The Asia Cup 2022 will begin with a match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Asia Cup 2022’s opening game, SL vs. AFG, will take place on August 27. (Saturday).
The match will take place in the UAE at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Dasun Shanaka is Sri Lanka’s captain at the 2022 Asia Cup. Mohammad Nabi is the ruler of Afghanistan. There has only been one T20I match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, which Sri Lanka won.
Sri Lanka (probable XI): 1 Kusal Mendis (wk), 2 Danushka Gunathilaka, 3 Charith Asalanka, 4 Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 5 Dhananjaya de Silva/Ashen Bandara, 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt), 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Chamika Karunaratne, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Matheesha Pathirana, 11 Dilshan Madushanka
“We’re hoping to use a familiar combination. We’ll have two main fast bowlers, and an allrounder in Chamika Karunaratne. And we might have a left-armer too,” Sri Lanka captain Shanaka on the seam attack’s likely make-up.