KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan have thumped Sri Lanka by seven wickets following an outstanding all-round performance to continue their third consecutive win in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in Pune.
After winning the toss, skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi elected to bowl, referring to dew potentially becoming a factor in the evening session
The Afghan bowling attack caused Sri Lanka plenty of problems on the Pune surface, restricting the islanders to 241 despite a number of batters getting good starts.
Put into bat, several Sri Lankan batters got their eyes in but could not quite capitalise on those starts.
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