Pakistan beat Afghanistan by 5 wickets in the 24th match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021.
The 24th match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021 was played yesterday between Afghanistan vs Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, in which Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 5 wickets.
Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very badly lost 2 wickets just for 13 runs, Hazratullah Zazai dismissed without scoring and Mohammad Shahzad dismissed just for 8 runs in 9 balls, after that, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Asghar Afghan handled the inning for a while, the third wicket has gone for 33 runs in 4.3 over, Asghar Afghan dismissed just for 10 runs in 7 balls, next batsman Karim Janat came to bat, menwhile Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed just for 10 runs in 7 balls as fourth wicket in first ball of the 6th over, the team score was 39 runs, followed by Najibullah Zadran came to bat, and played well with Karim Janat, the fifth wicket has gone for 64 runs in first ball of the 10th over, Karim Janat dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 17 balls, next batsman Mohammad Nabi came to bat, after few moments Najibullah Zadran also dismissed after scoring 22 runs in 21 balls as sixth wicket in 12.5 over, the team score was 76 runs, followed by Gulbadin Naib came to bat, handled the inning and played an unbeaten half-century partnership of 71 runs with Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Nabi played an unbeaten brillant inning of 35 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 32 balls, and Gulbadin Naib also played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 35 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 25 balls. In this way, Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss scored 147 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in stipulated 20 overs, and set a target of 148 runs in front of Pakistan.
Pakistani bowlers Imad Wasim took 2 wickets just for 25 runs, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan, and Hasan Ali got 1-1 wicket.
Pakistan chasing 148 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in the 19th over and won the match by 5 wickets. Pakistan started the inning very brilliantly, althought the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 12 runs, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam came to start the inning, the first has gone just for 12 runs in 2.3 over, Mohammad Rizwan has dismissed just 8 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Fakhar Zaman came to bat, handled the innng and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 63 runs with Babar Azam for the second wicket, the second wicket has gone for 75 runs in first ball of the 12th over, Fakhar Zaman dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 30 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaries in 25 balls, followed by Mohammad Hafeez came to bat, and played well for a while with Babar Azam, the third wicket has gone for 97 runs in first ball of the 15th over, Mohammad Hafeez dismissed just for 10 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Shoaib Malik came to bat and played well with Babar Azam, the fourth wicket has gone for 122 runs in last ball of the 17th over, Babar Azam dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 51 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in 47 balls, followed by Asif Ali came to bat, meanwhile Shoaib Malik also dismissed after scoring 19 runs in 15 balls as fifth wicket in 17.5 over, the team score was 124 runs, next batsman Shadab Khan came to bat, and he remains unbeaten without scoring in 1 ball with Asif Ali, and Asif Ali played a brilliant unbeaten quick victory inning of 25 runs with the help of 4 sxies in just 7 balls. In this way, Pakistan chasing 148 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily by losing just 5 wickets in the 19th over and won the match by 5 wickets.
Afghanistani bowlers Rashid Khan took 2 wickets, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Nabi, and Naveen-ul-Haq got 1-1 wicket.
Pakistani batsman Asif Alia was selected as the best player of the match, he played a brilliant unbeaten quick victory inning of 25 runs with the help of 4 sixes in just 7 balls.
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