Afghanistan cricket team
Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 92 runs in the first ODI. In this match, young bowler Allah Ghazanfar bowled amazingly for Afghanistan and it is thanks to him that the Afghan team managed to win the match. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 235 runs. After this, Bangladesh scored 120 runs with the loss of 2 wickets. In such a situation, everyone expected Bangladesh team to win this match easily but it couldn’t happen and the team lost the next 8 wickets for just 23. Allah Ghazanfar stood between Bangladesh and victory.
Ghazanfar took 6 wickets
The Bangladesh team had a very bad start. When Tanjeed Hasan returned to the pavilion after scoring only 3 runs. After this, Soumya Sarkar (33 runs) and Nazmul Hasan Shanto (47 runs) did some excellent batting. But as soon as these two players were out, Bangladesh’s batting disintegrated. Then Allah Ghazanfar worked magic with his balls and took 6 wickets for just 26 runs in 6.3 overs. Apart from him, Rashid Khan took two wickets. A wicket went to the account of Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai. Thanks to these players, the entire Bangladesh team was out for just 143 runs and could not even play the full 50 overs. Ghazanfar has become the third youngest player to take 6 wickets in ODI cricket. His current age is 18 years 231 days. He has so far taken 10 wickets in 6 ODI matches for Afghanistan.
Youngest players to take a 6-wicket haul in ODI cricket:
Waqar Younis- 18 years 164 days
Rashid Khan- 18 years 178 days
Allah Ghazanfar- 18 years 231 days
Mohammad Nabi played an excellent innings
Hashmatullah Shahidi (52 runs) and Mohammad Nabi (84 runs) scored excellent half-centuries for Afghanistan. Thanks to these players, the Afghan team managed to achieve a respectable score. Apart from them, Gulbadin Naib scored 22 runs and Sadiqullah Atal scored 21 runs. It was thanks to the short innings of these players that the Afghan team scored 235 runs. Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed took 4 wickets each. But both players turned out to be very expensive. Mustafizur Rahman conceded 58 runs and Taskin conceded 53 runs.
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