Sharjah: After a gap of two years, Abdullah Shafique is returning to the national team of Pakistan. Shefiq was recalled to the Pakistan team for the T20 series once morest Afghanistan. But the star disappointed in the first two T20 matches. Shefiq was not able to score any runs. With this, Shefiq has a rare bad record in his account.
Shefiq is out for the fourth consecutive T20 match without scoring any runs. Shefiq is the first player to be eliminated in this way. The first was in Auckland in 2020 once morest New Zealand. Life was only two balls. Shefiq returned with the second ball in the next match at Hamilton. After that, Shefiq, who was out of the team, will return to the T20 series once morest Afghanistan. Shefiq failed to open his account in the first match in Sharjah as well. In the second T20 yesterday, Shefiq was trapped in front of the wicket on the very first ball.
When the players including Shefiq were disappointed, Pakistan managed to score 130 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted over. Imad Wasim was the top scorer with an unbeaten 64 off 57 balls. In reply, Afghanistan overcame the target with the loss of just three wickets in 19.5 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was the top scorer with 44 runs off 49 balls. With this, Afghanistan won the T20 series for the first time in history once morest Pakistan.
Afghanistan needed 22 runs in the last two overs to win. Naseem Shah came to bowl the 19th over. The game changed in this over. Mohammad Nabi hit a six off the first ball. One run each off the next two balls. Two runs off the fourth ball. Another run off the fifth ball. But Najeebullah Zadran hits a six off the last ball. Pakistan conceded 17 runs. Afghanistan needed just five runs in the last over bowled by Zaman Khan. Nabi missed the first ball and took a single off the second ball. A run each off the next two balls. Two runs to win off the last two balls. 5th ball Najeebullah’s bat to the third man boundary. Afghan historical achievement.
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Last Updated Mar 27, 2023, 1:05 PM IST
