It was unbelievable for me a team like Hong Kong beat the champions of the Emerging Asia Cup Afghanistan A team. In a group stage match, the Hong Kong team beat the Afghanistan A team very baldy lost the match by 5 wickets. Hong Kong only won single match against Afghanistan A and other matches lost against Bangladesh A and Sri Lanka A. Afghanistan A team played very brave cricket in Semi final and final match of emerging Asia cup. Sri lanak openers failed to deliver and Nuwanidu Fernando captain of Sri Lanka A didn't played well. I think The main reasons of their winning is thier bowling attach they picked early wickets in final match and put pressure of Sri Lanka A team that why they didn't scored a huge total and Afghanistan A easily chase down Target and became champions of Emerging Asia cup very first time.
Afghanistan A team played a very good game in final and they beated their opponent Sri Lanka A team. In group A, Afghanistan team lost only one game and they won 2 other games and they beated by Hong Kong team but they beated their strong opponent like Indian A team and Sri Lanka A team. Really this was the biggest achievement of Afghanistan A team and they deserve this achievement. Afghanistan A team effort in bowling was brilliant and they bowled out all wickets of Sri Lanka A team for 133 runs target in 20 overs by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka team did not succeed to make pressure to Afghanistan A batsman and they gave a easy and small runs target. Afghanistan A team lost 3 wickets and they chased down all runs in 18.1 overs and this was easy win. Afghanistan A team is the winner of this series ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup and Afghanistan A team is a strong team in T20 and they really played excellent in entire series. 
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Afghanistan lost only to Hong Kong in the group stage and were unbeaten in any match. Afghanistan's biggest achievement was defeating India in the semi-finals and qualifying for the final. Capitalizing on this achievement, Afghanistan easily beat Sri Lanka to become champions in the final. Moreover, we have to accept that Afghanistan is strong enough in T20. Early on Sri Lanka failed to add more runs to their tally after some of the Sri Lankan top order batsmen lost early wickets. If Sahan Arachchige's innings of 64 runs off 47 balls had not been added to the score, Sri Lanka's score might not have been 133 runs. Moreover, 133 runs is not enough to win in T20 which is why the target of 134 runs was an easy target for Afghanistan and this easy target Afghanistan completed with 11 balls to spare and lifted the coveted champions trophy.
Without any doubt Afghanistan is one of the emerging cricketing countries in recent time as they are doing amazing job in white-ball format their spin department is having impressive quality which giving them good advantage in presence of Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka winning this cup is huge success for them while they are doing good job we can expect them to increase quality in all formats and will be one of the best cricketing countries in coming years.Sediqullah Atal was consistent with bat as he scored 368 runs with the average of @122 in 6 innings give good support to his country for winning this cup in final game we have spirited bowling from the Afghanistan bowlers as they completely control the game and never allow Sri Lankan to have anything which create problems for them while they on chase Afghanistan have few impressive players which can give their best for Afghanistan national team as well in the future.
It was unbelievable for me a team like Hong Kong beat the champions of the Emerging Asia Cup Afghanistan A team. In a group stage match, the Hong Kong team beat the Afghanistan A team very baldy lost the match by 5 wickets. Hong Kong only won single match against Afghanistan A and other matches lost against Bangladesh A and Sri Lanka A. Afghanistan A team played very brave cricket in Semi final and final match of emerging Asia cup. Sri lanak openers failed to deliver and Nuwanidu Fernando captain of Sri Lanka A didn't played well. I think The main reasons of their winning is thier bowling attach they picked early wickets in final match and put pressure of Sri Lanka A team that why they didn't scored a huge total and Afghanistan A easily chase down Target and became champions of Emerging Asia cup very first time.
Afghanistan A team played a very good game in final and they beated their opponent Sri Lanka A team. In group A, Afghanistan team lost only one game and they won 2 other games and they beated by Hong Kong team but they beated their strong opponent like Indian A team and Sri Lanka A team. Really this was the biggest achievement of Afghanistan A team and they deserve this achievement. Afghanistan A team effort in bowling was brilliant and they bowled out all wickets of Sri Lanka A team for 133 runs target in 20 overs by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka team did not succeed to make pressure to Afghanistan A batsman and they gave a easy and small runs target. Afghanistan A team lost 3 wickets and they chased down all runs in 18.1 overs and this was easy win. Afghanistan A team is the winner of this series ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup and Afghanistan A team is a strong team in T20 and they really played excellent in entire series. 
It was unbelievable for me a team like Hong Kong beat the champions of the Emerging Asia Cup Afghanistan A team. In a group stage match, the Hong Kong team beat the Afghanistan A team very baldy lost the match by 5 wickets. Hong Kong only won single match against Afghanistan A and other matches lost against Bangladesh A and Sri Lanka A. Afghanistan A team played very brave cricket in Semi final and final match of emerging Asia cup. Sri lanak openers failed to deliver and Nuwanidu Fernando captain of Sri Lanka A didn't played well. I think The main reasons of their winning is thier bowling attach they picked early wickets in final match and put pressure of Sri Lanka A team that why they didn't scored a huge total and Afghanistan A easily chase down Target and became champions of Emerging Asia cup very first time.
Everything and every result is possible because on match day we have performance and luck then things can go either way Afghanistan is one of the best emerging teams in cricket with 100% native players, and they are not allowed to play at home which is big setback but still they are doing historic work and having amazing success which is surely going to be written in Golden Words.Their spin attack is having amazing quality which is going to have good impact in white-ball format Hong Kong is having mostly adopted player which are from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka so they can also do good on any day as they have done in first game of this event against Afghanistan but at the end we have amazing Afghanistan as winner of trophy as Sri Lanka fail to play their best but still we have good improvement in Asian cricket which is good sign and things can go on positive way for better future of this game in region.
It was unbelievable for me a team like Hong Kong beat the champions of the Emerging Asia Cup Afghanistan A team. In a group stage match, the Hong Kong team beat the Afghanistan A team very baldy lost the match by 5 wickets. Hong Kong only won single match against Afghanistan A and other matches lost against Bangladesh A and Sri Lanka A. Afghanistan A team played very brave cricket in Semi final and final match of emerging Asia cup. Sri lanak openers failed to deliver and Nuwanidu Fernando captain of Sri Lanka A didn't played well. I think The main reasons of their winning is thier bowling attach they picked early wickets in final match and put pressure of Sri Lanka A team that why they didn't scored a huge total and Afghanistan A easily chase down Target and became champions of Emerging Asia cup very first time.
Afghanistan A team played a very good game in final and they beated their opponent Sri Lanka A team. In group A, Afghanistan team lost only one game and they won 2 other games and they beated by Hong Kong team but they beated their strong opponent like Indian A team and Sri Lanka A team. Really this was the biggest achievement of Afghanistan A team and they deserve this achievement. Afghanistan A team effort in bowling was brilliant and they bowled out all wickets of Sri Lanka A team for 133 runs target in 20 overs by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka team did not succeed to make pressure to Afghanistan A batsman and they gave a easy and small runs target. Afghanistan A team lost 3 wickets and they chased down all runs in 18.1 overs and this was easy win. Afghanistan A team is the winner of this series ACC Men's T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup and Afghanistan A team is a strong team in T20 and they really played excellent in entire series. 
Afghanistan A team's effort was very good, Afghanistan A team defeated Sri Lanka A team in the group stage, performed brilliantly in the semi-final match and defeated a strong team like India A team to reach the final. In the end, Afghanistan A team became champions of the ACC Mens T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup for the first time. The batsmen of Sri Lanka could not perform well. Because the bowling line of Afghanistan A team was good. In the end Sri Lanka A scored 133 runs which was not a big enough target. Because scoring 134 runs off 120 balls was easy for Afghanistan. Being the final match I thought the match would be full of competition but Afghanistan easily chased down the target. Afghanistan's opening batsman Zubaid Akbari was dismissed for 0 runs, but all other batsmen performed well.
Sri Lanka A had played so hard and well to get their win till this final but they could not maintain themselves in this final match and lost the match. Their batsmen gave a target of just 133 in 20 overs which was too easy for Afghanistan A. Their batsmen achieved this target in 18 overs and won the match. Sri Lanka A's batsmen did not play well if they played and gave a target of more than 150, their bowlers stopped runs and took wickets. But none of their players could play well or win matches. Afghanistan A kept the pressure from the start and won the match with an easy target. They have worked hard and won matches throughout this league due to which they have won this final match as well. Congratulations to him for this win.Had there been hard work and pressure from Sri Lanka, they would have been interested in the match, but they could not succeed in it. And there was pressure on their team due to which they will lose this match. 
Afghanistan A team's effort was very good, Afghanistan A team defeated Sri Lanka A team in the group stage, performed brilliantly in the semi-final match and defeated a strong team like India A team to reach the final. In the end, Afghanistan A team became champions of the ACC Mens T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup for the first time. The batsmen of Sri Lanka could not perform well. Because the bowling line of Afghanistan A team was good. In the end Sri Lanka A scored 133 runs which was not a big enough target. Because scoring 134 runs off 120 balls was easy for Afghanistan. Being the final match I thought the match would be full of competition but Afghanistan easily chased down the target. Afghanistan's opening batsman Zubaid Akbari was dismissed for 0 runs, but all other batsmen performed well.
Afghanistan lost only to Hong Kong in the group stage and were unbeaten in any match. Afghanistan's biggest achievement was defeating India in the semi-finals and qualifying for the final. Capitalizing on this achievement, Afghanistan easily beat Sri Lanka to become champions in the final. Moreover, we have to accept that Afghanistan is strong enough in T20. Early on Sri Lanka failed to add more runs to their tally after some of the Sri Lankan top order batsmen lost early wickets. If Sahan Arachchige's innings of 64 runs off 47 balls had not been added to the score, Sri Lanka's score might not have been 133 runs. 
Afghanistan A team's effort was very good, Afghanistan A team defeated Sri Lanka A team in the group stage, performed brilliantly in the semi-final match and defeated a strong team like India A team to reach the final. In the end, Afghanistan A team became champions of the ACC Mens T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup for the first time. The batsmen of Sri Lanka could not perform well. Because the bowling line of Afghanistan A team was good. In the end Sri Lanka A scored 133 runs which was not a big enough target. Because scoring 134 runs off 120 balls was easy for Afghanistan. Being the final match I thought the match would be full of competition but Afghanistan easily chased down the target. Afghanistan's opening batsman Zubaid Akbari was dismissed for 0 runs, but all other batsmen performed well.
Afghanistan lost only to Hong Kong in the group stage and were unbeaten in any match. Afghanistan's biggest achievement was defeating India in the semi-finals and qualifying for the final. Capitalizing on this achievement, Afghanistan easily beat Sri Lanka to become champions in the final. Moreover, we have to accept that Afghanistan is strong enough in T20. Early on Sri Lanka failed to add more runs to their tally after some of the Sri Lankan top order batsmen lost early wickets. If Sahan Arachchige's innings of 64 runs off 47 balls had not been added to the score, Sri Lanka's score might not have been 133 runs. Moreover, 133 runs is not enough to win in T20 which is why the target of 134 runs was an easy target for Afghanistan and this easy target Afghanistan completed with 11 balls to spare and lifted the coveted champions trophy. 
Afghanistan A team's effort was very good, Afghanistan A team defeated Sri Lanka A team in the group stage, performed brilliantly in the semi-final match and defeated a strong team like India A team to reach the final. In the end, Afghanistan A team became champions of the ACC Mens T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup for the first time. The batsmen of Sri Lanka could not perform well. Because the bowling line of Afghanistan A team was good. In the end Sri Lanka A scored 133 runs which was not a big enough target. Because scoring 134 runs off 120 balls was easy for Afghanistan. Being the final match I thought the match would be full of competition but Afghanistan easily chased down the target. Afghanistan's opening batsman Zubaid Akbari was dismissed for 0 runs, but all other batsmen performed well.
Whether it was the Sri Lanka A batsmen who failed to perform today in the final or was it the Afghanistan bowlers and their spin that did not let the Sri Lanka A team to play with their full potential. AM Ghazanfar took 2 wickets and was the man of the match while Bilal Sami took 3 wickets at a good economy rate.
Also I would say that it was not easy once the Sri Lanka were 15/4 and coming back from there and making a 130ish score was something to encourage these young boys but then it was never going to be a big enough target unless the Sri Lanka had the same spinning bowlers strength.
Congratulations to the Afghanistan team, they have some big talent coming through in their national team.
The Sri Lankan teams batters are actually failed to perform against the spinners of the Afghanistani Bowlers and that is the reason they stuck in only 133 run which is easy target for Afghanistan. Anyway, If I am not wrong that this is the first ACC men's T20 emerging team Asia cup winning. And it is really a good sign for the Afghanistan cricket board that they are having good players in the future. Anyway congratulations to Afghanistan and their fans.
Whether it was the Sri Lanka A batsmen who failed to perform today in the final or was it the Afghanistan bowlers and their spin that did not let the Sri Lanka A team to play with their full potential. AM Ghazanfar took 2 wickets and was the man of the match while Bilal Sami took 3 wickets at a good economy rate.
Also I would say that it was not easy once the Sri Lanka were 15/4 and coming back from there and making a 130ish score was something to encourage these young boys but then it was never going to be a big enough target unless the Sri Lanka had the same spinning bowlers strength.
Congratulations to the Afghanistan team, they have some big talent coming through in their national team.
Since the beginning of the Emerging Asia Cup, Afghanistan have looked very positive and they have performed brilliantly to beat the big teams and qualify for the finals. Today in the final of the Emerging Asia Cup, Sri Lanka A team faced Afghanistan A team where at the beginning of the match, Afghanistan A team was able to put a lot of pressure on this team by bowling brilliantly against A team. Sri Lanka managed to score only 34 runs in seven overs where they lost four wickets. As they have not been able to bat at a good run rate and they have lost quite a few wickets in the beginning so they may not be able to take their team to a very good position from this situation. Afghanistan will definitely want to keep Sri Lanka between 120 and 130 runs, which will make it a little easier for them to win the Asia Cup final.
Sri Lanka A seems to be in real trouble in this match. They have lost 5 wickets already and the score is only 65. Check the top order and you will see none was able to bat today, Yashodha Lanka , Lahiru Udara and even captain Nuwanidu Fernando was not able to make over 5 runs. Yes they are recovering now a bit when Sahan Arachchige and Nimesh Vimukthi are making some partnership, but isn't too late ? I think Sri Lanka A will not be able to make 140 runs and it may be an easy chase for Afghanistan A.
One can make a fair amount of assessment of emerging Asia Cup results but one thing is for sure. Afghanistan are minting spinners like candies, it's daunting to witness that they have so many quality spinners on the bench and I dare to say that in T-20 cricket or to some extent ODI they have the best spin reserve in the world.
Sri Lankan cricket also showing an uptrend nowadays. Good for subcontinent cricket and it will spice things up in the Asia Cup.
Sri Lankan cricket also showing an uptrend nowadays. Good for subcontinent cricket and it will spice things up in the Asia Cup.
Since the beginning of the Emerging Asia Cup, Afghanistan have looked very positive and they have performed brilliantly to beat the big teams and qualify for the finals. Today in the final of the Emerging Asia Cup, Sri Lanka A team faced Afghanistan A team where at the beginning of the match, Afghanistan A team was able to put a lot of pressure on this team by bowling brilliantly against A team. Sri Lanka managed to score only 34 runs in seven overs where they lost four wickets. As they have not been able to bat at a good run rate and they have lost quite a few wickets in the beginning so they may not be able to take their team to a very good position from this situation. Afghanistan will definitely want to keep Sri Lanka between 120 and 130 runs, which will make it a little easier for them to win the Asia Cup final.
Sri Lanka A seems to be in real trouble in this match. They have lost 5 wickets already and the score is only 65. Check the top order and you will see none was able to bat today, Yashodha Lanka , Lahiru Udara and even captain Nuwanidu Fernando was not able to make over 5 runs. Yes they are recovering now a bit when Sahan Arachchige and Nimesh Vimukthi are making some partnership, but isn't too late ? I think Sri Lanka A will not be able to make 140 runs and it may be an easy chase for Afghanistan A.
Sri Lanka A team disappointing performance in crucial match of emerging Asia cup. Sri lanak scored low just 133 runs while batting first. Sri Lanka A top order completely and at one time they lost 4 wickets in just 15 runs. I'm thinking its very difficult for Sri Lanka A to cross 100 runs but Sahan Arachchige batting performance helped his team to scored a fighting total but Afghanistan A team easily chased down such a small total 134 runs in a loss of just 3 wickets in 18.1 over of the match. The Player of the Match is Allah Ghazanfar frim Afghanistan A picked 2 important wickets by just giving only 14 runs with an impressive economy rate 3.5 runs per over and restricted Sri Lanka A under 140 runs in final match.
The Sri Lankan teams batters are actually failed to perform against the spinners of the Afghanistani Bowlers and that is the reason they stuck in only 133 run which is easy target for Afghanistan. Anyway, If I am not wrong that this is the first ACC men's T20 emerging team Asia cup winning. And it is really a good sign for the Afghanistan cricket board that they are having good players in the future. Anyway congratulations to Afghanistan and their fans. 
Anyway, talking about today's match, in today's match I think Afghanistan A team will definitely win because Sri Lanka have given only 134 runs target to Afghanistan team which was really a easy target in t20 format matches. Once again Afghanistani bowlers showed that they have still the best bowlers also.
Yeh definitely because after victory from India things were clear for Afghanistan because for the first time they beat top of the tournament team with a huge margin and here they get momentum and confidence which they Carrey on till final too and that's why they played fearless cricket even playing emerging Asia Cup final for a first time in thier history and surprisingly after phenomenal performance from bowling lineup thier batters does phenomenal too despite losing some of important wicket at every early stage still able to Handel that pressure situation and done ordinary and thus for a very first time they qualify for asia cup final and won it on first opportunity which really indicates Afghanistan future cricket are in safe hands. Anyway congratulations to Afghanistan for that achievement Since the beginning of the Emerging Asia Cup, Afghanistan have looked very positive and they have performed brilliantly to beat the big teams and qualify for the finals. Today in the final of the Emerging Asia Cup, Sri Lanka A team faced Afghanistan A team where at the beginning of the match, Afghanistan A team was able to put a lot of pressure on this team by bowling brilliantly against A team. Sri Lanka managed to score only 34 runs in seven overs where they lost four wickets. As they have not been able to bat at a good run rate and they have lost quite a few wickets in the beginning so they may not be able to take their team to a very good position from this situation.
Sri Lanka A seems to be in real trouble in this match. They have lost 5 wickets already and the score is only 65. Check the top order and you will see none was able to bat today, Yashodha Lanka , Lahiru Udara and even captain Nuwanidu Fernando was not able to make over 5 runs. Yes they are recovering now a bit when Sahan Arachchige and Nimesh Vimukthi are making some partnership, but isn't too late ? I think Sri Lanka A will not be able to make 140 runs and it may be an easy chase for Afghanistan A.
Yes ,you are right. Afghanistan A team played very well in last match and we saw good change in Afghanistan cricket. Afghanistan A and Afghanistan International team is progressing and that is good change in history of cricket. Indian A team is strong and these players are top class players and they are picked from billion of people but Afghanistan A team beat that and that is not small success. Afghanistan team gave 200 plus and won the match by 20 runs. Good job boys , continue that.No one expectef that we will see that result of Semi final because Indian A team was always favorite for that match but Afghanistan A team shocked Indian fans and Afghanistan team should win the final.
Afghanistan A team played amazingly well in their last match. Beating India A very strong team was huge accomplishment. Afghanistan is getting better at cricket and their determination is inspiring. They showed great skill and strategy by scoring over 200 runs and winning by 20 runs. This win should give them confidence to do even better. Winning final would be historic achievement making Afghanistan respected team in international cricket. Their success makes their country proud and gives hope for brighter future. Good luck to Afghanistan team for their future games.Since the beginning of the Emerging Asia Cup, Afghanistan have looked very positive and they have performed brilliantly to beat the big teams and qualify for the finals. Today in the final of the Emerging Asia Cup, Sri Lanka A team faced Afghanistan A team where at the beginning of the match, Afghanistan A team was able to put a lot of pressure on this team by bowling brilliantly against A team. Sri Lanka managed to score only 34 runs in seven overs where they lost four wickets. As they have not been able to bat at a good run rate and they have lost quite a few wickets in the beginning so they may not be able to take their team to a very good position from this situation. Afghanistan will definitely want to keep Sri Lanka between 120 and 130 runs, which will make it a little easier for them to win the Asia Cup final.
Sri Lanka A seems to be in real trouble in this match. They have lost 5 wickets already and the score is only 65. Check the top order and you will see none was able to bat today, Yashodha Lanka , Lahiru Udara and even captain Nuwanidu Fernando was not able to make over 5 runs. Yes they are recovering now a bit when Sahan Arachchige and Nimesh Vimukthi are making some partnership, but isn't too late ? I think Sri Lanka A will not be able to make 140 runs and it may be an easy chase for Afghanistan A.
Afghanistan are looking in a huury to win this match. First they were able to restrict Sri Lanka A to 133 runs and now they are making some fast runs, already made 43 runs in 6 overs and lost a wicket of Zubaid Akbari. The required run rate is little over 6 and it seems that would chase it easily. These days my bets are going wrong as i have made a bet on Srilanka in this match.
The chances for Sri Lanka are very low in this match. If they are able to get rid of 2 or 3 quick wickets then we never know if the Sri Lanka A team become under pressure but still a small partnership will be enough to get them over the line. SriLanka A did bat well and if they lose, it will be because of their poor batting
SriLanka didn't do too well with the bat as their top water batting lost four wickets in the power play. A misunderstanding in the middle then resulted in two runs out. Due to which SriLanka could not go up to the fighting score, their score stopped at 133 runs. If SriLanka scored 150 plus today, the game would have been a fight. If SriLanka lose now, it will show their batting failure. Today I will get good profit because I bet on Afghanistan team. Afghanistan collected 102 runs after losing three wickets in 15 overs. Need only 32 runs to win.
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Afghanistan A team played amazingly well in their last match. Beating India A very strong team was huge accomplishment. Afghanistan is getting better at cricket and their determination is inspiring. They showed great skill and strategy by scoring over 200 runs and winning by 20 runs. This win should give them confidence to do even better. Winning final would be historic achievement making Afghanistan respected team in international cricket. Their success makes their country proud and gives hope for brighter future. Good luck to Afghanistan team for their future games.
Yeap, I wasn't really expecting this result. I thought before the start of the match that the Indian team will win the semi-final and participate in the final, although I was confused about the results of the Sri Lankan and Pakistan teams, but both the results of the matches were against the expectations.Anyway, talking about today's match, in today's match I think Afghanistan A team will definitely win because Sri Lanka have given only 134 runs target to Afghanistan team which was really a easy target in t20 format matches. Once again Afghanistani bowlers showed that they have still the best bowlers also.
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