Sri Lanka VS Afghanistan.
I will take Sri Lanka as favorite team for this match by there recently performance is clear that they are strong than Afghanistan. Even so I am not taking Afghanistan lightly, as their fearsome spinners have a lot of trouble inoculating. Which team you prefer to win ?
Srilanka will be looking for Dasun Shanaka to continue his good batting form , if he clicks, there is no way Afghanistan can chase big totals or defend moderate totals.
On the other hand, Afghanistan will be looking for Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan to make a difference.
Afghanistan will not be a tough opponent for Sri Lanka if they can continue with the way they have performed in the last few series. But Afghanistan is a good enough team. They have several world-class players in their squad. Their spin bowlers are good enough. Dubai's pitch helps the spin bowlers a lot. And so, even if Sri Lanka is in good form now, there is no way to think of the Afghanistan team as weak. Afghanistan's performance is completely unstable. So it is very difficult to make predictions about this team but the match can be expected to be competitive.
i will use to disagree with the point of Afghanistan as a week opponent. Point is how they perform today i am sure that Afghanistan is going to make a tough fight for Sri Lanka as according to my recent views. One more thing this is the very first match which is going to be played over there and pitches are very fresh so in the beginning the bowling team has some of advantages for the fast bowlers.