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Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka, World Cup 2023 Highlights: Shahidi (58*), Azmat (73*) power AFG to comfortable 7-wicket victory

Follow the highlights as Afghanistan grabbed their third victory at the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, beating Sri Lanka by seven wickets in match 30 of the tournament played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.
Last Updated : 30 October 2023, 16:48 IST

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Highlights
13:3530 Oct 2023

Toss: Afghanistan win toss, opt to bowl! 

13:3930 Oct 2023

Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka: Playing XIs

17:5430 Oct 2023

Afghanistan need 242 runs to win! 

20:1430 Oct 2023

Over 25: Afghanistan 119/2 - FIFTY up for Rahmat! 50* (61)

21:4030 Oct 2023

Over 43: Afghanistan 223/3 - FIFTY up for Azmat! 50* (50)

22:1030 Oct 2023

Afghanistan win by 7 wickets! 

22:1630 Oct 2023

That's it from us for today! 

Join us again tomorrow for what should be another exciting encounter as Pakistan look to bounce back from four back-to-back defeats as they take on Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens with the match starting at 2 PM.

Till then it's goodbye and goodnight from us.

22:1730 Oct 2023

Hasmatullah Shahidi says his team is brimming with confidence after back-to-back victories

Quite happy and proud of the team. Happy for the way we performed in all 3 departments. Last game gave us lot of confidence and belief that we can chase any kind of target. It was a very professional performance from the bowlers today. All the coaching and managing staff are working hard and giving us confidence
Hashmatullah Shahidi (Afghanistan Captain)
22:1630 Oct 2023

Kusal Mendis doesn't think his team performed well with the bat today

We didn't do enough with the bat. 300 or maybe 280 would have been sufficient, but not to be. Bowlers have done well in the first 10 overs and the dew has come in little bit and then it became a little hard to bowl the spinners. Actually there was dew today and the ball came onto the bat nicely in the second innings. He (Madhushanka) has done really well, in the first couple of games as well and hope he will continue his form going forward.
Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka Captain)
22:1130 Oct 2023

Fazalhaq Farooqi came in for this match and walks away with the Player of the Match award!

Thanks to the Almighty, nice to have 3 wins in the tournament, happy to have contributed to the team win. I was looking for swing with the new ball, but I didn't get it, so I just kept it simple, hit the right areas, didn't want to concede boundaries and that's how I succeeded. We conceded too many runs in the last few overs (in the previous matches), we put in the hard yards in the nets, bowling with accuracy and trying out as many variations as possible. That's exactly what we went out and did in the match today (translated by Rashid Khan).
Fazalhaq Farooqi (4/34)
22:1030 Oct 2023

Afghanistan win by 7 wickets! 

It's a somewhat shabby ends as Asalanka puts down a sitter but it underlines the fact that Afghanistan have been better than their opponents in all three departments today.

The Afghan bowlers spearheaded by Farooqi (4/34) and Mujeeb (2/38) helped restrict Sri Lanka to just 241 in 49.3 overs.

Ibrahim Zadran (39) then provided a solid start before fifties by Rahmat Shah (62), Hashmatullah Shahidi (58*) and Azmatullah Omarzai (73*) saw Afghanistan chase down this total with seven wickets and 28 balls to spare.

It's back-to-back victories for Afghanistan at CWC 2023 which means they leapfrog Sri Lanka to take fifth spot on the points table.

Published 30 October 2023, 08:05 IST

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