Afghanistan are currently on tour in Zimbabwe where they will play a series of 2 Test matches, 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches against the host team. The tour started on December 11 with a three-match T20 series in which Afghanistan were defeated by 4 wickets on the last ball of the match. Afghanistan got the first chance in this match and they scored 145 runs in 20 overs while Zimbabwe achieved it with the last ball to win the series and take the series first Name’s lead -0. .
Zimbabwe defeats Afghanistan after five years
Batting all-rounder Brian Bennett played a very important role in Zimbabwe’s victory in the series opener, scoring 49 runs off 49 balls with the help of five fours. Bennett was also named Man of the Match for his outstanding play. Zimbabwe won by 11 points in the final game of the match, after which the game was completely under the control of the host team, scoring 8 points from the first three goals. Although Afghanistan tried to come back after a scoreless fourth ball, Zimbabwe won the game outright with 2 points from the fifth ball and 1 point from the last ball. The Zimbabwean team successfully won the T20 International against Afghanistan for the first time in five years. Zimbabwe had previously defeated Afghanistan in a T20 match in September 2019.
Afghanistan’s bowlers and batsmen performed poorly
In this game, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan did not hesitate to decide to bat first after winning the toss. After that, apart from Karim Janat’s 54 and Mohammad Nabi’s 44, there was no Other batsmen spent more time on the field than he did. Couldn’t spend it all. After this, Naveen-ul-Haq definitely picked up three wickets in the bowling but he also proved to be very expensive. Now, the second match of the series between the two teams will be played in Harare on December 13.
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