T20 World Cup: Afghanistan wins by 130 runs against Scotland

Afghanistan easily defeated Scotland by a huge margin of 130 runs in the 5th match of the Super 12 stage of the ICC T20 World Cup

In the 5th match of the second phase of the T20 World Cup played in Sharjah, Afghanistan batted first against Scotland and scored 190 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. And the winning target for Scotland was 191 runs

Seeing Afghanistan’s mountain-like target, the Scottish team came under pressure in the first round when its first wicket fell to a total score of 28. Scotland’s second and third wickets also fell to a total of 28

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Scotland’s fourth player returned to the pavilion at 30. The fifth wicket was a total score of 36. The sixth wicket also fell on the score of 38. Scotland’s 7th wicket also fell after adding 7 runs to the score. Scotland’s 8th wicket against Afghanistan also fell after adding another 8 runs. The 9th and 10th wickets returned to the pavilion with a total score of 60

Scotland’s George Munsey top-scored with 25, while skipper Kyle Kotzer scored just 10 runs. Chris Gavis played an innings of 12 runs. 5 Scottish players were dismissed without scoring a run

For Afghanistan, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman took 5 wickets and Rashid Khan took 4 wickets

Earlier, Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi won the toss and elected to bat first. Hazratullah Zazai and Mohammad Shehzad gave the team an aggressive start of 54 runs. Zazai was dismissed for 44 and Shehzad for 22

Rehmanullah Garbaz and Najibullah Zardani also batted responsibly. Garbaz was dismissed for 46 runs, but Najibullah scored a magnificent half-century and was dismissed for 59 off the last ball. For Scotland, Sufyan Sharif took two wickets and Mark Watt took one