The Afghanistan cricket team toured Sri Lanka in February 2024. The tour consisted of one Test, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. In November 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced its international calendar for 2024 and confirmed the bilateral series. In January 2024, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed the fixtures for the tour.
This was the first Test match played between the two sides. The T20I series formed part of both teams' preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Prior to the start of the third ODI match on 14 February 2024, Sri Lankan cricketers wore blackarm bands as a mark of respect for the former Sri Lanka Cricket administrator Trevor Rajaratnam who died on 13 February 2024 due to age-related ailments.
Squads Test ODIs T20Is Test ODIs T20Is Dhananjaya de Silva (c) Kusal Mendis (vc) Dinesh Chandimal Asitha Fernando Vishwa Fernando Chamika Gunasekara Prabath Jayasuriya Dimuth Karunaratne Nishan Madushka Angelo Mathews Kamindu Mendis Ramesh Mendis Kasun Rajitha Milan Rathnayake Sadeera Samarawickrama Lahiru Udara Kusal Mendis (c) Charith Asalanka (vc) Sahan Arachchige Dushmantha Chameera Akila Dananjaya Shevon Daniel Asitha Fernando Avishka Fernando Wanindu Hasaranga Chamika Karunaratne Janith Liyanage Pramod Madushan Dilshan Madushanka Pathum Nissanka Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk) Maheesh Theekshana Dunith Wellalage Wanindu Hasaranga (c) Charith Asalanka (vc) Akila Dananjaya Dhananjaya de Silva Binura Fernando Dilshan Madushanka Angelo Mathews Kamindu Mendis Kusal Mendis Pathum Nissanka Matheesha Pathirana Kusal Perera Sadeera Samarawickrama Dasun Shanaka Nuwan Thushara Maheesh Theekshana Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Rahmat Shah (vc) Qais Ahmad Yamin Ahmadzai Ikram Alikhil (wk) Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Nasir Jamal Zahir Khan Abdul Malik Nijat Masood Mohammad Saleem Bahir Shah Ibrahim Zadran Naveed Zadran Noor Ali Zadran Zia-ur-Rehman Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Rahmat Shah (vc) Fareed Ahmad Noor Ahmad Qais Ahmad Ikram Alikhil (wk) Sharafuddin Ashraf Fazalhaq Farooqi Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Riaz Hassan Mujeeb Ur Rahman Gulbadin Naib Mohammad Nabi Azmatullah Omarzai Ibrahim Zadran Naveed Zadran Ibrahim Zadran (c) Fareed Ahmad Noor Ahmad Qais Ahmad Sharafuddin Ashraf Fazalhaq Farooqi Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Karim Janat Wafadar Momand Gulbadin Naib Mohammad Nabi Naveen-ul-Haq Azmatullah Omarzai Najibullah Zadran Hazratullah Zazai
On 3 January 2024, Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis were appointed Sri Lanka's Test captain and vice-captain respectively. With Mendis and Wanindu Hasaranga were appointed as Sri Lanka's ODI and T20I captain respectively, this was the first time Sri Lanka had three different captains in the three formats.
Afghanistan also named Sharafuddin Ashraf, Shahidullah, Abdul Rahman and Bilal Sami as reserves for the ODI series.
Afghanistan's Mujeeb Ur Rahman was ruled out of ODI series due to an injury. For the last ODI, Sharafuddin Ashraf was added to the Afghanistan's squad as his replacement.
On 11 February 2024, Asitha Fernando replaced injured Dushmantha Chameera in the Sri Lanka's squad for the last two ODIs.
Only Test
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
T20I series 1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo