AFG Vs SL match today: Afghanistan has a chance to defeat Lanka for the first time in the World Cup.

AFG Vs SL match today: Afghanistan has a chance to defeat Lanka for the first time in the World Cup.

Sri Lanka will face Afghanistan in the 30th match of the World Cup 2023 today i.e. on 30th October. The match will be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune from 2:00 pm onwards. Like every match, the toss in this match too will take place half an hour earlier i.e. at 1:30 pm.

The morale of both will be high in this match, because both the teams are coming after winning their previous matches. Afghanistan, playing its third World Cup, defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in the last match and registered its first win against Pakistan in ODI history. On the other hand, Sri Lanka defeated defending champions England by only 8 wickets in their last match.

In this match, Afghans have a chance to defeat Sri Lanka for the first time in the World Cup, while 1996 champions Sri Lanka will be looking for their third consecutive win.

This season, Afghanistan has caused two upsets, the Afghan team defeated defending champions England and Pakistan, while Sri Lanka also defeated England and dashed its hopes of reaching the semi-finals.

Head-to-head and recent records

A total of 11 ODIs have been played between the two teams so far. Sri Lanka won 7 matches and Afghanistan won 3 matches. 1 match remained inconclusive. Both the teams have met twice in the World Cup so far and Sri Lanka won both times.

If the Sri Lankan team wins today's match, it will achieve its fourth consecutive win in ODIs against Afghanistan. Afghanistan's last win was in June this year, after that three matches were played and all were lost.

• The last time both the teams met each other was in the Asia Cup, when Sri Lanka won by 2 runs.

Samarawickrama Sri Lanka's top run scorer

Sadira Samarawickrama is Sri Lanka's top run scorer in the ODI World Cup 2023. He has scored 295 runs in 5 matches of the tournament. Fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka has taken the maximum 11 wickets for the team.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 2 half centuries

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has scored the most runs for Afghanistan in the tournament. He has 2 half-centuries to his name. Among the bowlers, Naveen-ul-Haq has taken 6 wickets, he is the top wicket taker of the team in the current season of the World Cup.

pitch report

The second match of the tournament will be played at MCA Stadium. The India and Bangladesh match was played on this ground. The pitch here is very helpful for the batsmen.

So far 8 ODI matches have been played on this ground, in which the team batting first has won 4 and the team batting later has also won 4 matches. The average total in the first inning is 301 runs.

weather forecast

There is no chance of rain in Pune on 30 October. During this period the wind speed will be 9 kilometers per hour. The temperature can range from 17 to 33 degrees Celsius.