Five-time Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka lost to the Afghanistan by 91 runs and lost out to the tournament.

After losing the first Asia Cup match against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka knew that to stay here, it will not be easy to beat Afghanistan in Group B against Abu Dhabi on Monday. Something similar happened Youth warriors of Afghanistan showed the way out of Asia Cup by hunting Sri Lankan lions.

Afghanistan, batting first against Sri Lanka, scored 72 runs from Rahmat Shah and 45 runs for Ahsanullah Jant, who scored 249 in 50 overs. In reply, Sri Lankan batsmen could not stay in front of top spinners like Rashid Khan and Mujib-ur-Rahman and the team was all out for 158 in 41.2 overs. As a result, the five-time Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka were out of the tournament losing the match by 91 runs. This is Afghanistan's first win in three matches against Sri Lanka, while they have defeated the West Indies three times in five matches, while Bangladesh has defeated Bangladesh twice in five games. Apart from this, it is the second biggest defeat in Sri Lanka's history in the Asia Cup history.