Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I at Dambulla, SL v AFG, Feb 17 2024 - Match MVPs

RESULT

1st T20I (N), Dambulla, February 17, 2024, Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

160

Afghanistan

(20 ov, T:161) 156/9

Sri Lanka won by 4 runs

Player Of The Match

Matheesha Pathirana

, SL

4/24

Cricinfo's MVP

Wanindu Hasaranga

, SL

164.97 ptsImpact List

Cricinfo’s Most Valuable Players of the Match

PLAYER	Team	TI	Runs	I. Runs	B. Impact	Bowl	I. Wkts	Bo. Impact
Wanindu Hasaranga	SL	164.97	67(32)	84.89	116.43	1/20	1.19	48.54
Matheesha Pathirana	SL	109.45	5(4)	5.18	5.33	4/24	4.36	104.12
Fazalhaq Farooqi	AFG	67.24	-	-	0	3/25	3.29	67.24
Dasun Shanaka	SL	61.45	6(4)	6.55	7.37	2/17	2.8	54.08
Ibrahim Zadran	AFG	51.13	67(55)	63.87	51.13	-	-	0
Karim Janat	AFG	46.27	20(16)	19.43	16.68	1/23	1.4	29.58
Angelo Mathews	SL	35.23	6(6)	4.87	1.9	1/16	1.58	33.33
Dhananjaya de Silva	SL	31.48	24(17)	27.31	31.48	-	-	0
Naveen-ul-Haq	AFG	27.09	1(2)	- 0.4	- 0.72	2/25	1.83	27.81
Noor Ahmad	AFG	25.9	9(6)	9.11	9.19	1/18	1.19	16.71
Azmatullah Omarzai	AFG	24.29	2(5)	- 0.41	- 4.8	2/30	1.68	29.09
Maheesh Theekshana	SL	21.4	2(6)	- 1.38	- 2.42	1/31	1.04	23.83
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	AFG	20.62	13(6)	16.53	20.62	-	-	0
Sadeera Samarawickrama	SL	17.23	25(24)	23.83	17.23	-	-	0
Kusal Mendis	SL	10.74	10(8)	10.64	10.74	-	-	0
Pathum Nissanka	SL	8.29	6(4)	6.85	8.29	-	-	0
Gulbadin Naib	AFG	5.93	16(17)	13.58	5.93	-	-	0
Mohammad Nabi	AFG	5.57	9(8)	8.58	5.57	-	-	0
Najibullah Zadran	AFG	- 2.26	0(1)	- 1.06	- 2.26	-	-	0
Charith Asalanka	SL	- 5.18	3(7)	0.57	- 5.18	-	-	0
Qais Ahmad	AFG	- 6.73	7(4)	8.3	9.77	0/36	-	- 16.5
Binura Fernando	SL	- 10.57	0(2)	- 1.4	- 1.49	0/44	-	- 9.09

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Win Probability

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Over 20 • AFG 156/9

Sri Lanka won by 4 runs

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Afghanistan Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
Ibrahim Zadran	not out	67	55
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	caught	13	6
Gulbadin Naib	bowled	16	17
Azmatullah Omarzai	caught	2	5
Mohammad Nabi	caught	9	8
Najibullah Zadran	caught	0	1
Karim Janat	lbw	20	16
Qais Ahmad	caught	7	4
Noor Ahmad	bowled	9	6
Naveen-ul-Haq	bowled	1	2
Fazalhaq Farooqi	not out	0	0
Extras	(b 4, w 8)
Total	156(9 wkts; 20 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
AD Mathews	2	16	1	8
B Fernando	4	44	0	11
M Theekshana	4	31	1	7.75
PW Hasaranga	4	20	1	5
M Pathirana	4	24	4	6
MD Shanaka	2	17	2	8.5

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	25	Ibrahim Zadran	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd	43	Gulbadin Naib	Ibrahim Zadran
3rd	3	Azmatullah Omarzai	Ibrahim Zadran
4th	14	Mohammad Nabi	Ibrahim Zadran
5th	1	Najibullah Zadran	Ibrahim Zadran
6th	39	Karim Janat	Ibrahim Zadran
7th	12	Qais Ahmad	Ibrahim Zadran
8th	11	Ibrahim Zadran	Noor Ahmad
9th	2	Naveen-ul-Haq	Ibrahim Zadran
10th	6	Ibrahim Zadran	Fazalhaq Farooqi

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