ICC World Twenty20 2016 - 16th Match
(Super 10 Group 1 - Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka)
Dilshan's 83* sees off gutsy Afghanistan
| Afghanistan | vs | Sri Lanka |
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| 153/7 (20) | 155/4 (18.5) | |
| Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets | ||
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A calmly compiled 56-ball 83 from Tillakaratne Dilshan steered Sri Lanka to a heart-rate-steadying six-wicket win in their opening match of the World T20, but not before Afghanistan reminded them and the rest of Group 1 that they belonged in the Super 10s. In the end, it was only Afghanistan's fielding that proved to be of less-than-elite standard, with three fairly basic errors in the deep giving Sri Lanka valuable breathing room in their chase of 154.
First, in the 14th over, Karim Sadiq failed to get his body behind a regulation stop at deep midwicket. Then, in the 16th, Dawlat Zadran made the same mistake while getting down on one knee to stop a Dilshan sweep at deep backward square leg. The third misfield came from the substitute fielder Gulbadin Naib, who dived to his left at third man to stop an open-faced dab from Angelo Mathews in the 18th over, got a meaty hand to the ball, and only ended up pushing it past the rope. Sri Lanka should only have got three runs from those three balls; they ended up getting 12.
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