Sri Lanka have bowled out Afghanistan for 116 after which reached the goal in solely 16 overs to win their one-day worldwide sequence 2-1 at Suriyawewa.
Sri Lanka made 1-120 to win by 9 wickets.
Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera, sidelined for eight months by an ankle damage, took 4-63 to be named participant of the match, and 6 wickets in two matches to be named participant of the sequence in his comeback.
He missed the primary ODI.
Fellow fast Lahiru Kumara dismissed each openers and Chameera took out 4 of the highest six batters. Legspinner Wanindu Hasaranga completed with three wickets after Afghanistan selected to bat first.
Afghanistan have been all out in 22.2 overs. It was a poor effort on a very good batting floor. Only three batters managed 20-plus runs with too many delicate dismissals.
Afghanistan misplaced opening batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz early once more, attempting to hook Kumara within the second over and top-edging to high-quality leg on eight.
Chameera bought Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi out in the identical fifth over, each to nicks, and Afghanistan have been lowered to 6-77 with little resistance from the tail in opposition to the spinners.
Mohammad Nabi prime scored with 23.
Sri Lanka wasted no time in chasing down the goal. Openers Pathum Nissanka and Dimuth Karunaratne shared an 84-run stand.
Nissanka raced to his seventh half-century in simply 32 balls with eight fours and two sixes. He was trapped on 51.
Karunaratne required 43 balls for his eighth half-century that included seven fours. Karunaratne was unbeaten on 56 when Sri Lanka secured the win with 34 overs to spare.
It was a very good comeback from Sri Lanka after shedding the primary recreation by six wickets. The hosts gained the second recreation by 132 runs and sealed the sequence with a nine-wicket win. It was their first come-from-behind sequence victory since 2014.
After successive half-centuries in his first ODI sequence in additional than two years, Karunaratne seems to have secured a spot for the World Cup qualifiers that start in Zimbabwe subsequent week.
Afghanistan are already by means of to the Cricket World Cup in India in October.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
