After the conclusion of the group stage matches, Afghanistan will play Sri Lanka in the first of the Super 4 encounters. While Afghanistan registered a win in each of their two matches in the group stages, beating Sri Lanka as well as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka recovered from their defeat in the opening match to beat Bangladesh in their second match and proceed to the next round.
The fact that Afghanistan have already beaten Sri Lanka once in the competition will make things quite interesting. While the men from the island country would want to avenge that loss and present their case for a place in the final, Afghanistan would want to continue their unbeaten in the run in the competition and take the next step forward in their cricketing ascendancy by securing a place in the summit clash of the continental tournament.
Before the two teams meet on Saturday, here is a prediction of what could happen in the key moments in the match and who might go on to win the game.
1. Toss Prediction
Sri Lanka have won and lost one toss each in Asia Cup 2022 so far. Similarly, Afghanistan too won the toss against Sri Lanka but lost it against Bangladesh. In fact, the two teams have an identical toss record in their last 5 T20Is preceding the Asia Cup 2022. But given Afghans won the toss against Sri Lanka earlier in the competition, predicting them to win it again tomorrow.
2. Win Possibility
This seems to be a tough one to crack. While Sri Lanka hold a better record against Afghanistan overall, in these conditions, the Afghanistan team have shown what they are capable especially when their batters are performing well. So based on that consideration, prediction Afghanistan to win this match.
3. Team of the Day
The Team of the Day is predicted to be Afghanistan who seem to have the resources in their bowling well suited for conditions in the UAE and with their batters taking charge in this competition so far, they seem to have emerged as quite a force to reckon with.
4. Predicted Powerplay Score and Average total
Sri Lanka's average powerplay score in this tournament has been 44.5. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's average powerplay score has been 56. So the powerplay scores are predicted to be in the range of 45-60 in this match. 150 is the average first innings score in Asia Cup 2022.
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