Afghanistan chase down 106 runs from just 10.1 overs against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup opener, handing Sri Lanka their 2nd heaviest T20I defeat in terms of balls remaining.
Sri Lanka’s qualification for the next round will now mostly depend on the result of Afghanistan Vs Bangladesh game even if Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh, due to the poor net run rate.
Following today’s win, Afghanistan get a massive boost with a net run rate of 5.176. That means, Sri Lanka has a net run rate of -5.176 and now will have to beat Bangladesh and hope Afghanistan will beat Bangladesh as well.
In case Bangladesh beat Afghanistan in their encounter, it will become difficult for the Lankans to qualify for the next round as they will have to beat Bangladesh with a massive margin.(NewsWire)
