Afghanistan Tour Of Sri Lanka 2024: All You Need To Know

Rashid Khan-sans Afghanistan will be touring the Island Nation that includes a one-off Test match, three ODIs and as many T20Is. Here are the live streaming, squad, schedule and other details

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Updated on: 1 February 2024 8:51 pm

Afghanistan will be playing a total of seven matches in Sri Lanka Photo: X/ACBofficials

Sri Lanka will host Afghanistan for one-off Test match, 3 ODIs and as many T20Is starting from February 2. The tour kicks-off with the one-off Test match that will see the Afghans play red-ball cricket as they eye a historic win against a full-Test cricket playing nation. (More Cricket News)

However, the visitors will be without their talismanic spinner Rashid Khan who is still nursing an injury and continues to recover from the back injury.

In his absence, Qais Ahmad was roped in the squad. ACB have also named Naveed Zadran and wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Ishaq for the one-off Test against Sri Lanka.

The Test match will be played at the SSC from February 2.

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Test Squads:

Afghanistan Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rahmat Shah (VC), Ikram Alikhail (WK), Mohammad Ishaq (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Abdul Malik, Baheer Shah, Nasir Jamal, Qais Ahmad, Zahir Khan, Zia Ur Rehman Akbar, Yamin Ahmadzai, Nijat Masoud, Mohammad Saleem Safi and Naveed Zadran.

Sri Lanka Squad: Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kusal Mendis (vc), Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Ramesh Mendis, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Udara, Chamika Gunasekara, Milan Rathnayake

Three players uncapped at the Test level make it to the squad: Lahiru Udara, Chamika Gunasekara, and Milan Rathnayake. Udara is a wicketkeeper-batter, whereas Gunasekara and Rathnayake are pacers.

Schedule

Here is the full schedule for the AFG tour of SL Photo: X/surenmadineshs

Live Streaming Details

Where to watch Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka series in India?

The series will be telecast live on the Sony Sports Ten 5 SD and HD TV channels in India. It will be live streamed on the Sonyliv app and website in India.

Afghanistan's last Test came in June 2023, when they lost to Bangladesh by a huge margin. This will be their eighth Test match. Afghanistan have played 7 Tests so far and are yet to register a win under their belt.

As for Sri Lanka, they start their Test journey under a new skipper in the form of Dhananjaya de Silva with Kusal Mendis being his deputy. The hosts are playing at the very same venue where they last played a Test match and lost by an innings and 222 runs to Pakistan.

After the Test match, both the teams will be locking horns in ODI series scheduled to commence from February 9 whereas the 1st T20I will be played on February 17.