Afghanistan A have won the Emerging Teams Asia Cup. The tournament got the perfect champion. Afghanistan is a emerging test nation and the cricket of Afghanistan A is packed with emerging young talents.
The final match was played between Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1). Sri Lanka A batting first made 133/7 on board in 20overs as Bilal Sami took three wickets and AM Ghazanfar took two wickets for Afghanistan A. Sharafuddin Ashraf showed excellent bowling who bowled at an economy rate of 4 in two overs.
Sri Lanka A did not have a good batting display except the middle order batsmen, Pavan Rathnayake made 20 off 21, Sahan Arachchige made 64* off 47 and Nimesh Vimukthi contributed 23 off 19.
Afghanistan A lost the first wicket in the first ball of the second innings, but the talented players of Afghanistan went with determination to be the champions of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup. Sediqullah Atal made 55 off 55, Darwish Rasooli made 24 off 20, Karim Janat made 33 off 27 and Mohammad Ishaq made 16 off 6. Afghanistan A chased the target in 18.1 overs.
Sahan Arachchige, Dushan Hemantha and Eshan Malinga took a wicket each for Sri Lanka A.
This Emerging Teams Asia Cup will boost the confidence of the young talents of Afghanistan A and as their senior team, they will also continue to better and bigger in the cricketing world.
