The Sri Lanka-Afghanistan third Twenty20 match was held today (21) at the Rangiri Dambulu International Stadium and the Afghanistan team managed to win the match by 3 runs. After winning the toss, the Afghanistan captain decided to bat first.
Accordingly, the Afghanistan team entered the field and managed to collect 209 runs by losing 5 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs.
Gurbaz scored 70, Hazratullah scored 45, Omazai scored 31, Nabi scored 16, and Ishaq scored 16 for the Afghanistan team.
In bowling, Matisha Pathirana took 2 wickets, Akila Dhananjaya took 2 wickets and Vanindu Hasaranga took one wicket for the Sri Lankan team.
Accordingly, the Sri Lankan team, which entered the field to chase a winning target of 210 runs, managed to collect only 206 runs after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.
While batting, Pathum Nissanka scored 60 runs in 30 balls for the Sri Lankan team and due to an injury, he had to leave the field.
Kamidu Mendis managed to give the fans hope of victory until the last ball. He scored an unbeaten 65 off 39 balls.
In today’s match, Kamidu Mendis managed to score his maiden half-century in the T20 arena. However, the Afghanistan team was able to confirm its victory in the last over.
There was a controversy regarding the fourth ball of the last over. Batsman Kamindu Mendis asked if it was not a ball and the umpire refused. But the audience who watched the television also thought that it was a noball. Commentators point out that if it is called a noball , Sri Lanka will get an extra point and a free hit.
In bowling, Mohammad Nabi took 2 wickets, Ahmed 1 wicket, Noor 1 wicket and Qais 1 wicket.
Accordingly, the Sri Lankan team was able to win the Sri Lanka-Afghanistan T20 series consisting of 3 matches 2-1. Sri Lanka won the only Test match of the tournament by 10 wickets. The Sri Lankan team managed to win all the three ODI serise 3- 0 and the Sri Lankan team also managed to win 2 matches out of the three 20-20 matches.
