Sri Lanka will be eyeing their spot in the super fours when they square off against Afghanistan in the sixth match of the ongoing Asia Cup on Tuesday at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Sri Lanka have played one match in the tournament and won it. Sri Lanka’s match was against Bangladesh that they won by five wickets. For Sri Lanka, the match against Afghanistan on Tuesday will be incredibly vital to win to secure their spot in the super 4s. Afghanistan, on the other hand, are having the biggest challenge as they have already lost one match that they played against Bangladesh on Sunday. Afghanistan are in a very precarious situation and they need to register a thumping victory to book their place in the super fours. For Afghanistan, this is a do or die scenario as they need to get back into the tournament after suffering loss against Bangladesh. 

Talking about their previous performances, Sri Lanka seem to be in good touch in both their batting and bowling order. Their batting order has the likes of Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis, however these two batters had failed to perform in the last match but Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka had helped the team with their half-centuries. Their bowling is led by Matheesha Pathirana, Kasun Rajitha and Maheesh Theekshana. Talking about Afghanistan, they had good batting support in their last match with Ibrahim Zadran and Hashmatullah Shahidi hammering their half-centuries. Rahmat Shah too had chipped in with (33) runs. Moving into this match,  Afghanistan would hope to come out with brilliant performance to give a tough fight to Sri Lanka. 

Afghanistan Probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Sri Lanka Probable XI: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunit Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana