Afghanistan will need to up their game when they face Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup here on Tuesday.

Afghanistan not only find themselves in a must-win situation after the loss to Bangladesh, but they also need a victory by a massive margin to finish in the top two of Group B and advance to the Super Four stage.

Their net run-rate is in the negative following the defeat on Sunday, while Sri Lanka, who beat Bangladesh in their opening game, are in the positive with a NRR of 0.951.

Having put up 300-plus against Afghanistan, Bangladesh are all but through to the next stage.

The Sri Lanka-Afghanistan fixture will be the second one at the Gadaffi Stadium and is expected to be a run feast.

In the absence of express fast bowlers, Afghanistan rely heavily on the spin duo of Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Rashid went wicketless on Sunday and his team would be hoping that he comes up with a match-winning effort against the Sri Lankans. The recent form of openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran, however, is one big positive for the side.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, will hope that their top-order fires after the failure against Bangladesh.