SL VS AFG - 1st Match, Group B, Asia Cup 2022

That’s all from the presentations. A thumping statement of intent from Afghanistan! Let’s see if they can build on this momentum. Join us now for the big one tomorrow - India vs Pakistan. We’ll be ready nice and early for that one, hopefully the game lives up to that rivalry! See you then, it’s a wrap for now!

Fazalhaq Farooqi, Man of the Match: I was trying to make a breakthrough for my team, that was the simple plan today. With the new ball, I am trying to bowl good deliveries, but I can also bowl at the death. I am comfortable doing both.

Mohammad Nabi: The boys played really well, especially the fast bowlers. When we decided to bowl first, they used the pitch so well. We were just discussing to hit the right lines, and if we get a bit of swing it will be of use for us. We have a lot of confidence after such a game, hopefully we can do well next game as well.

Dasun Shanaka: There are two ways to think about the toss, it would have been a bit easier if we were bowling first with two youngsters playing for the first time. There was too much grass, there wasn't too much in it for the spinners but still our world-class spinners should have done better. I think in T20 cricket anything can happen, we can bounce back in the next game.

Hazratullah Zazai: The way our bowlers had bowled, the target was very small so our chat was to chase this down as soon as possible to be at an advantage for the rest of the tournament. Me and Gurbaz have a good understanding - whenever he was attacking I was trying to give him strike. The players are doing very well, God willing, we can reach the final.

20:49 Local Time, 16:49 GMT, 22:19 IST: A bit of a no-contest to begin the 2022 Asia Cup. Sri Lanka were never in the game, they were blown away by Fazalhaq Farooqi with the new ball, with skipper Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb ur Rahman also chipping in with a couple of wickets apiece. Sri Lanka’s scorecard read like a telephone directory, with only three players getting into double digits. They weren't at the races with the ball as well, as their marquee bowlers Theekshana and Hasaranga were hammered by the Afghan openers Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. The latter was tricked by a googly late in the innings, but it wasn't going to impact the game much as Afghanistan coasted to an 8-wicket victory with almost 10 overs to spare. A solid statement of intent from Afghanistan, who managed to rout the 2014 T20 World Champions without needing their key man Rashid Khan! A bunch of youngsters stepped up for them, and they have sent a loud and clear message to the rest of the competition - Afghanistan cricket has arrived at the 2022 Asia Cup! Stick around to hear what the two skippers have to say about this game.

Asalanka to Najibullah, 1 run, they'll take that! Tossed up on middle, Zadran goes for the big slog but gets an inside edge that goes towards fine leg. What a resounding performance from Afghanistan - others team better watch out!

Charith Asalanka, right-arm off break, comes into the attack

M Theekshana to Najibullah, 1 run, very quickly slides onto the pads, clipped towards deep backward square leg

M Theekshana to Hazratullah Zazai, 1 run, fuller and quicker, cut to the right of the cover fielder for a single

M Theekshana to Hazratullah Zazai, no run, flater delivery on the pads, Zazai misses his flick

M Theekshana to Hazratullah Zazai, no run, short and wide, cut into the ground towards point

Najibullah Zadran, left handed bat, comes to the crease

M Theekshana to Hazratullah Zazai, out Ibrahim Zadran Run Out!! flater delivery on middle, slapped down the ground of the backfoot, Theekshana gets a hand to it and it crashes into the non-striker's stumps, with Zadran very much short of his crease. An unlucky dismissal! Ibrahim Zadran run out (M Theekshana) 15(13) [4s-2]

M Theekshana to Hazratullah Zazai, THATS OUT!! Run Out!!

Theekshana is appealing for a run-out with a deflection at the bowler's end. It has gone to the third umpire. Zadran isn't too confident, he's already half walking

M Theekshana to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, loopy delivery on off, driven powerfully towards long-off

Hasaranga to Hazratullah Zazai, no run, pitched fuller and once again a googly, Zazai shuffles closer and sweeps straight to the short fine fielder

Hasaranga to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, low full toss outside off, cover driven to the fielder in the deep

Hasaranga to Hazratullah Zazai, 1 run, tossed up on the pads, absolutely drilled towards long-on