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.
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 confidenceHashmatullah Shahidi (Afghanistan Captain)
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)
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)
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.