Yesterday's Asia Cup 2023 Match — Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan — saw Kasun Rajitha's fiery four-wicket haul helped Sri Lanka sneak home by two runs against a spirited Afghanistan side to book a Super 4 spot in the Asia Cup 2023 played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Tuesday (September 5).
The equation for Afghanistan was pretty straightforward at the innings break when Sri Lanka had set a target of 292 - to chase it in 37.1 overs or less or miss out on a spot in the Super 4 stage of Asia Cup 2023. Sri Lanka almost lost it but they kept their cool to clinch a place in Super Fours in a super thriller in Lahore's iconic stadium.

Sri Lanka - 291/8 in 50 overs vs Afghanistan - 289 all out in 37.4 overs. Result - SL won by 2 runs and 74 balls to spare at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first
Captains: Dasun Shanaka (SL), Hashmatullah Shahidi (AFG)
Who took the most wickets in Yesterday's Asia Cup 2023 Match 5, SL vs AFG?
Gulbadin Naib (AFG) - 4/60, Kasun Rajitha (SL) 4/79
Who scored the most runs in SL vs AFG match?
Kusal Mendis 92 (84)
Who Was Man of the Match of Asia Cup 2023 2023 Match 5 Yesterday?
Kusal Mendis (SL)
SL vs AFG match Playing 11
Sri Lanka Playing 11: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana
Bench: Kusal Perera, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Dushan Hemantha
Afghanistan Playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Bench: Riaz Hassan, Ikram Alikhil, Abdul Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Noor Ahmad, Suliman Safi