Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Asia Cup 2022: Head-to-head record, T20I stats, full squads

Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2022: Get the head-to-head stats and records ahead of the first match of the tournament, which begins on Saturday in Dubai.

Dasun Shanaka (left) and Mohammad Nabi will lead Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, respectively, in the 2022 Asia Cup, starting on Saturday. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES

Sri Lanka will take on Afghanistan in the first match of Asia Cup 2022 on Saturday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. This will only be the second T20I meeting between the two teams. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have met on four occasions in One-Day International (ODI) cricket.

SRI LANKA VS AFGHANISTAN HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD IN T20IS

Matches played: 1

Sri Lanka won: 1

Afghanistan won: 0

Last meeting: Sri Lanka won by six wickets (Kolkata; March 2016)

SRI LANKA VS AFGHANISTAN HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD IN ODIS

Matches played: 4

Sri Lanka won: 3

Afghanistan won: 1

Last meeting: Sri Lanka won by 34 runs (Cardiff; June 2019)

SQUADS

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Dhanushaka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Banuka Rajapaksha, Ashen Bandara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanidu Hasaranga, Mahesh Theekshana, Jeffery Vandersay, Praveen Jayawickrema, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madushanka, Matheesha Pathirana, Dinesh Chandimal, Nuwanindu Fernando.

Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran (vc), Afsar Zazai (WK), Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujib ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Rashid Khan and Samiullah Shinwari. Reserves: Nijat Masoud, Qais Ahmad, and Sharafuddin Ashraf