Sri Lanka wins the series thanks to Asalanka and Hasaranga's defeat of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan lost 8 for 25 as Sri Lanka concluded the innings inside 34 overs


Charith Asalanka crushed 97* off only 74 balls • AFP/Getty Pictures


Sri Lanka 308 for 6 (Asalanka 97*, Mendis 61, Omarzai 3-56) beat Afghanistan 153 (Ibrahim 54, Rahmat 63, Hasaranga 4-27) by 155 runs

Sri Lanka's center request, driven by Charith Asalanka, heaped on a second progressive 300 or more aggregate, assisting them with getting a 155-run win in the second ODI in Pallekele. Afghanistan collapsed in their pursuit to lose the three-coordinate series with a game to go.


When Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah were in the middle of their 97-run stand for the second wicket, Afghanistan seemed well positioned for a late charge chasing 309. However, when Asitha Fernando had Ibrahim choked down, the Afghan innings went into a drop. They lost their next eight wickets for only 25 runs as Sri Lanka concluded the innings inside 34 overs.





Wanindu Hasaranga snatched figures of 4 for 27, while Asitha, playing his most memorable ODI in nearly a year, and Dilshan Madushanka had two each. Pramod Madushan also completed it with a name.

Afghanistan has displayed in the past that their attempted and tried technique for pursuing huge sums is to take the game profoundly, and that plan was obvious every step of the way. Neither Rahmanullah Gurbaz nor Ibrahim willingly volunteered to pursue the bowling right off the bat, an enormous piece of which was down to the tight lines and lengths of the Lankan seamers. Asitha moved one to crease away barely to the point of getting the edge of Gurbaz for a uniquely quelled 8 off 20.

Ibrahim and Rahmat then put on the main genuine association of the innings, yet they excessively battled to stay aware of the necessary rate. When Ibrahim fell in the 27th over, the expected rate went above 7.5 an over—still very gettable. Be that as it may, Hasaranga struck twice inside the space of an over. He caught Rahmat's leg before with a googly, and afterward bowled Hashmatullah Shahidi through the entryway after he had neglected to get to the pitch of a leg break. That is the point at which the wheels started to fall off.






Azmatullah Omarzai, who scored 100 years in the initial game, inside-edged a fullish one from Madushan onto the stumps through his cushions. After that, Hasaranga bowled his second double-wicket game of the game. The first to go was Mohammad Nabi, the other centurion from Friday, missing the forward protection to a top spinner, before Ikram Alikhil pursued out some incredible work in reverse square leg.


Asitha Fernando got back to eliminate Ibrahim Zadran.
Madushanka then, at that point, astonished the third twofold wicket of the innings, having Qais Ahmed gotten at a profound square leg and afterward catching Noor Ahmad's first ball. Hasaranga then wrapped up the innings, excusing Gulbadin Naib lbw, as Afghanistan lost their last eight wickets in the range of five overs.

Sri Lanka too lost wickets two by two in their innings, yet they were significantly united and remade after every one of those mishaps. What that implied was that four of their hitters scored fifty and pushed them up to 308 for six, having chosen to bat first. Asalanka put on the last little details on a gradual process outing, finishing unbeaten on a 74-ball 97. Sri Lanka's total surpassed 300 thanks to his stand of 50 from 32 with Hasaranga, which was a good recovery after Afghanistan had tried to slow down the middle overs.


With figures of 3 for 56, Omarzai was the best Afghan bowler, but Fazalhaq Farooqi's bowling dropped three catches. Farooqi, alongside Noor Ahmad and Qais Ahmad, wound up with a wicket each.






After Sri Lanka chose the bat, Nissanka thoroughly searched in great touch, striking three limits in his 17-ball 18. Yet, his surge was stopped when he missed a full and straight one from Omarzai to be out. A few overs later, an out-of-sorts Avishka Fernando fell, edging a back-of-a-length ball across and straight to point, like the three times he was run out in the recent series against Zimbabwe. This united Mendis and Samarawickrama, who remade with limits, just filling in as a road to deliver the rising tension. Mendis was likewise given an early respite, a delicate opportunity spilled by Gulbadin Naib at short midwicket.





However, similarly, as they shifted focus over to up the scoring, Samarawickrama hurled one to mid-off, positioned on the edge of the circle. Mendis before long pulled one directly to the profound square leg, the exceptionally next finished. After that, Asalanka and Liyanage rebuilt, and then they switched gears. The latter hit a lofted six to reach fifty, but one ball later, he was caught long-on attempting to go big once more.

Asalanka and Hasaranga were both eliminated by Afghanistan in the final game, which was not a good thing for them. This implied Asalanka was around to guarantee Sri Lanka had a cutthroat all out to guard, something they did effortlessly eventually.