Nuwan Pradeep and Lasith Malinga featured with the ball as Sri Lanka battled back to pound Afghanistan’s expectations of an important World Cup triumph on Tuesday. Afghanistan, offering for simply their second win in a World Cup coordinate and their first over a Test country were in direction part of the way through a melancholy day in Cardiff in the wake of rejecting Sri Lanka for 201. Be that as it may, looked with a downpour amended focus of 187 out of 41 overs, their batting let them down again as they were bowled out for 152. Triumph saw Sri Lanka ricochet once again from a 10-wicket whipping by New Zealand in their World Cup opener.
Pradeep took a profession best four for 31, while Malinga (three for 39) struck at the two closures of the innings, completing the match with a trademark yorker that bowled Hamid Hassan.
Afghanistan had drooped to 57 for five, with Thisara Perera holding a splendid running catch in the profound to expel Hazratullah Zazai on the snare for 30.
Afghanistan chief Gulbadin Naib (23) and Najibullah Zadran (43) at that point began to turn the match again with a 6th wicket remain of 64.
In any case, paceman Pradeep struck twice, having Naib lbw before bowling Rashid Khan to leave Afghanistan 123 for seven.
What’s more, when Najibullah was run out by an immediate hit from Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne, Afghanistan were everything except pummeled at nine.
Prior, Sri Lanka left the squares rapidly against the unfancied Afghans, who endured a seven-wicket misfortune to support Australia in their competition opener, and were set for a commanding aggregate at 144 for one.
In any case, they lost their last nine wickets for 57 runs, Mohammad Nabi taking three out of five balls after Gulbadin won the hurl.
Shell-stunned Sri Lanka continued losing wickets at ordinary interims, with 35 additional items the second-most elevated scorer of the innings behind Kusal Perera’s 78.
An emotional 22nd over observed Nabi bowled Lahiru Thirimanne for 25 preceding having Kusal Mendis gotten by Rahmat Shah in the slips for two.
Angelo Mathews was alongside go, for a duck, likewise gotten by Shah.
Leg-spinner Rashid Khan in the long run got in on the demonstration when he had opener Kusal Perera, who had seen wickets tumble at the opposite end, got behind.
Downpour at that point interceded, compelling the players from the field, with Sri Lanka 182-8.
The postponement implied the match was diminished to 41 overs a side yet Sri Lanka collapsed rapidly after the resumption, losing Malinga and Pradeep for the expansion of only 19 additional runs.
Afghanistan, playing in just their second World Cup, beat Sri Lanka soundly in a year ago’s Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates, yet for the second match in succession this World Cup their batting let them down.