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Dimuth Karunaratne

Kusal Mendis (W)

Pathum Nissanka

Charith Asalanka

Angelo Mathews

Dasun Shanaka (C)

Dhananjaya de Silva

Dushan Hemantha

Kasun Rajitha

Lahiru Kumara

Matheesha Pathirana

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Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W)

Ibrahim Zadran

Rahmat Shah

Hashmatullah Shahidi (C)

Najibullah Zadran

Mohammad Nabi

Azmatullah Omarzai

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Noor Ahmad

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Fareed Ahmad

Abdullah Ahmadzai

Abdul Malik

Afsar Khan Zazai

Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar

Said Bahir Shah Mehboob

Bashir Ahmad

Bilal Sami

Darwish Abdul Rasooli

Fareed Ahmad Malik

Farmanullah Safi

Gulbadin Naib

Hashmatullah Shahidi

Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai

Ikram Alikhil

Imran Mir

Ismat Alam

Karim Janat

Khalil Gurbaz

Mohammad Ishaq Shirzad

Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil

Nangeyalia Kharote Khan

Noor Ahmad Lakanwal

Qais Ahmad Kamawal

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Rahmat Shah Zurmati

Rashid Khan Arman

Sediqullah Atal

Shahidullah Kamal

Sharafuddin Ashraf

Wafiullah Stanikzai Tarakhil

Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi

Zubaid Akbari

Asitha Madusanka Fernando

Pramod Bhanuka Bandara Rajapaksa

Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka

Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka

Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva

Lokumarakkalage Dilshan Madushanka

Dunith Nethmika Wellalage

Munasinghe Arachchige Dushan Ishara Hemantha

Pathira Vasan Dushmantha Chameera

Kiribathgala Kankanamalage Eshan Malinga Dharmasena

Kongala Liyanage Janith Vimukthi

Jeffrey Dexter Francis Vandersay

Rajapaksha Vidana Pathiranalage Kamil Mishara

Pasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis

Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis

Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera

Morawakage Maheesh Theekshana

Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara

Pathum Nissanka Silva

Pavan Rathnayake

Pramod Madushan Liyanagamage

Vijayakanth Viyaskanth

Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga De Silva

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<p>Afghanistan's 21-year-old opener Ibrahim Zadran missed his fourth ODI century by just two runs but his knock helped the visitors register their first ODI century on Sri Lanka soil.

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In the absence of Rashid Khan, Ibrahim Zadran's 98-run knock helps Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka in first ODI by 6 wickets 

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In the absence of Rashid Khan, Ibrahim Zadran's 98-run knock helps Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka in first ODI by 6 wickets