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Sri Lanka cruise past Afganistan and dare to dream – BY TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE (eLanka sports editor)  Wanindu Hasarsnga De Silva and Dhananjaya De Silva gave Sri Lanka a Silver lining,  and the daring hope of delivering Skipper Dasun Shanaka’s bold prediction that the Asia Cup champions can make the T20 World Cup semi finals.  Not mission impossible, but still a realistic possibility, Shanaka’s dream has to align with beating one of the favourites England,  in their final commitment which is a tough ask . But not impossible in this unpredictable format.  Sri Lanka recovered from a New Zealand hiding to strangle Afghanistan’s batting before chasing down an under par 145 to cruise to a six wicket win with 9 balls to spare. Afganistan gave the Sri Lankans a worrying period when their batsmen appeared to be in control and heading to build a unbeatable run chase. But Sri Lanka ...