Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will lock horns in the ODI series decider on Wednesday (November 30). The series opener was comprehensively won by the visitors by 60 runs before rain played spoilsport in the second and penultimate ODI and now the hosts Dasun Shanaka & Co. will aim for a 1-1 series scoreline with a win in the third and final encounter. It will be interesting to see how the weather holds up for the final ODI with the series on the line for the Islanders.
Afghanistan have confirmed their place in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup, to be played in India, after their second ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday was abandoned due to rain. Both teams shared five points each, which took Afghanistan’s World Cup Super League tally to 115 points in the current cycle.