd February'2015
232/10 vs 236/6 (SL won by 4 wkts)

Mohammad Nabi - 21(27) 

5) Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 3rd March'2014
253/6 vs 124/10 (SL won by 129 runs)

Dinesh Chandimal - 26(41)
Mohammad Nabi - 37(43)

(iv) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Sri Lanka (SL)

1. Dasun Shanaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 16(27)&0w

2. Charith Asalanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(18)

3. Ashen Bandara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Dhananjaya Da Silva 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(38)&0w, 16(16)&0w

5. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(11)

6. Asitha Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Wanindu Hasaranga 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 66(46)&2w

8. Lahiru Kumara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

9. Dhananjaya Lakshan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

10. Pramod Madushan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Kusal Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 1(5)

12. Pathum Nissanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 85(83)

13. Bhanuka Rajapaksa 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Kasun Rajitha 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(5)&1w

15. Maheesh Theekshana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

16. Dunith Wellalage 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

Afghanistan (AFG)

1. Hashmatullah Shahidi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(52), 2(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(17)

2. Rahmat Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 72(90), 52(64)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(11)

3. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Ikram Ali Khil
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Yamin Ahmadzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Fazalhaq Farooqi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 53(55)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Riaz Hassan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Shahidullah Kamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(6)&2w, 4(5)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4)&2w

12. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(27)&0w, 15(12)&2w, 2(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(43)&0w, 11(16)&4w

13. Gulbadin Naib
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(5)&2w, 22(24)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(32)&0w

14. Azmatullah Omarzai 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Mujeeb Ur Rahman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

16. Zia Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Ibrahim Zadran 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 106(120)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Najibullah Zadran 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(15), 12(14), 42(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(35)&0w, 43(56)

4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) SRI LANKA (SL) SQUAD:  

Probable XI

1) Pathum Nissanka - RHB
Last 10 - 85, 67, 10, 0, 40, 14, 74, 9, 21, 8

2) Kusal Mendis - RHB, Legbreak, WK
Last 10 - 1, 18, 25, 4, 5, 68*, 79, 18, 6, 54

3) Dhananjaya Da Silva - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 9r 2w, 66r 1w, 0r 1w, 26r 1w, 31r 1w, 0r 0w, 33, 12, 17r 1w, 28r 0w

4) Charith Asalanka - LHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 10, 8r 0w, 19, 4, 38*, 31*, 31, 0, 44r 0w, 8r 0w

5) Bhanuka Rajapaksa - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 22, 18, 34, 7, 19, 5, 20, 17, 71*

6) Dasun Shanaka - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 3, 0*, 35, 3r 0w, 8r 0w, 0r 1w, 29, 16*

7) Wanindu Hasaranga - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 66r 2w, 9r 2w, 3w, 4r 1w, 1r 0w, 2w, 5r 3w, 2r 3w, 4r 1w, 37r 0w, 21r 0w

8) Dunith Wellalage - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 26r 0w, 0w, 25r 8w, 4w, 78r 0w, 6w, 34r 1w, 5w, 31r 0w, 3w, 59r 0w, 10, 12r 2w, 4w, 15r 2w, 1w, 1w

9) Lahiru Kumara - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w 0w, 1w, 2w

10) Maheesh Theekshana - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 11r 1w, 2w

11) Kasun Rajitha - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 8r 1w, 0w, 1w, 8r 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 6r 0w, 19r 1w, 12r 1w, 7r 0w

BENCH 

12) Pramod Madhushan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 4w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 0w

13) Asitha Fernando - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 11r 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 10r 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w

14) Ashen Bandara - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 25r 0w, 40*, 30, 27*, 37*, 46, 1, 27r 2w, 12r 0w, 0w, 44

15) Dinesh Chandimal - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 14, 27, 2*, 152, 10*, 24, 15, 11, 5, 80, 21, 76, 94*, 206*

16) Dhananjaya Lakshan - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 3r 0w, 154, 4, 56r 0w, 1w, 1r 2w, 78r 0w, 1r 0w, 60r 1w, 30, 6r 2w, 41, 43r 1w, 4w, 26r 4w

Safe C/VC choices
Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhananjaya Da Silva 

B) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) SQUAD: 

Probable XI

1) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 53, 30, 28, 10, 0, 26, 22, 1, 22, 60

2) Ibrahim Zadran - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 106, 26, 22, 32, 35, 46, 64*, 35, 40, 42*

3) Hashmatullah Shahidi - LHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 2, 4r 1w, 33r 0w, 14r 1w, 25r 0w, 23r 1w, 36, 11, 90, 62, 8r 1w, 15

4) Rahmat Shah - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 52, 2w, 12r 1w, 2r 0w, 61r 1w, 20r 0w, 17, 87, 94, 81

5) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 42, 18, 13, 6, 5, 6, 2, 0, 0, 10

6) Mohammad Nabi - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 1r 0w, 13r 0w, 3r 1w 51*, 41r 1w, 0w, 0w, 31r 3w

7) Gulbadin Naib - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 22r 3w, 39r 0w, 12r 0w, 1r 0w, 40r 1w, 22r 0w, 11r 0w, 27r 1w, 37r 0w, 0w

8) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 1w, 48r 1w, 9r 2w, 1w, 0w, 5r 0w, 26r 2w, 1w

9) Mujeeb Ur Rahman - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 15r 1w, 3w

10) Yamin Ahmadzai - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 3w, 45r 4w, 0w, 6r 2w, 2w, 15r 2w, 0w, 7r 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w

11) Fazalhaq Farooqi - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 4w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w

BENCH 

12) Fareed Ahmad - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 3w

13) Noor Ahmad - RHB, LWS 
Last 10 - 20r 5w, 15r 5w, 3r 1w, 47r 6w, 9r 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 2w

14) Ikram Ali Khil - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 12, 28, 39*, 22, 12, 14, 0, 20, 12, 4

15) Riaz Hassan - RHB
Last 10 - 25, 3, 17, 6, 1, 37, 82, 39r 0w, 0

16) Shahidullah Kamal - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 127r 0w, 8, 5r 0w, 7r 0w, 6r 0w, 40r 1w, 37, 18r 0w, 5*, 0w

17) Zia Ur Rahman - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 4, 14r 2w, 14r 5w, 1w, 2w, 2r 5w, 7r 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 3w

18) Azmatullah Omarzai - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 8r 0w, 0r 0w, 1r 0w, 1r 0w, 10r 0w, 0w, 0w, 15*, 4r 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan

Differential GL C/VC choices 

SL - Pathum Nissanka, Maheesh Theekshana, Kusal Mendis, Dasun Shanaka

AFG - Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Fazalhaq Farooqi 

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