Afghanistan stunned Sri Lanka by eight wickets with almost half the overs in hand in the opening game of the Asia Cup T20 tournament in Dubai on Saturday.
Sri Lanka was dismissed for 105 in the last over before Rahmanullah Gurbaz (40) and Hazratullah Zazai (37 not out) smashed 83 runs in the powerplay to help Afghanistan reach 106-2 in 10.1 overs.
The islanders, who are the hosts the tournament in the UAE, didn’t recover from Fazalhaq Farooqi’s twin strikes in the maiden first over after being sent in to bat.
The left-arm fast bowler trapped Kusal Mendis and Charith Asalanka off successive deliveries and took 3-11. Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi said his team will be no pushovers in the Asia Cup.
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