Sports Saturdays- Gurbaz century inning help Afghanistan won over UAE by a big margin of 72 runs.
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The 1st T20I Match of the Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates 2023-24 was played yesterday at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah. In which Afghanistan won over United Arab Emirates by a big margin of 72 runs.
TOSS- United Arab Emirates won the toss and opted to bowl.
Afghanistan Innings- Afghanistan batted first and started the inning very strongly, Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz came to start the inning and gave a good start, the first wicket Rahmanullah Gurba was dismissed for 13 runs in 16 balls in first ball of the 5th over, the team score was 31 runs, next batsman Ibrahim Zadran came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant powerful century partnership of 137 runs with Rahmanullah Gurbaz for the second wicket, the second wicket has dismissed for 168 runs in last ball of the 17th over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick powerful century inning of 100 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 7 boundaires in just 52 balls, followed by Azmatullah Omarzai came to bat and played well with Ibrahim Zadran, the third wicket has dismissed for 199 runs in the fifth ball of the final over, Ibrahim Zadran dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 59 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 7 boundaires in just 52 balls, next batsman Mohammad Nabi came to bat and played unbeaten inning of 4 runs in just 1 balls with Azmatullah Omarzai, and Azmatullah Omarzai also played an unbeaten inning of 19 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 8 balls. In this way, Afghanistan scored 203 runs for a loss of just 3 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 204 runs in front of United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates bowlers- Aayan Khan got 1 wicket for 26 runs in his spell, Muhammad Jawadullah 1 wicket for 36 runs in his spell, Junaid Siddique 1 wicket for 42 runs in his spell, Ali Naseer was wicketless for 32 runs in his spell, Nilansh Keswani wicketless for 44 runs in 3 overs, and Basil Hameed also wicketless for 17 runs in 1 over.
United Arab Emirates inning- United Arab Emirates chasing 204 runs in the second inning could manage just 131 runs for losing just 4 wickets in in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 72 runs. United Arab Emirates started the inning very poor and slow, Muhammad Waseem and Khalid Shah came to start the inning, the first wicket Khalid Shah has dismissed very quickly without scoring in fifth ball of the first over, the team score was just 2 runs, next batsman Vriitya Aravind came to bat, meanwhile the second wicket Muhammad Waseem also dismissed very quickly just for 4 runs in 5 balls in 1.4 over, the team score was just 6 runs, next batsman Samal Udawaththa came to bat and he good strike rotate for a while with Vriitya Aravind, the third wicket Samal Udawaththa also dismissed just for 4 runs in 10 balls in 4.3 over, the team score was just 23 runs, followed by Basil Hameed came to to bat and played well with Vriitya Aravind, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 56 runs in last ball of the 10th over, Basil Hameed dismissed for 18 runs in 14 balls, next batsman Tanish Suri came to bat and played unbeaten inning of 20 runs in 25 balls with Vriitya Aravind, and Vriitya Aravind also played a very brilliant unbeatean half-century inning of 70 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in just 64 balls. In this way, United Arab Emirates could manage just 131 runs after losing 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by a big margin of 72 runs.
Afghanistani bowlers- Fazalhaq Farooqi took 2 wickets just for 19 runs in his spell, Naveen-ul-Haq 1 wicket for 25 runs in his spell, Qais Ahmad 1 wicket for 28 runs in 3 overs, Azmatullah Omarzai was wicketless for 32 runs in his spell, Noor Ahmad wicketless for 14 runs in 3 overs, and Mohammad Nabi also wicketless for 9 runs in 2 overs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Afghanistani batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick powerful century inning of 100 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 7 boundaries in just 52 balls.
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