[WATCH] Rashid Khan takes fantastic catch to dismiss Charith Asalanka in SL vs AFG Asia Cup 2025
Watch the captain of the Afghanistan side, Rashid Khan, the premier leg spinner, Rashid Khan, took a fantastic catch to dismiss the Sri Lanka captain, Charith Asalanka, during the SL vs AFG encounter in the Asia Cup 2025.
Mohammed Nabi’s incredible innings, including five successive sixes, crunched Afghanistan during the Asia Cup 2025 encounter, over the 165-run mark in their allotted 20 overs of the first innings. It was a score that could have been defended by them if they could bowl well in the right line and length. However, they were irregular with their line and got punished.
In the middle overs when the spinners came into the attack, it was vital for them to pick wickets. Rashid Khan, the captain, had a huge responsibility on his shoulders, and he displayed that with a fine catch on the penultimate delivery of the over.
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The Sri Lanka captain, Charith Asalanka, smashed a boundary on the second ball of the 15th over and looked to pull Noor Ahmed for another big shot. But he skewed it up in the timing as the ball went flat in the air, where Rashid ran forward from the deep mid-wicket region and slipped in attempting the catch, but still kept it in both hands to provide them the crucial wicket.
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With the ball, the premier leg spinner gave away only 23 runs in his spell of four overs, but he didn’t get a single wicket, which was a little issue in the area. On the third ball of the 16th over, he nearly injured his shoulder after Kamindu Mendis got a leading edge looking to close the bat face. Rashid attempted a run-out and had nearly made it.
Mendis played a crucial role in helping Sri Lanka and Bangladesh into the Super 4 stage of the event as Afghanistan got eliminated with a six-wicket defeat. The right-handed batter remained unbeaten on 74 runs in 52 balls at a strike rate of 142.31 with the help of 10 boundaries.
He was well supported by Kamindu Mendis from the other end, as the southpaw drilled 26 runs in 13 balls at a strike rate of 200, thanks to two sixes. Noor Ahmed didn’t have a good outing as he finished with 1/37 in three overs.
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