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Asia Cup 2025: Afghanistan Bat First Against Sri Lanka in Must-Win Clash for Super 4 Spot
Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2025: Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said, "We would prefer to bat first. It's important to score runs on this wicket. This is an important match, so we need to keep it simple and focus on the basics. It's a new pitch. We've played a lot in Abu Dhabi. A score of 165+ is a good one. We've made some changes, replacing Ghazanfar and Naib with Mujeeb and Rasooli."
Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first in a crucial match against Sri Lanka at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Afghanistan will need to win this match by a significant margin to qualify for the Super Four of the Asia Cup.
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said, "We would prefer to bat first. It's important to score runs on this wicket. This is an important match, so we need to keep it simple and focus on the basics. It's a new pitch. We've played a lot in Abu Dhabi. A score of 165+ is a good one. We've made some changes, replacing Ghazanfar and Naib with Mujeeb and Rasooli."
Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka said, "I would also prefer to bat first. We've discussed our middle-order batting. We have two excellent openers, and that's working to our advantage. We need to improve our middle-order batting; we want action rather than talk. We've made one change: replacing Thikshana with Wellalage."
