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- Afghanistan Vs Pakistan T20: Afghanistan Win By 18 Runs As Zadran Atal Shine, Spinners Dominate
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Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 18 runs in the Tri-series T20 match played in Sharjah. This victory was very special for Afghan players amidst the recent tragedy in our country. In the team’s victory, batsman Ibrahim Jadaran and Sidikullah Atal’s 113 -run partnership and then the deadly bowling of spin bowlers played an important role.
Afghanistan, batting first, scored 169 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. At the same time, the Pakistani team, which came out to chase the target of 170 runs, could only manage 151 runs at the loss of 9 wickets.
113 -run partnership between Jadaran and Atal Afghanistan did not have a good start. Pakistan won the toss and selected the first bowling and till the fourth over, Afghanistan’s score was only 18 runs, including the wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz. But after this Jadaran (65 runs) and Atal (64 runs) took the front. Both gradually pushed the innings forward.
Both of them further strengthened their partnership by scoring 20 runs against Sufiyan Mukim in the 14th over. This 113-run partnership became the second largest partnership for the second wicket in Afghanistan’s T20 history. However, apart from these two, no other batsman could touch the double -tens figure.
Ibrahim Jadaran scored 65 runs facing 45 balls.
Faheem Ashraf took 4 wickets While the Pakistani bowlers continued to beat, Faheem Ashraf impressed with his bowling. He took 4 wickets in 4 overs and spent 18 runs. He gave Pakistan a chance to return by dismissing set batsmen like Atal and Jadaran. Afghanistan’s team was all out after scoring 169 runs in 20 overs.
Faheem Ashraf took 4 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs
Afghan spinners bowled better The Pakistan team had a poor start to chase the target of 170 runs. Fazalhak Farooqui dismissed Sam Job for zero in the first over. After this, spin trio Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed and Mohammad Nabi tightened the screws on Pakistan batsmen. Pakistan was seen to be careful after losing 2 wickets for 62 runs, but in the eighth over, Mohammad Nabi dismissed Fakhar Zaman (23) and this is where Afghanistan’s hold was strengthened. After this, Noor Ahmed and Rashid Khan took a consecutive wickets and made Pakistan score 82/6.
Haris Rauf’s innings makes the score respectable When the Pakistan team was on the verge of being reduced to 111/9, Haris Rauf scored an unbeaten 34 off 16 balls and took the score above 150. However, his innings could not take the team even to win and Pakistan lost by 18 runs.
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