The Afghanistan team performed very well in the two ODI matches, although the Ireland team lost the first ODI match by a narrow margin. But in this third ODI match, a huge margin was created as Ireland lost by 117 runs. Curtis Chaphun and Stirling performed well but all the other batsmen got out with very few runs. And the performance of all the batsmen is very bad, no batsman could give a good batting performance. Mohammad Nabi and Nangayl Kharoti have been the best bowling performance of the Afghanistan team and they have taken a total of 9 wickets. So Afghanistan team performed best in terms of bowling and batting due to which they secured victory very easily.
Yes you are right Afghanistan played really well in the ODI series against Ireland. They were looking strong in both batting and bowling and they won the third match with big Margin means 117 runs. Mohammad Nabi and Nangayl Kharoti did great job in bowling they tried really to stop Ireland batters and getting wickets. Ireland Curtis Chaphun and Stirling tried hard but their team batting was not as good. Afghanistan did better overall. And congratulations we have made 1000 pages of this thread.
The Irish batters were going very well and started gaining momentum when Paul Stirling got out. When Chaphun and Stirling were batting, I thought Ireland was in a good position to chase down this total, as their bowlers had done their job nicely. Muhammad Nabi and Nangeyalia Kharote destroyed their batting lineup. Disappointed to see such a performance from Ireland's batters, they should have done better. Kudos to the AFG spinners, they bowled in the right line and length and were almost unplayable in those middle overs.
Looking forward to the T20I series between the two teams. Hopefully, they will perform well in the T20I series.
Tanjid Hasan Shakib has been the best bowling performance today, he has collected three wickets in consecutive starts which three wickets is the strongest batsman in Sri Lanka team. Therefore, losing these three wickets, the Sri Lankan team is currently facing a lot of pressure. So if in this way Sri Lanka can keep the team under the pressure of the wicket, then definitely the Bangladesh team can ensure victory in this match. Because Bangladesh team's bowling performance is very good today, so far Sri Lanka team has collected 95 runs for three wickets in 18 overs.
Tanzim Shakib bowling very well against Sri Lanka TanzimShakib took three wickets for 24 runs in 6 overs. Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Mendis is batting brilliantly. Bangladesh bowlers should take Kusal Mendis wicket very quickly so that Srilankan team is under a lot of pressure. Kusal Mendis can be dangerous for Bangladesh if Kusal Mendis plays well so Kusal Mendis should be dismissed very quickly. The Sri Lankan team is very confident after winning the ladder by 2-1 and they will try their best to win today's match. Meanwhile, Bangladesh will definitely want to start the first ODI match with a win after the T20 series loss. Now let's see how much Bangladesh bowlers can limit Sri Lanka to few runs.
Bangladesh bowlers have done well thus far. They made scoring difficult. Tanzim is bowling beautifully and took 3 wickets in his 8 overs. Sri Lanka will be looking at a target of over 300 from here. Sri Lanka batters got the start but were unable to convert it into a big score. Wanindu Hasaranga's cameo will help SL to achieve this total. Bangladesh bowlers need to get rid of Hasaranga as soon as possible because everyone knows his scoring ability in a limited time. A couple of wickets here will restrict SL under 300. At the moment, Sri Lanka is 220/5 in 40 overs.
