Quote from: Mahdirakib on June 07, 2023, 06:06:07 PM

Quote from: elevates on June 07, 2023, 12:58:29 PM

LOL! 116 all out Grin

, what were Afganistan batters thinking? They forgot it is an ODI game and not T20. Hasiranga and Chameera did not give Afghan batters to go after their bowling. As expected it is not that easy to defeat Srilank on their home ground. If the Asia cup happens in Srilanka then most probably they would win it this time. The pitch is made according to the needs of Srilankan team. With this win they won the series. I personally never thought that Afganistan would play so badly in the last match. I expected them to be more competitive. I did expect a thrilling final match. None of that sort happened today.

Looks like Afghanistan is regaining their old form. They created a lot of hope after winning the first match, then they lost the second and third ODI match pathetically. Afghanistan will play an ODI series against Bangladesh on the next month. I think they will lose the series too against Bangladesh. Anyway, it won't be easy for Sri Lanka to win the Asia cup even if the venue become Sri Lanka. India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are better than Sri Lanka in the ODI format now.

After Afghanistan's win in the first match, there were hopes that they might win the next matches as well. But in reality the opposite has been seen. Afghanistan lost the next two matches to lose the series. There is no scope to denying that Sri Lanka is definitely a good team in ODI cricket. If the Asia Cup is held in Sri Lanka then it will become a good opportunity for Sri Lanka. We know that home venue advantage is not very useful in franchise cricket but in international matches it will definitely be a great advantage. Although Sri Lanka will not be finalist, they will be able to show good performance in the 2023 Asia Cup.