The Junior World Cup is being held in the West Indies.
In this situation, the 2nd place team in Group C Afghanistan and the first place team in Group D clashed with the Sri Lankan team. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Accordingly, batting first, Afghanistan were all out for 134 in 47.1 overs. Abdul Hadi scored 37 and Noor Ahmed scored 30.
Vinuja Ranpal took 5 wickets for Sri Lanka.
Following this, the Sri Lankan team set a target of 135 for victory. The Sri Lankan team was caught in the stunning fielding of the Afghanistan team.
Dunith Wellalage top scored for Sri Lanka with 31 runs. Sri Lanka needed 11 runs to win the 45th over and were all out for just 6 runs. 4 people were run out in this match. Afghanistan won by 4 runs.
For Afghanistan, Bilal Sami took 2 wickets, Noor Ahmed, Naveed Satran, Izarullah Naveed and Karode took 1 wicket each.
It is noteworthy that the Afghanistan team conceded an extra 34 runs in this match against Sri Lanka.