ZIM vs AFG 1st T20I: Zimbabwe won a thriller against Afghanistan, defeating the visitors by 4 wickets in the 1st T20I.
After winning the toss, Afghanistan’s captain, Rashid Khan, decided to bat first. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sediqullah Atal started the innings for their team, but the wicketkeeper-batter was dismissed in the first over of the match. Soon, Sediqullah Atal got caught at mid-on with a score of 3. Hazratullah Zazai hit some boundaries and sixes to run the scoreboard, but the left-handed batter couldn’t go beyond 20 runs. Meanwhile, Mohammad Ishaq also got out as Afghanistan was 4 down inside the powerplay. Karim Janat and Mohammad Nabi partnered to rescue their team and took the score to 135. Karim scored his fifty, but Mohammad Nabi got out on 44 runs. At the end of 20 overs, Afghanistan put 144/6 on the board.
Chasing 145 runs, Brian Bennett and Tadiwanashe Marumani started the innings for Zimbabwe. Marumani got out early in the powerplay. Bennett and Dion Myers built the partnership required and closed the chase gap. They took the score to 86, but Dion Myers got out on 32 runs. Zimbabwe was looking for a big over, and in the 15th over of the innings, Zimbabwe scored 19 runs. Afghanistan picked some wickets after that, but only 11 were required in the ultimate over of the game. Wellington Masakadza hit a boundary in the first ball and then, in the end, won the match by 4 wickets.
ZIM vs AFG 1st T20I: Batting Scorecard
| Batting(Afghanistan) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | c Bennett b Ngarava | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sediqullah Atal | c Ngarava b Gwandu | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hazratullah Zazai | c Burl b Muzarabani | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Mohammad Ishaq | c †Marumani b Ngarava | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Karim Janat | not out | 54 | 49 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Azmatullah Omarzai | c Burl b Masakadza | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Mohammad Nabi | c Marumani b Ngarava | 44 | 27 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Rashid Khan (c) | not out | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 6) | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 7.20, 93 Mins) | 144/6 | |||||||
| Batting(Zimbabwe) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Bennett | b Rashid Khan | 49 | 49 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Tadiwanashe Marumani | c Azmatullah Omarzai b Naveen-ul-Haq | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Dion Myers | c Mohammad Ishaq b Mohammad Nabi | 32 | 29 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Sikandar Raza (c) | c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Naveen-ul-Haq | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Ryan Burl | c Azmatullah Omarzai b Rashid Khan | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Wessly Madhevere | c Rashid Khan b Naveen-ul-Haq | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tashinga Musekiwa | not out | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Wellington Masakadza | not out | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 1, w 7) | 10 | |||||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 7.25, 97 Mins) | 145/6 | |||||||
ZIM vs AFG 1st T20I: Bowling Scorecard
| Bowling(Zimbabwe) | O | M | R | W | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Ngarava | 4 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Blessing Muzarabani | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Bennett | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trevor Gwandu | 4 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Sikandar Raza | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wellington Masakadza | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bowling(Afghanistan) | O | M | R | W | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 4 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Fareed Ahmad | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
ZIM vs AFG 1st T20I: Award Winners| Stats
Player Of The Match(ZIM vs AFG 1st T20I): Brian Bennett(Zimbabwe), 49 runs off 49 balls
Best Bowling Figures(ZIM vs AFG 1st T20I): Richard Ngarava(Zimbabwe), 3/28 runs
Best Batting Figures(ZIM vs AFG 1st T20I): Karim Janat(Afghanistan), 54 runs off 49 balls
ZIM vs AFG 1st T20I: Captains’ Corner
Zimbabwe needed that victory. We really needed it for the changing room and for the fans to start believing. A win like that basically will tell us where we went wrong. Sometimes, the result is not in our control. We have agreed to give it everything we have for the nation. When we come back to the dressing room, we should feel tired mentally and physically. We spent a lot of time identifying he (Musekiwa) could be a finisher. It will do him a world of good and hopefully he starts believing in his ability as much as we do. When you have a young squad, if you get a 70-80 and then get a low score…but when you have a guy who fights for his country, to have three tough games against Pakistan and then to do that today, could not be happier and prouder (of Musekiwa).
Sikandar Raza(Zimbabwe Captain) said post-match
We wanted to put up a good total on the board. We were only 15-17 runs short, it was still a good total. Nabi and Karim played really well in the middle. We gave away so many wickets early on and in T20s, it is hard to come back. We could have bowled better than that (what we did). As a professional player, you have to adjust – that is something you have to do early in the tour. You spend some time and then react. Whenever we come here, we talk about assessing the conditions. Later on, we have the shots. It is hard to bat if you don’t really see the wicket.
Rashid Khan(Afghanistan Captain) said post-match
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