<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Dhananjaya de Silva has guided Sri Lanka to a comprehensive victory over their Asian counterparts, Afghanistan! This has been a comfortable win for Sri Lanka and they keep their chances of making it to the semi-finals alive with a 6-wicket win.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">They negotiated a tricky run chase with ease with the top order finally putting up a steady performance. Afghanistan will exit the tournament with this loss and will find themselves looking back at the two washed-out games. They have a chance to dent Australia’s hope and pick up a consolation win in their last fixture.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Afghanistan did not get much swing at the start of the inning but Mujeeb Ur Rahman took an early wicket once again. After losing Pathum Nissanka quite early, Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis steadied the inning thereafter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Afghanistan bowlers however failed to take wickets in quick succession which allowed their opponents to accumulate runs at a steady pace. They once again depended on their lead spinner Rashid Khan to help them out but his two wickets were not enough to win Afghanistan this game. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After Mendis’ dismissal, Charith Asalanka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa came out to play handy supporting roles for Dhananjaya de Silva who reached an outstanding half-century. His 66 of just 42 balls guided Sri Lanka to an easy win with 9 balls to spare.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While, on the other side Afghanistan have not yet performed at the best of their abilities and find themselves out of the competition. News18</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>