Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup Match: Sri Lanka Squad's T20 Stats

Sri Lanka are set to kick off their 2022 Asia Cup campaign with a match against Afghanistan on Saturday, August 27. The side suffered a blow ahead of the tournament as its ace pacer Dushmantha Chameera got ruled out of the continental event. The third team in Sri Lanka's group is Bangladesh, hence a good win in the opening match must be the aim of the team. Sri Lanka enter the event after a 246-run win over Pakistan in a Test match in July.

Before Sri Lanka start their Asia Cup campaign, have a look at their players' T20 stats:

Dasun Shanaka (c): The Sri Lanka skipper has played 152 T20 matches and has scored 3209 runs. His highest score in the format is 131 not out. Being a right-arm medium fast bowler too, he has picked 47 wickets.

Charith Asalanka: The batting all-rounder has played 62 T20s and scored 1357 with a highest score of 80 not out. He also bowls right-arm off-break and has picked 18 wickets.

Ashen Bandara: The middle-order batter has played 41 T20s and scored 820 with a best score of 101 not out.

Dinesh Chandimal: The wicketkeeper-batter has played 169 T20s and scored 3919. His highest score in the format is 101 not out.

Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva: The star all-rounder has played a total of 109 T20s. He bowls leg-break and has picked 149 wickets besides scoring 1179 runs as a batter.

Dhananjaya de Silva: The all-rounder has played 83 T20s and has scored 1695 runs with his best score being 81 not out. De Silva, who bowls also right-arm off-break, has picked 28 wickets.

Nuwanidu Fernando: The batter is yet to make his international debut. He has played 25 T20 matches and scored 549 runs with his best score being 126 not out.

Danushka Gunathilaka: The all-rounder has played 123 T20s scoring 2852 runs and