SL vs AFG Dream11 Prediction, Pitch Report, Playing XI, Player Stats || 1st ODI

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Match	Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan
Tournament	Afghanistan Tour of Sri Lanka 2023
Date	1st May 2023
Time	10:00 PM IST
Venue	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota

SL vs AFG Dream11 Pitch Report

The pitch at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium is typically a high-scoring ground. There’ll be something on offer for the pacers in the first innings and the spinners will come into play. Teams shouldn’t aim too high and crash down, keep wickets in hand and go hard at the death. The average first innings score on this ground is 268.

• Ground- Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
• Pitch Behaviour- Batters enjoy, Spinners also get help here.
• Best Suited- Pacers
• Matches- 18
• Average-268
• Batting 1st Won- 8
• Chasing Won- 10
• Home Ground- SRI-LANKA
• This Venue: SL- 2/4 | AFG- #
• Batting 1st Team Won- 3/5

• Pacers:- 35 Wickets {5 Match}
• 2nd Inn- 17W || 1st Inn- 18W
• RAF- 29w || LAF- 6w
• Spinners:- 37 Wickets
• 2nd Inn- 24W || 1st Inn- 13W
• Rob- 13w ,Lbs- 10w, Lac- 4w, Lao- 10w

SL vs AFG Dream11 Playing XI Today

SRI-LANKA:

Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (WK), Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews,
Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (C), Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana

• BENCH:-
• Lahiru Kumara ° (RAF)
• Dushmantha Chameera (RAF)
• Wanindu Hasaranga ° (VC) (RHB+LBS)
• Sadeera Samarwickra (WK+RHB)
• Dushan Hemantha (LBS)

Afghanistan:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Najibullah Zadran,
Md Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik

• BENCH:-
• Rashid Khan ° (RHB+LBS)
• Ikram Alikhail (WK) (LHB)
• Riaz Hassan (RHB)
• Abdul Rahman (RHB+RAM)

SL vs AFG Dream11 Player Stats

Pathum Nissanka– 123 Runs (3 M)
2nd- 85, 3*, 35
1st Inn- 20 Avg || 2nd Inn- 51 Avg
•Venue- #
•Form- 25, 9, 0, 57, 9, 0, 12, 72, 15, 33

Dimuth Karunaratne– 53 Runs (2 M)
1st- 30
2nd- 23
•Venue- 5 Runs (3 M)
•Form- 21, 70*

Kusal Mendis– 18 Avg (5 M) 72 Runs
1st- 2
1st Inn- 36 Avg || 2nd Inn- 22 Avg
2nd- 0, 1, 2*, 67
•Venue- 49 Avg (4 M) 148 Runs
•Form- 73, 10, 25, 0, 0

Charith Asalanka– 93 Runs (2 M)
2nd- 10, 83*
•Venue- #
•Form- 3, 24, 67, 9, 9, 42+0w, 0, 6, 17

Angelo Mathews– 111 Runs (4 M) 3W
1st- 45*, 0
2nd- 44, 22
1st- 3w1m | 0m- #
•Venue- 50 Avg (19 M) 553 Runs 12W
5 50 in 14 Innings.
•Form- 0, 18, 50, 13

Dhananjaya de Silva- 44 Runs (5 M) 2W
1st- 0
2nd- 23, 16, 5
1st- 2w4m | 2nd- 0w1m | 3m- # •Venue- 12 Runs (1 M)
•Form- 20, 37+0w, 15, 13,

Dasun Shanaka– 59 Runs (4 M) 0W
2nd- 0, 43, 16
•Venue- #
•Form- 17, 0, 9*, 15, 7+0w, 1+2w, 31+1w, 0+1w, 48+3w, 35+1w

Chamika Karunaratne– #
•Venue- #
•Form- 0w, 24-0w, 11+4w, 52+0w, 10+1w, 0w, 1w, 1w

Kasun Rajitha– 7W (3 M)
1st- 7w3m | 0m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 0w, 1w, 9+1w, 2w, 13*+2w

Maheesh Theekshana- 3W (3 M)
1st- 3w3m | 1m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w

Matheesha Pathirana– #
•Venue- #
•Form- 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w

BENCH:-
Dushmantha Chameera- 1W (1 M)
1st- 1w1m | 0m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 0w, 0w, 3w, 8+1w, 0w, 1w, 7*+2w, 0w, 0w, 1w

Lahiru Kumara- 3W (2 M)
1st- 3w2m | 0m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 3w, 0+2w, 10+2w, 2+1w, 3w, 2w

Wanindu Hasaranga- 68 Runs (3 M) 5W
1st- 5w3m | 0m- #
•Venue- 36 Runs (4 M) 8W
•Form- 12+2w, 0w, 8+1w, 5+2w, 6+0w, 2w, 2+1w, 1w, 0+0w, 9+0w

Sadeera Samarwickra- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 101*, 53, 23, 40, 74,

Dushan Hemantha- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 15+3w, 7+2w, 37+1w, 29+2w, 0w, 10+1w, 7+2w, 41+2w

❇️ Starting Overs:- K Rajitha, Chamika

❇️ Death Overs:- K Rajita, Pathirana, Chameera

Rahmanullah Gurbaz– 126 Runs (3 M)
1st- 53, 68, 5
•Venue- #
•Form- 10, 1, 18, 15, 0, 81, 8, 0, 15, 57

Ibrahim Zadran– 278 Runs (3 M)
1st- 106, 10, 162
•Venue- #
•Form- 53, 49, 39, 14, 27, 3, 38, 9, 60, 1

Rahmat Shah– 41 Avg (5 M) 206 Runs
1st- 72, 52, 58, 22
2nd- 2
1st Inn- 35 Avg || 2nd Inn- 43 Avg
•Venue- #
•Form- 9, 102+0w, 17, 149, 54*, 32, 4, 22, 58, 52

Hashmatullah Shahidi– 15 Avg (5 M) 75 Runs
1st- 37, 2, 28, 4
2nd- 4
•Venue- #
•Form- 124, 15+0w, 87, 43, 8+1w, 26*+0w, 36, 67+2w, 58+0w, 76+2w

Najibullah Zadran– 29 Avg (7 M) 201 Runs
1st Inn- 147 Runs (5 M)
2nd Inn- 54 Runs (2 M)
1st Inn- 37 Avg || 2nd Inn- 23 Avg
•Venue- #
•Form- 57+0w, 0, 23, 17, 1, 59, 1, 37, 16*, 1

Md Nabi- 139 Runs (7 M) 8W
1st Inn- 91 Runs (5 M)
2nd Inn- 48 Runs (2 M)
1st- 4w2m | 2nd- 4w4m | 3m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 17+1w, 14, 38+2w, 21+0w, 0, 1+1w, 18*+0w, #, 20, 0w

Azmatullah Omarzai– #
•Venue- #
•Form- 1+0w, 45+1w, 26+2w, 58+0w, 1w, 69+0w, 21, 0w, 1w, 2w

Mujeeb Ur Rahman– 2W (5 M)
1st- 0w1m | 2nd- 2w4m | 4m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 2w, 23*+2w, 10+1w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w

Noor Ahmad- 0W (1 M)
2nd- 0w1m | 1m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w

Fazalhaq Farooqi– 4W (3 M)
2nd- 4w3m | 2m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w

Farid Malik- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, #

BENCH:-
Rashid Khan- 35 Runs (5 M) 9W
1st- 2w1m | 2nd- 7w3m | 0m- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 0+0w, 5+2w, 30+1w, 1w, 0+0w, 79+4w, 1w, 3w, 3*+1w, 0w

Ikram Alikhail-
•Venue- #
•Form- 40, 21, 63, #, 4, #, 29

Riaz Hassan- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 14, 40, 0, 17, 58, 25, 3, 17, 6, 1

Abdul Rahman- #
•Venue- #
•Form- 1w, 60+1w, 15+3w, 64+1w, 1w, 31+0w

❇️ Starting Overs:- Fazrooqi, Farid, Azmatullah

❇️ Death Overs:- Fazrooqi, Farid, Azmatullah

SL vs AFG Key Matchups

1) Pathum Nissanka Vs
R Khan- 24(27) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}
M Ur Rahman- 37(41) Runs :2W {5 Inn}
F Farooqi- 50(52) Runs : 1W {6 Inn}

2) Dimuth Karunaratne Vs
Md Nabi- 6(11) Runs : 1W {1 Inn}

3) Kusal Mendis Vs
Md Nabi- 15(22) Runs : 3W {3 Inn}
M Ur Rahman- 36(38) Runs : 1W {5 Inn}
R Khan- 18(14) Runs : 2W {4 Inn}
F Farooqi- 23(37) Runs : 1W {6 Inn}

4) Charith Asalanka Vs
Md Nabi- 16(27) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}
R Khan- 13(19) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}
F Farooqi- 23(18) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}

5) Angelo Mathews Vs
Md Nabi- 24(40) Runs : 2W {5 Inn}
M Ur Rahman- 8(11) Runs : 1W {2 Inn}

6) Dhananjaya de Silva Vs
Rashid Khan- 21(16) Runs : 1W {2 Inn}

7) Dasun Shanaka Vs
Md Nabi- 5(7) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}
R Khan- 19(23) Runs : 1W {4 Inn}
M Ur Rahman- 16(21) Runs 2w {4 Inn}

8) Rahmanullah Gurbaz Vs ♥️
D de Silva- 12(19) Runs : 1W {1 Inn}
C Karunaratne- 37(18) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}
K Rajitha- 41(48) Runs : 2W {8 Inn}
L Kumara- 63(42) Runs : 2W {6 Inn}
W Hasaranga- 35(39) Runs : 3W {5 Inn}

9) Ibrahim Zadran Vs
M Theekshana- 86(69) Runs : 1W {6 Inn}
L Kumara- 27(28) Runs : 2W {3 Inn}

10) Rahmat Shah Vs
K Rajitha- 18(32) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}
M Theekshana- 21(24) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}
L Kumara- 29(28) Runs : 1W {2 Inn}
D Chameera- 10(17) Runs : 1W {1 Inn}

11) Hashmatullah Shahidi Vs
D de Silva- 16(33) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}

12) Najibullah Zadran Vs
D de Silva- 36(38) Runs : 1W {5 Inn}
M Theekshana- 34(36) Runs : 3W {9 Inn}
L Kumara- 23(19) Runs : 1W {5 Inn}
D Chameera- 13(15) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}
W Hasaranga- 40(41) Runs : 3W {4 Inn}

13) Md Nabi Vs
K Rajitha- 30(22) Runs : 3W {4 Inn}
M Theekshana- 17(12) Runs : 1W {4 Inn}
L Kumara- 46(17) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}
W Hasaranga- 19(27) Runs : 2W {3 Inn}

14) Rashid Khan Vs
K Rajitha- 17(13) Runs : 2W {4 Inn}
M Pathirana- 13(9) Runs : 1W {2 Inn}
W Hasaranga- 2(8) Runs : 1W {3 Inn}

SL vs AFG 1st ODI 2023 Match Caption and Vice-caption choices

Caption	Ibrahim Zadran & Kusal Mendis
Vice-Caption	Angelo Mathews & R Gurbaz

SL vs AFG Dream11 Prediction Today Probable Winners

Considering the combination, Today SL is expected to win this match.