Sri Lanka crashed to a massive 91-run defeat to Afghanistan in the Asia Cup here last night after being bowled out for 158 in 41.2 overs. Afghanistan scored 249 in their opening match of the tournament.

The 1996 World Cup champions, who lost their opening game to Bangladesh, are out of the tournament. Sri Lanka were dealt an early blow when opener Kusal Mendis was dismissed lbw for a duck in the very first over of the innings by Mujeeb Ur Rahman.Upul Tharanga and Dhananjaya de Silva then tried to bring Sri Lanka back on track with a 54-run partnership before the latter was run-out for 23 by substitute Samiullah Shenwari.