In the Asia Cup, Gurbaz and Zazai's aggressive batting, defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets

In the Asia Cup, Gurbaz and Zazai's aggressive batting, defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets

In the first match of the T20 Asia Cup, Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets after a one-sided match.
In the match played at the Dubai Cricket Stadium, Afghanistan easily achieved the target of 106 runs on the first ball of the 11th over thanks to the aggressive batting of Rahmanullah Garbaz and Hazratullah Zazai.
Rahmatullah Garbaz was bowled by De Silva after scoring 40 runs off 18 balls. His innings included4 sixes and 3 fours.
Hazratullah Zazai scored an unbeaten 37 runs thanks to five fours and one six. Ibrahim Zadran played an innings of 15. De Silva dismissed a player.
Earlier, Sri Lanka batted first and was bowled out for 105 runs in 19.4 overs.     
 Chamika Karunaratne scored 31 runs.Bhanuka and Rajapaksha scored 38 runs.
On behalf of Afghanistan, Fazal Haq Farooqui took three wickets for 11 runs and was declared the best player of the match.
Mujer Rahman and Mohammad Nabi guided two players to the pavilion while Naveen ul Haq took one wicket