A match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan on Saturday will serve as the curtain raiser for the Asia Cup 2022. Both the sides will be aiming to start the tournament on a winning note as their group seems to be a really competitive one, given the third team that will be their opponent in the group is Bangladesh.
Only two teams out of the three could advance to the Super 4s. Afghanistan will try and fancy their chances to earn at least one of the top two spots in the group by the end of the round-robin stage. Before Afghanistan start their Asia Cup campaign, have a look at their players' T20 stats: Mohammad Nabi (c): The Afghanistan captain is among the best all-rounders in the world.
He holds an experience of 342 T20 matches. While Nabi has scored 5134 runs, he also alo picked 312 wickets. Najibullah Zadran: The batter has played 169 T20s and scored 3272 runs with his best score being 97 not out.
His strike rate is 139.35. Afsar Zazai: The wicketkeeper-batter has played 29 T20s and scored 534 runs. His highest score in the format is 67 not out.