3 Players To Watch In AFG vs SL CWC Match 30: Afghanistan ripped open the World Cup 2023 points table and made it more exciting for everyone with their shock win over England, the defending champions, a victory that also benefitted other teams.
Hashmatullah Shahidi’s team will take on Sri Lanka, whose campaign hangs by a thread after two losses in two games, and who have lost their inspirational captain Dasun Shanaka to a tournament-ending injury. The match number 30 between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will take place in Pune on October 30.
Sri Lanka have a positive head-to-head record over Afghanistan in ODIs with 7 wins and 3 losses.
3 Players To Watch In AFG vs SL CWC Match 30:
Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan was one of the key men for Afghanistan’s historic win over England, delivering with both bat and ball. He now has 5 wickets in 3 matches in this tournament, and he’d be looking for more against Sri Lanka, against whom he has good numbers.
In 6 ODI outings against Sri Lanka, Rashid has snapped 11 wickets at an impressive average of 18, while maintaining a parsimonious economy of 4.32. Rashid can deliver some proper blows with the bat as well.
Pathum Nissanka
As per the 3 Players To Watch In AFG vs SL CWC Match 30, Pathum Nissanka is Sri Lanka’s all-time leading ODI run-scorer against Afghanistan. Known for his steady, composed, and anchor-role batting, Nissanka has scored 296 runs in 7 knocks against Afghanistan at an average of 49 with two fifties to his name.
Recently, Nissanka scored 51 runs against Pakistan but failed to convert it into a big score. The right-handed opener is also Sri Lanka’s top-scorer in ODIs since the start of 2022, averaging 45 in this period with 3 hundreds and 10 half-centuries.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
According to the Three players to watch in Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka ICC World Cup 2023 match 30, we can expect Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz to have a field day on a batting-friendly surface in Pune.
Gurbaz bats aggressively right from the outset of his innings. That’s why he’s one of the most mercurial openers in the world – it’s either go big or go home for Gurbaz. England found it the hard way as he smashed 80 runs in 57 balls before getting run out. Only two weeks ago, Gurbaz cracked 119 in 92 balls against Sri Lanka in the warm-up match. He also had a score of 151 against Pakistan a couple of months ago.
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