Afghanistan suffered their second consecutive loss of their Asia Cup 2022 marketing campaign as Pakistan clinched a tantalizing win by 1-wicket to e book the finals berth. With the loss, Mohammad Nabi and Co crash out of the continental match.
Talking after the match, the Afghanistan skipper acknowledged, “We didn’t end nicely. It was a battle of nerves and the boys didn’t give up at any stage. Similar to the Bangladesh sport, this too went right down to the wire however we have been sadly unable to take the match over the road.”
Naseem Shah hit back-to-back sixes within the last over
Naseem Shah smashed back-to-back sixes within the last over to take Pakistan previous the end line. Pakistan misplaced their captain Babar Azam off the primary ball he confronted. Then Mohamad Rizwan added 27 runs for the third wicket with Iftikhar Ahmed (30). Thereafter, Shadab Khan promoted within the order took cost of the chase as he made 36 off 26 balls with three sixes and one 4. Then there was a collapse as Pakistan misplaced wickets at common intervals.
Asif Ali struck couple of sixes to deliver the chase nearer. Pakistan misplaced couple of wickets every within the 18th over and nineteenth over. For Afghanistan the profitable bowlers have been Farooqi (3-31), Fareed Malik (3-31) and Rashid Khan (2-25).
Afghanistan batsmen fail to sew a difficult whole
Earlier, Afghanistan bought off to a brisk begin as each openers Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz placed on 36. Then there was a short collapse. Solely Ibrahim Zadran held the innings along with a 37 ball 35. The innings collapsed swiftly as Afghanistan slipped from 78 for 2 to 91 for 5.
In direction of the tip of the innings slipped additional because the scoring fee slowed down. Rashid Khan performed a pleasant cameo, however that was not sufficient as Afghanistan completed on 129 for six of their 20 overs. For Pakistan the most effective bowler was quick bowler Haris Rauf (2-26).
