Afghanistan Playing 11 vs Sri Lanka- Asia Cup 2025, Match 11

Sri Lanka will be up against Afghanistan in the eleventh match of the Asia Cup 2025. This article provides details about Afghanistan's Playing 11 vs Sri Lanka for the eleventh match of the tournament.

Afghanistan Playing 11 vs Sri Lanka- Asia Cup 2025, Match 11:

Openers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sediqullah Atal

Afghanistan finds itself in a peculiar situation despite a big win in the Asia Cup opener against Hong Kong, as the Rashid Khan-led side needs to win the last group stage match against Sri Lanka by a big margin to qualify for the next round.

The scenario has been created courtesy of a loss that the team faced against Bangladesh in the previous game, where the Afghans couldn't chase a target of 155 runs.

Afghanistan has a poor record while chasing a score of 150 plus against full-member Asian nations, and would want to correct that if that sort of situation arises again in the upcoming contest.

The onus will be on the Afghan openers to get the team off to a good start in the first six overs.

Having said that, the opening pair of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sediqullah Atal would want the middle-order batters to capitalize on the platform laid by them.

Senior batter Rahmaullah Gurbaz would like to take the responsibility and play a match-winning innings for Afghanistan.

Gurbaz's opening partner, Sediqullah Atal, who was dismissed on the first ball of the chase against Bangladesh, would look at it as one bad day at the office and go about his work in his usual aggressive manner.

Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (c)

The Afghan middle order will have to put their hand up and get the job done for the team if they end up batting second against Sri Lanka.

The likes of Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, and Mohammad Nabi would wish to bat till the end if any of the three gets set and takes the team over the line.

Gulabdin Naib and Karim Janat, in particular, will have to come good with the bat, considering they haven't bowled off late despite being all-rounders.

Although Afghanistan lost the previous match due to a disappointing performance with the bat, the biggest positive for the team was the form of Azmatullah Omarzai with both bat and ball.

The all-rounder tried his best to win the game for the team but failed to, and would be itching to do so in the match against Sri Lanka.

Bowlers: Noor Ahmad, AM Ghazanfar, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Unlike the batting, the team's bowling did a fine job by restricting the opposition to a score of less than 160 runs after the Litton Das-led side got off to a solid start in the first ten overs.

The comeback was led by the Afghan spinners, with captain Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed being the pick of the bowlers.

The spinners were well supported by the fast bowling duo of Fazalhaq Farooqi and Azmatullah Omarzai, who restricted Bangladesh from scoring freely in the last couple of overs.

Afghanistan is expected to go in with an unchanged playing XI, which means they will bank on their spinners to keep up the good work, and for the fast bowlers to give them good support.

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