Afghanistan has played 3 matches so far in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022, winning 0, losing 1, and Abandoning a match by 2 points. With 3 points, they take the bottom spot( Super-12, Group 1 ) in the points table. Sri Lanka has played 3 matches so far, winning 1 and losing 2. With 2 points, SL is placed in the 5th spot( Super-12, Group 1 ).

In their earlier encounter in the tour of the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan suffered a loss against Sri Lanka by 4 wickets. Batting first in the match, Afghanistan posted a total of 175-6 runs on the scoreboard. Later, Sri Lanka reached the target in the 19.1th over itself with 6 wickets in their kitty.

Afghanistan’s previous match in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 was against Ireland. Their match was abandoned due to rain. Later the points were shared between the two teams.

Sri Lanka suffered a loss against New Zealand in their previous game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. In the match, New Zealand batted first in and piled up 167-7. In the reply, Sri Lanka couldn’t reach the target and bowled out for 102 runs. Dasun Shanaka slammed 35 runs while Bhanuka Rajapaksa 34 runs for the Sri Lanka team.

For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell hit 104 and 22 respectively. Also, Trent Boult picked 4 wickets for NZ. Glenn Phillips was awarded man of the match. New Zealand won by 65 runs in the match.