SL VS AFG - 2nd T20I, Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka, 2024

That's it from the second T20I. It's Sri Lanka who have clinched this series as well. They haven't allowed Afghanistan even a sniff today. May be the little stutter when the Lankans were batting. But once they got 180, Sri Lanka never allowed the visitors to even come close. We will be back with the final T20I. Till then good bye and good night. We had a good day at the Fantasy as well. Hope you guys had a gala time as well!

Wanindu Hasaranga: Credit goes to the batters. They batted really well. Openers did a good job. Sadeera and Mathews finished well. Over 170, I back our bowling line up to defend it. Still a long way to go (on 100 T20I wickets). I trust my variations. We want to test our bench as well. Only four games left before the WC. So need to test our bench.

Ibrahim Zadran: To be honest we were happy till 15 overs. We gave too many at the death. We didn't execute well. Was a chaseable target. We were trying to have a good start. It is a big ground. We were trying to give good momentum. We couldn't create those partnerships. The last two games, the wicket has been similar. You can't win if you don't execute well.

Angelo Mathews, Player of the Match: Feeling really good. Felt very tight in my hamstring. But went through a fitness test. Played enough cricket to adapt myself. I was struggling in the first 10-15 balls. But Sadeera batted well as well. That was the plan. He was supposed to bat through. His innings helped me a lot. I knew he held one end up. Was a very good wicket. We had to bowl very good lines and lengths. We fielded well. Special mention to Dambulla crowd.

22:19 Local Time, 16:49 GMT, 22:19 IST: Sri Lanka have managed to win this comfortably. They have taken this series as well. They won the Test. They sailed through 3-0 in the ODIs. Now, they have clinched the T20I series 2-0 with a game to spare. Mathews started the spree. Fernando chipped in. Hasaranga took care of the lower middle-order. Pathirana finished it off. None of the batters from the visitors could do anything. Earlier, the Lankan openers started off on a flying note. Then they fell and Samarawickrama took charge and played the anchor's role. Mathews at the end threw caution to the winds and got some quick runs to take them beyond 180.

Pathirana to Fazalhaq Farooqi, out Caught by Shanaka!! It's all over. SL take the series 2-0 as they win by 72 runs. Very full ball, Fazalhaq Farooqi backs away and cue-ends it to cover. The fielder leapt up and took it. Was a good catch. Afghanistan have surrendered meekly. Fazalhaq Farooqi c Shanaka b Pathirana 2(3)

Pathirana to Fazalhaq Farooqi, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Pathirana to Fazalhaq Farooqi, 2 runs, backs away and looks to slog it away and gets an inside edge for a brace. Wasn't timed at all

Pathirana to Fazalhaq Farooqi, no run, very full, nudged down to mid-wicket

Pathirana to Fazalhaq Farooqi, wide, again slips down leg, wided again

Pathirana to Fazalhaq Farooqi, wide, full toss, down leg, wided

Fazalhaq Farooqi, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Pathirana to Naveen-ul-Haq, out Bowled!! Spears in a yorker and Naveen-ul-Haq fails to get the bat down and misses the line of the delivery to be bowled. First one for Pathirana. Naveen-ul-Haq is gone. That was a superb yorker. The writing is on the wall. Naveen-ul-Haq b Pathirana 5(9) [4s-1]

Pathirana to Naveen-ul-Haq, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Pathirana to Noor Ahmad, 1 run, fuller length delivery, shapes in, Noor Ahmad looks to whip it. Gets an inside edge and despite the umpire giving it not out, Pathirana wanted a review. The review was lost

Seems to be inside edge. Yes, there is a big one.

Pathirana to Noor Ahmad, no run, fuller length delivery, stabbed back to the bowler

Matheesha Pathirana [2.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack

Hasaranga to Noor Ahmad, 1 run, looks for a big slog and biffs it down to deep backward square for a single

Hasaranga to Noor Ahmad, no run, gets a leading edge to cover as that was a googly