Pakistan easily defeated Afghanistan by 66 runs in the third T20 but Afghanistan won the series 1-2.
Chasing Pakistan’s target of 183 runs, the entire Afghan team collapsed for 116 runs in the 19th over. Shadab Khan, who took 3 wickets in the match, crossed the milestone of 100 wickets in T20 cricket. He became the first Pakistani to receive this honor.
Najam Sethi’s experiment failed miserably, Pakistan lost T20 series against Afghanistan
In the match played in Sharjah, Afghanistan won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat. Pakistan had a disappointing start to the innings and Mohammad Haris got out after scoring one run, then Tayyab Tahir was caught out after scoring 10 runs while Abdullah Shafiq managed to open the account in the series but he also returned to the pavilion after scoring 23 runs. gone.
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Afghanistan win the toss and opt to bowl first 🏏#AFGvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/mNYURyXjgO
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 27, 2023
After that, Saeem Ayub could not complete his half-century and Karim Jannat fell victim to 49 runs, Imad Wasim 13, Iftikhar Ahmed 31 and Shadab Khan 28 runs out. The green shirts scored 182 for the loss of 7 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Scored. On behalf of Afghanistan, Mujeebur Rahman took two wickets while Mohammad Nabi, Fazal Haq Farooqui, Rashid Khan and Karim Jannat took one wicket each.
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An all-round batting display gets Pakistan to an impressive total 🏏#AFGvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/ra0PZ9TkGB
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 27, 2023
In pursuit of the target of 183 runs, the start of the Afghan team was also disappointing and their wickets kept falling at intervals. None of the batsmen of Afghanistan could stand in front of the Pakistani bowlers and in the 19th over, the Afghan team was dismissed by scoring 116 runs. Najeebullah Zadran did not come to bat due to an injury on the fast bowler Ehsanullah’s ball, thus Pakistan won by 66 runs.
Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Umarzai scored 21 runs and Rahmanullah Garbaz scored 18 runs. On behalf of Pakistan, Shadab Khan and Ehsanullah took 3, 3 while Imad Wasim, Zaman, and Mohammad Wasim dismissed one player each.
Afghanistan won the series by 1-2, this is Afghanistan’s first series victory against Pakistan. Shadab Khan and Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan were named the best player of the series.