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Sediqullah Atal scored 55 not out.
Afghanistan-A has won the Emerging Asia Cup title for the first time. The team defeated Sri Lanka-A by 7 wickets in the final played at Al Emirates Stadium on Sunday. This is a historic victory for Afghanistan cricket. This is the team’s first title in any format or age group tournament of cricket.
Afghanistan-A team had reached the semi-finals in the year 2017 and 2019. This time he reached the finals for the first time and also won the title.
In the match, Sri Lankan captain Nuwanidu Fernando won the toss and decided to bat first. Playing first against Afghanistan, Sri Lanka scored 133 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs and gave the target of 134 runs to the Afghanistan team to win. In reply, Afghanistan achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in 18.1 overs.
Sediqullah Atal scored a half-century for Afghanistan. He scored half-centuries in all 5 matches of this tournament.
Sediqullah’s not out half century Sediqullah Atal scored 55 not out for Afghanistan. Karim Janat played an inning of 33 runs. Mohammad Ishaq scored 16 not out. Sahan Arachige, Dushan Hemantha and Ishan Malinga got 1 wicket each.

Sahan scored unbeaten 64 runs Sri Lanka A had a very bad start and 4 wickets of this team fell at the score of just 15 runs. From here Sahan Arachige played an important inning for the team. He scored a half-century. He scored 64 runs on 47 balls. Pawan Ratnayake contributed 20 runs. Nimesh Vimukti also played an inning of 23 runs. For Afghanistan-A, Bilal Sami scored 3 while Allah Ghazanfar scored 2.


Afghanistan reached the final after defeating India in the semi-finals Afghanistan team defeated India in the semi-finals and made it to the finals. Whereas Sri Lanka had reached the final by defeating Pakistan team.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka won two titles each This was the sixth season of the ACC Men’s Emerging Asia Cup. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won two titles each. India has won there once. India won the title by defeating Pakistan in 2013.
Playing-11 of both the teams Sri Lanka-A: Nuwanidu Fernando (captain), Lahiru Udara (wk), Yashoda Lanka, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Sahan Arachige, Pawan Rathnayake, Ramesh Mendis, Dushan Hemantha, Nimesh Vimukthi, Nipun Ransika and Ishan Malinga.
Afghanistan-A: Darwish Rasooli (captain), Zubaid Akbari, Sediqullah Atal, Mohammad Ishaq (wicketkeeper), Sharafuddin Ashraf, Shahidullah Kamal, Karim Janat, Allah Ghazanfar, Qais Ahmed, Abdul Rehman and Bilal Sami.
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