Afghanistan will play their first match today against Sri Lanka. The match will be held at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi and will start from 5 pm onwards (IST). Both the teams are in group B.
Afghanistan is not a very strong team in cricket but they have shown some iconic performances in the past which have impressed everyone. Also, Afghanistan will be full of confidence seeing the poor performance of Sri Lanka in the last match. If Afghanistan wins today, they will enter the next round as Sri Lanka will be out of tournament.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka witnessed their one of historical defeat in Asia Cup in the last match, when they lost to Bangladesh by 137 runs. Today’s match is an event of ‘in or out’ for Sri Lanka, as a defeat will lead Sri Lanka getting out of tournament. However, Sri Lanka will make no mistake to outclass Afghanistan, which is quite a new country in international cricket.
Watch Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2018 telecast on these channels.
The match between Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi will be aired on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports Select 1 HD.
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2018 will be live streaming online on these apps.
The live streaming of the match will be available on Hotstar. The match can also be seen on Jio Tv and Airtel Tv.
Squad:
Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews (captain), Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Upul Tharanga, Thisara Perera, Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Kasun Rajitha, Akila Dananjaya, Amila Aponso, Lasith Malinga, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilruwan Perera, Shehan Jayasuriya.
Afghanistan: Ashgar Afghan (captain), Mohammed Shahzad, Ihsanullah Janat, Hasmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Munir Ahmed, Javed Ahmadi, Mohammed Nabi, Rahmat Shah, Gulbadan Naib, Samiullah Shenwari, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Zadran, Aftab Alam, Yasmin Ahmedzai, Sayed Shirzad.