Afghan cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2023–24



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
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.