Ireland beat Afghanistan by 72 runs in the first one-day international between Ireland and Ireland.
Ireland won the toss and elected to bat first in the ICC World Cup match at Belfast.
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat where they put up a score of 210 runs for the loss of 05 wickets.
In reply, Afghanistan were able to score only 138 runs in their allotted 34 overs.
The Ireland team will be leading 1-0 in the ODI series.