Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 1st ODI of the Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka, 2023 at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka
(i) Total Matches - ODI
Overall - 21
Avg 1st Innings - 251
Avg 2nd Innings - 197
Highest total - 368/4 (Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - 26th July'2015)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
SL - 20 - 9w/8l/3nr
AFG - Not Played Yet!
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - ODIs
SL
Angelo Mathews - 3rd highest run scorer (553), Avg (50.37) - 19M/14I
Kusal Mendis - 11th highest run scorer (148), Avg (49.33) - 4M/4I
Angelo Mathews - 4th highest wicket taker (12), Avg (29.08), SR (36) - 19M/12I
Wanindu Hasaranga - 5th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (19.87), SR (21.8) - 4M/4I
AFG
No Records Yet!
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Sri Lanka vs West Indies - 26th February'2020
345/8 vs 184/10 (SL won by 161 runs)
Pacers - 7w+3w = 10w
Spinners - 0w+6w = 6w
2) Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe - 10th July'2017
203/8 vs 204/7 (ZIM won by 3 wickets)
Pacers - 1w+3w = 4w
Spinners - 7w+4w = 11w
3) Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe - 8th July'2017)
300/6 vs 219/6 (SL won by 81 runs)
Pacers - 3w+2w = 5w
Spinners - 3w+4w = 7w
4) Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka - 6th July'2017
310/8 vs 312/2 (SL won by 8 wickets)
Pacers - 4w+1w = 5w
Spinners - 3w+1w = 4w
5) Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - 26th July'2015
368/4 vs 203/10 (SL won by 165 runs)
Pacers - 2w+3w = 5w
Spinners - 0w+5w = 5w
6) Sri Lanka vs England - 3rd December'2014
242/8 vs 236/5 (ENG won by 5 wickets - DLS)
Pacers - 6w+3w = 9w
Spinners - 2w+1w = 3w
7) Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - 26th August'2014
310/9 vs 233/10 (SL won by 77 runs)
Pacers - 5w+5w = 10w
Spinners - 3w+5w = 8w
8) Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - 23rd August'2014
275/7 vs 277/6 (PAK won by 4 wickets)
Pacers - 5w+5w = 10w
Spinners - 1w+1w = 2w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 33w
2nd Innings - 25w
Spinners
1st Innings - 19w
2nd Innings - 27w
Overall
58w:46w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Sri Lanka (SL)
1. Dimuth Karunaratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 4(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Pathum Nissanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Kusal Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 1(8), 119(119)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(25)*
4. Angelo Mathews
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(16), 35(62)&0w, 0(4), 74(64)*, 0w, 89(85)&2w, 93(115)&0w, 37(45)&2w, 70(40)*&1w, 42(40), 24(47), 1(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(17)&1w, 3w, 2(4)*&0w, 2w, 58(81)&0w
5. Dhananjaya de Silva
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Charith Asalanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Dasun Shanaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Chamika Karunaratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(17)*&3w, 0(5)&0w, 17(10)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
10. Dushmantha Chameera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 19(31)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Maheesh Theekshana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Matheesha Pathirana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Sadeera Samarawickrama
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Dushan Hemantha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Lahiru Kumara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Kasun Rajitha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Rahmat Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Hashmatullah Shahidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Ikram Alikhil
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Riaz Hassan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Abdul Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Gulbadin Naib
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Yamin Ahmadzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Zia Ur Rehman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
6 - 4w/2l (in favour of SL)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
3w/2l (in favour of SL)
(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet!
(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 30th November'2022
313/8 vs 314/6 (SL won by 4 wickets)
Ibrahim Zadran - 162(138)
Najibullah Zadran - 77(76)
Rashid Khan - 4w
Mohammad Nabi - 2w
Charith Asalanka - 83(72)
Kusal Mendis - 67(61)
Dasun Shanaka - 43(44)
Pathum Nissanka - 35(55)
Kasun Rajitha - 3w
Wanindu Hasaranga - 2w
Dhananjaya de Silva - 1w
2) 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
3) Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 4th June'2019
201/10 vs 152/10 (SL won by 34 runs - DLS)
Dimuth Karunaratne - 30(45)
Najibullah Zadran - 43(56)
Gulbadin Naib - 23(32)
Mohammad Nabi - 4w
Rashid Khan - 2w
4) 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)
Angelo Mathews - 22(39)
5) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 22nd February'2015
232/10 vs 236/6 (SL won by 4 wkts)
Mohammad Nabi - 21(27)
Angelo Mathews - 44(81)
6) Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan - 3rd March'2014
253/6 vs 124/10 (SL won by 129 runs)
Angelo Mathews - 45(41)*
Dinesh Chandimal - 26(41)
Mohammad Nabi - 37(43)
(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these sides meet
SL
Pathum Nissanka - 7th highest run scorer (123), Avg (61.50) - 3M/3I
Angelo Mathews - 9th highest run scorer (111), Avg (37) - 4M/4I
Kasun Rajitha - 5th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (21), SR (24.8) - 3M/3I
Wanindu Hasaranga - 6th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (29.60), SR (36) - 3M/3I
AFG
Ibrahim Zadran - highest run scorer (298), Avg (92.66) - 3M/3I
Rahmat Shah - 2nd highest run scorer (206), Avg (41.20) - 5M/5I
Najibullah Zadran - 3rd highest run scorer (201), Avg (28.71) - 7M/7I
Mohammad Nabi - 4th highest run scorer (139), Avg (19.85) - 7M/7I
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 6th highest run scorer (126), Avg (42) - 3M/3I
Rashid Khan - 2nd highest wicket taker (9), Avg (13.33), SR (22.1) - 5M/4I
Mohammad Nabi - 3rd highest wicket taker (8), Avg (24.25), SR (32.2) - 7M/6I
(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Sri Lanka (SL)
1. Dimuth Karunaratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(45)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Pathum Nissanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 85(83), 3(8)*, 35(55)
3. Kusal Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 1(5), 2(8)*, 67(61)
4. Angelo Mathews
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(41)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 44(81), 22(39)
5. Dhananjaya de Silva
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(38)&0w, 16(16)&0w, 1w, 5(11)&1w
6. Charith Asalanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(18), 83(72)*
7. Dasun Shanaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 16(27)&0w, 43(44)&0w
8. Chamika Karunaratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 66(46)&2w, 1w, 2(3)&2w
10. Dushmantha Chameera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Maheesh Theekshana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w
12. Matheesha Pathirana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Sadeera Samarawickrama
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Dushan Hemantha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Lahiru Kumara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w
16. Kasun Rajitha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(5)&1w, 3w, 3w
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 53(55), 68(73), 5(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 106(120), 10(18), 162(138)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Rahmat Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 72(90), 52(64), 58(78), 22(30)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(11)
4. Hashmatullah Shahidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(52), 2(2), 28(45), 4(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(17)
5. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(15), 12(14), 42(25), 6(8), 77(76)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(35)&0w, 43(56)
6. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(27)&0w, 15(12)&2w, 2(3)&0w, 41(34), 12(12)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(43)&0w, 11(16)&4w
7. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(6)&2w, 4(5)&1w, 3(8), 13(10)&4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4)&2w
9. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
10. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(1)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Ikram Alikhil
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Riaz Hassan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Abdul Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Gulbadin Naib
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(5)&2w, 22(24)&3w, 8(11)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(32)&0w
17. Yamin Ahmadzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Zia Ur Rehman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) SRI LANKA (SL) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Dimuth Karunaratne - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 21, 70*, 115, 179, 89, 51, 50, 17, 21, 4, 40, 61, 1, 16
2) Pathum Nissanka - RHB
Last 10 - 25, 9, 0, 57, 9, 0, 12, 72, 15, 33
3) Kusal Mendis - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 245, 140, 73, 10, 25, 0, 0, 0, 50, 87, 14, 95
4) Angelo Mathews - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 100, 0, 0, 18, 1, 2, 47r 0w, 115, 38, 50, 13, 105
5) Dhananjaya de Silva - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 12r 0w, 0w, 12r 0w, 0w, 20, 37r 0w, 15, 13, 0r 1w, 98, 46r 0w, 47, 0, 12r 0w, 82r 1w
6) Charith Asalanka - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 3, 24, 67, 9, 9, 42r 0w, 0, 4, 6, 17
7) Dasun Shanaka - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 17, 0, 9*, 15, 7r 0w, 1r 2w, 31r 1w, 0r 1w, 48r 3w, 35r 1w
8) Wanindu Hasaranga - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 12r 2w, 0w, 8r 1w, 5r 2w, 6r 0w, 2w, 2r 1w, 1w, 0r 0w, 9r 0w
9) Dushmantha Chameera - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w
10) Maheesh Theekshana - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w
11) Kasun Rajitha - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w
BENCH
12) Matheesha Pathirana - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 3w 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w
13) Lahiru Kumara - LHB, RAF
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w
14) Sadeera Samarawickrama - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 104*, 101*, 53, 34, 10, 23, 40, 74, 4, 41, 43, 1
15) Dushan Hemantha - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 15r 3w, 7r 2w, 37r 1w, 29r 2w, 0w, 10r 1w, 7r 2w, 41r 2w, 27r 0w, 3
16) Chamika Karunaratne - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 24r 0w, 11r 4w, 52r 0w, 0r 4w, 0w, 10r 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w
Safe C/VC choices
Wanindu Hasaranga, Pathum Nissanka
B) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) SQUAD :
Injury - Rashid Khan
Probable XI
1) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 10, 1, 18, 15, 0, 81, 8, 0, 15, 57
2) Ibrahim Zadran - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 53, 49, 39*, 14, 27, 3, 38, 9, 60*, 1
3) Rahmat Shah - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 9*, 102r 0w, 17, 149*, 54*, 32, 4, 22, 58, 52
4) Hashmatullah Shahidi - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 124, 15r 0w, 87, 43, 8r 1w, 26r 0w, 36, 67r 2w, 58r 0w, 76r 2w
5) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 57r 0w, 0*, 23*, 17*, 1, 59, 1, 37*, 16*, 1
6) Mohammad Nabi - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 17r 1w, 14, 38r 2w, 21r 0w, 0, 1r 1w, 18r 0w, 20, 0w
7) Azmatullah Omarzai - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 45r 1w, 26r 2w, 58r 0w, 1w, 69r 0w, 21, 0w, 1w 2w
8) Mujeeb Ur Rahman - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w
9) Noor Ahmad - RHB, Left Arm Wrist Spin
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w
10) Fazalhaq Farooqi - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w
11) Fareed Ahmad - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w
BENCH
12) Ikram Alikhil - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 40, 21, 63, 4, 29, 12, 28, 39*, 22
13) Riaz Hassan - RHB
Last 10 - 14, 40, 0, 17, 58, 25, 3, 17, 6, 1
14) Abdul Rahman - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 6r 1w, 60r 1w, 15r 3w, 64r 1w, 1w, 24r 5w, 3r 0w, 61r 3w, 2r 1w, 0r 1w, 1w, 41r 2w, 0r 0w, 31r 0w
15) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 5r 2w, 30r 1w, 1w, 0r 0w, 79r 4w, 1w, 3w, 3r 1w, 0w
RESERVES
16) Gulbadin Naib - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 2w, 5r 0w, 32r 1w, 1w, 26r 1w, 14r 4w, 73r 2w, 0, 0, 0r 2w, 2r 0w
17) Zia Ur Rehman - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 5r 0w, 0w, 4r 2w, 14*, 14r 5w, 1r 1w, 0r 2w, 2r 5w
18) Yamin Ahmadzai - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 4w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w
Safe C/VC choices
Mohammad Nabi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Differential GL C/VC choices
SL - Dimuth Karunaratne, Charith Asalanka, Kasun Rajitha, Maheesh Theekshana
AFG - Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ibrahim Zadran Azmatullah Omarzai
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