Afghanistan recorded exciting victory (photo-screenshot/x)
There is going to be a big contest between Afghanistan and Pakistan before the Asia Cup. Both teams are gearing up for this final match to be held on 7 September. In the last league match of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tri -series, Afghanistan defeated UAE to make it to the finals. In this match, the thrill of the last over was seen, when the UAE team could not score 5 runs in the last three balls, due to which they had to face the fourth consecutive defeat.
What happened in the last over?
Afghanistan And the last league played between the UAE reached the exciting turn when UAE had to score 17 runs in 6 balls to win. UAE batsmen Asif Khan and Harshit Kaushik were present at the crease. Both these batsmen had so far shared 41 runs in 27 balls for the fifth wicket.
UAE’s victory seemed certain and it was also seen in the first three balls. When Asif Khan hit 12 runs off the first three balls of Afghanistan bowler Farid Ahmed. After this, UAE needed 5 runs to win from the last three balls. Farid Ahmed did not give any runs on the fourth and fifth balls. After this, UAE needed 5 runs off the last ball, but Farid gave Asif out and gave the team a brilliant victory by 4 runs. Earlier, Ibrahim Jadaran, who was captaining Rashid Khan, took the team to a strong score by batting brilliantly.
Ibrahim Jadaran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s brilliant batting
Afghanistan came out to bat first in the last league match against UAE. Wicketkeeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz and captain Ibrahim Jadaran Added 98 runs in 72 balls for the first wicket. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 40 runs in 38 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Ibrahim Jadaran scored 48 runs in 35 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes.
Apart from this, Karim Jannat scored 28 runs in 14 balls with the help of 1 four and 3 sixes. In this way, Afghanistan scored 170 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Hyder Ali took two wickets from UAE. Samarjeet Singh and Mohammad Farooq got 1-1 wickets. The UAE team started fast to chase a target of 170 runs.
UAE’s team lost in the last over
UAE opener Alishan Shafu and captain chasing the target Mohammad Wasim Made a fast start. Both these batsmen hit 65 runs in 42 balls for the first wicket. After this, Shafu was dismissed for 27 runs. After this, Mohammad Johab, who came out to bat, supported the captain well and took the team’s score to 85 runs. After this, captain Mohammad Wasim was dismissed for 44 runs in 29 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. Johab scored 23 runs in 19 balls.
In the end, Asim Khan and Harshit Kaushik tried their best to win the team, but they missed. Asif Khan scored 40 runs in 28 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Harshit Kaushik scored 15 runs in 12 balls. In this way, UAE’s team could score 166 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 4 runs. For Afghanistan, Farid Ahmed, Mujib ur Rahman, Shafuddin Ashraf, Noor Ahmed and Abdullah Ahmedzai took one wicket each.
