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20:49 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Run rate dipThe run rate has taken a beating here in the last few overs after the cluster of wickets that fell in the power play. The eternal conundrum of captains, should Thushara have bowled one more and finished his quota and pushed for one more wicket, or should he be kept for later? Although what Asalanka did today is the more common tactic that is used by skippers to use three overs in powerplay if the bowler is doing well, but also with the lack of another pace, option Asalanka will need Thushara to at the end.20:38 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: 3-wicket haul for ThusharaThushara has picked up Atal as well. Once again, the ball pitched and moved to rattle Atal's stumps. There was a swing on offer and Thushara has made the most of it. It is quite an interesting call from Asalanka not to try and use another over of seam in that powerplay instead of Dunith Wellalage. Having that the other seam option apart from Chameera is Shanka, who is always vulnerable to getting hit for a few in the powerplay especially with only two fielders outside the ring.20:29 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Good start for SLApart from that, over Chameera, this has been quite a good start for Sri Lanka. Winning the toss and opting to bat first in these conditions makes teams always vulnerable to swing and seam. If Afghanistan can manage to go unharmed from here on, they have enough power in their batting to make the most of it in the later overs. They will need a good partnership between Atal and Zadran, who are their technically most sound batters in the middle.20:21 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Two in an overNuwan Thushara has picked up the first wicket. It was a fuller one, and Gurbaz gave an almighty heave to it, only managing to get the outside edge, and Kusal Perera took a lovely catch at fly-slip. Afghanistan, after blistering for a bit, lost an early wicket here. And there is a change in batting order here, Karim Janat has walked into the middle for Afghanistan. As we update, Thushara gets rid of Karim Janat with a pitched delivery that moves away. Afghanistan lost two in a single over here.20:10 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: GreenerNuwan Thushara has taken the new ball for Sri Lanka, and there is a bit of green tinge on the wicket, which we have not seen for the game between Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Sri Lanka does have the seam attack to make the most of these conditions, and they have already shown what they can do against Bangladesh earlier in the tournament. Afghanistan has to play this smartly rather than with intent; they have the attack to defend totals, but they need to assess the par score and go after that rather than looking for 180+ illusory totals.20:02 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Let's goWe are done with the national anthems; it is going to be a cracker of a game. This is a good chasing ground, hence it is important that Afghanistan manages to put on a good total on the board. The Afghan openers are in the middle, let's wait and see how much they can post on the board.19:48 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: pitch report by Mike Haysman and Ravi Shastri"The tracks here are a different color. Lot more grass than the adjacent pitch. It might be two-paced and there will be some help for the pacers. You have to give yourself some time as a batter. Thank God for the breeze, it will help the players. The ball comes on here better than Dubai. The ball might not turn much but the Afghanistan spinners can spin a web around anyone. Get a good start and keep rotating the strike instead of looking for big hits," i19:44 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: SL XIPathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka(c), Dasun Shanaka, Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara19:42 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: AFG XISediqullah Atal, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan(c), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi19:39 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Charith Asalanka at tossI would have done the same thing. We have spoken about our middle order batting, we have two in-form openers and that is an advantage for us. We have to improve our middle order batting, we want to execute than talking. We have one change - Wellalage for Theekshana.19:39 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Rashid Khan at tossWe would like to bat first. Runs on the board is important on this wicket. It is a must-win game, we have to keep it simple and do the basics right. It is a new surface, we have played a lot in Abu Dhabi, 165+ is a good score. We have a couple of changes.19:21 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: From a country known for virtuoso spinners has emerged a left-arm pacer fast becoming one of the best in the worldLeft-arm seamers, the exceptional ones, wield an aura, but there are only faint outlines of a halo around Farooqi. He doesn’t quite glide along the green carpet, doesn’t possess a bagful of impish variations, he makes the ball talk plain prose rather than grand verse, but makes batsmen’s life hellish. He bends the ball into the right-hander, not devilishly, but moderately; and shapes the ball away from them. From the same run-up, point of release, same length, same line, and with the same eager expression. (Read more from Sandip G)19:11 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Farooqi on getting picked in franchise league“They were joking, of course, but that was the perception. In their mind, only Afghanistan spinners could play overseas leagues, not batsmen, and definitely not spinners,” Farooqi says in a Sunrisers Hyderabad video19:00 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Gulbadin Naib says anything can happen cricket“There are no favourites, especially in T20 cricket. It depends on the day and how you play. If the day is in your favour, you can beat any side. In my opinion, there are good teams in the tournament — India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, even the UAE and Hong Kong. Everyone is playing good cricket,”18:50 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Gulbadin Naib wants to win Asia Cup“Because of the situation that happened in Afghanistan, the earthquake, in which many people lost their lives…if we remember it again, it’s a little bit painful. Because it’s very difficult, there are not so many facilities in the country. But still, it will be a very happy occasion for us, for our people, if we won this tournament. We can give them some happiness,”18:41 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Julian Wood on Indian power hitting“India have been phenomenal in the last 12 months. You look at their players, Abhishek for me is just phenomenal. There is a new breed of batsmen coming through like Abhishek Sharma, Dewald Brevis and Tim David. They strike at over 180, 200. Tim and Brevis were looked at as finishers, but that is changing now and they are batting higher because teams are seeing their potential. They are all destructive batsmen. So the other teams need to identify similar players or else they are going to be left behind further.”18:29 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Julian Wood on Sri Lanka and Bangladesh power hitting“As a cricketer you have to see where the game’s going. And you’ve got to evolve with the game. Else, you get left behind and that’s what is happening with them in franchise cricket. If you want to evolve your game, then you put yourself in a position where you get selected for these tournaments. I think that Afghanistan seems to use these opportunities a lot,”18:19 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Julian Wood on Sri Lanka and Bangladesh power hitting“They rely heavily on rhythm, timing of their movements. So what I did with them was just basically looked at how they can access more power. The Sri Lankans, I think, are in a better position than the Bangladeshis. I think mindset comes into it a lot. If you look at it, you need everybody to be in the same mindset. The message has to be consistent throughout. If that’s not, then you get fearful cricket. Players playing fearful cricket is the last thing you need. It’s about having an aggressive intent. You won’t hit every ball. But you have to put something back on the bowlers. You can’t let them dictate.”18:10 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott"We are very optimistic (against Sri Lanka). We have played two games here and if we win on Thursday, we go on top of the group. There's plenty to play for. There is disappointment but we have to dust ourselves off. There are ups and downs. You have to make sure you have to ride those waves. We have to bounce back on Thursday. If we can win well, it gives us a lot of confidence. There's plenty to play for. We should have played better, but we have to pull our socks up for Thursday"18:00 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: AFG predicted XISediqullah Atal, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan(c), Noor Ahmad, AM Ghazanfar, Fazalhaq Farooqi17:50 (IST) 18 Sep 2025Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan LIVE Cricket Score, Asia Cup 2025: SL predicted XIPathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kamil Mishara, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka(c), Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara
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