Afghanistan’s Historic T20 Win Over Pakistan; Afghans Register 1st Win in Any Format of Cricket

In a low-scoring T2o match played in Sharjah, Afghanistan made a historic win over Pakistan. It was Afghanistan’s first win in any format of cricket. This was the first of the three-match T20 series.

Winning the toss, Pakistan opted to bat. But Afghanistan bowlers restricted the Pak team to just 92. Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals. The highest score of 18 was made by Imad Wasim at No. 6.

The chase wasn’t that easy for Afghanistan. Pakistan’s Ihsanullah struck twice in his first three balls getting rid of Ibrahim Zadran and Gulbadin Naib. He was complemented at the other end with Naseem Shah bagging Rahmanullah Gurbaz to reduce Afghanistan to 27/3. It became 45/4 at the halfway stage when Wasim got the wicket of Karim Janat.

However, Mohammad Nabi, with an unbeaten, run-a-ball 38, and Najibullah Zadran put on a steady 43-run stand that gave Afghanistan a historic win.

 

Brief Scores: Pakistan 92/9 in 20 overs (Imad Wasim 18; Mohammad Nabi 2-12, Fazalhaq Farooqi 2-13) lost to Afghanistan 98/4 (Mohammad Nabi 38*) by 6 wickets