PAK vs AFG 3rd T20: Pakistan Beat Afghanistan by a Big Margin in the last T20
New Delhi, Sports Desk. PAK vs AFG 3rd T20. Pakistan cricket team ended the series 1-2 by defeating Afghanistan team by 66 runs in the last and decisive T20 match (PAK vs AFG) played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. In this series, the Afghanistan team captured the series by winning the first two opening matches.
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In the deciding match, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the Pakistan team had set a target of 183 runs in front of the Afghanistan team, chasing which the host team’s batting flopped and the team was bundled out for 116 runs.
PAK vs AFG 3rd T20: Pakistan Beat the Hosts by 66 Runs in the last T20
Actually, after losing the toss, the team got the first blow in the form of Mohammad Haris, the opener of the Pakistan team, who came to bat first. On the third ball of the first over, Haris returned to the pavilion after scoring only 1 run. After this, Saim Ayub handled the team’s innings and faced 40 balls and played an inning of 49 runs. After this Tayyab Tahir scored 10 runs in 9 balls.
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Abdullah Shafiq was able to score only 23 runs in 13 balls. Iftikhar Ahmed played an important inning of 31 runs off 25 balls. Apart from him, Shadab Khan scored 28 runs. In this way, the Pakistan team, while batting first, set a target of 183 runs in front of the Afghanistan team at the loss of 7 wickets.
PAK vs AFG: Afghanistan team’s Batsmen Flopped in the Decisive Match
At the same time, while chasing the target, the top order flop of the Afghanistan team was seen. Opener Rahmanfallah Gurbaz scored 18 runs off 11 balls. After this, Sediqullah Atal played a short innings of 11 runs and the team started getting setbacks in the beginning itself. Ibrahim’s bat also did not work in the decisive match, he returned to the pavilion cheaply after scoring 3 runs in just 6 balls.
Azmatullah Omarzai scored the most from the team, scoring 21 runs in 20 balls, which included 2 fours and 1 six. Captain Rashid Khan was also dismissed after scoring 16 runs. At the same time, Ehsanullah and captain Shadab Khan took 3-3 wickets from Pakistan. One wicket went to the account of Imad Wasim, Zaman Khan and Mohammad Wasim Junior.
Shadab Khan created history by taking 3 wickets in the match. He became the first Pakistani player to take 100 wickets in the shortest format of cricket for Pakistan. He achieved this special feat in his 87th T20 match.
