Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 10 wickets within the one-off check match in Colombo on Monday.
It was a profitable begin for Sri Lanka’s new captain Dhananjaya de Silva whereas spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took eight wickets in a player-of-the-match efficiency. Dhananjaya was appointed the skipper of the group within the longest format in January.
Afghanistan had been all out for 198 of their first innings after being put in to bat first by the hosts, with solely Rahmat Shah (91) having some success towards Vishwa Fernando (4-51), Asitha Fernando (3-24) and Jayasuriya (3-67). Sri Lanka posted 439 in reply, as Angelo Mathews (141) and Dinesh Chandimal (107) discovered kind regardless of the most effective efforts of Naveed Zadran (4-83).
Afghanistan began their second innings properly with Ibrahim Zadran (114) constructing hundred-run partnerships with Noor Ali (47) and Shah (54). However the final six batters contributed solely eight runs, as Jayasuriya took a five-wicket haul.
Afghanistan’s second innings ended at 296, giving Sri Lanka a goal of 56, which their openers chased down in 7.2 overs. The 2 groups will play a three-match One Day Worldwide (ODI) collection beginning on Friday, adopted by three T20 Internationals.
– With Reuters inputs