Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Pool A match at Dunedin: Afghans lose two wickets for 40 runs

Opening batsmen Nowroz Mangal and Javed Ahmadi were dismissed as Afghanistan lose two wickets for 40 runs.

Afghanistan lost two early wickets with 40 runs on board as opening batsmen Nawroz Mangal and Javed Ahmadi were dismissed for scores of 10 and 24 respectively during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Pool A fixture against Sri Lanka at the University Oval in Dunedin on Sunday. While Mangal was the first to depart, scooping a simple catch to Lahiru Thirimanne at silly mid-off, Ahmadi departed after getting a top-edge off the bowling of Lakmal, which resulted in a catch for Rangana Herath taking a catch in the square-leg region.  Live Scorecard: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Pool A match at Dunedin

Sri Lanka had earlier won the toss and put Afghanistan to bat. While Sri Lanka opted to replace Nuwan Kulasekara with all-rounder Thisara Perera, pacer Dawlat Zadran was brought in place of Aftab Alam. The Afghans got off to a slow start, scoring at a run an over for the first four overs, before getting 11 runs in the fifth over. Live Updates: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan, Pool A match at Dunedin

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