The Afghanistan team posted 155 runs total with 7 wickets down. Rahmanullah Gurbaz failed third time continuously, got out with just 6 runs. Sediqullah Atal scored 19 off 19 and Azmatullah Omarzai 3. Mohammad Ishaq † 27, Mohammad Nabi 6, Rashid Khan (c) 3 and Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai scored 10 runs. It was Ibrahim Zadran who batted astonishing with his brilliant innings off 72 runs off 51 balls he faced. He completed his beautiful innings with the help off three 6s and five boundaries he smashed. All of the Ireland bowlers took one wicket each very funny.
In reply, Ireland once again failed to fight again on a slow track. Ireland team faced 17.2 overs and scored 98 runs all out. Curtis Campher was the only batsmen who batted some good with 28 runs off 23 balls. Azmatullah Omarzai took four wickets in his four overs and gave just nine runs. Naveen-ul-Haq bowled 2.2 overs, gave 10 runs and dismissed three Irish batsmen.
Ireland vs Afghanistan Highlights today. 3rd T20I, Monday 18-3-2024. Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
AFG chose to bat first.
Afghanistan team: 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Sediqullah Atal, 4 Azmatullah Omarzai, 5 Mohammad Nabi, 6 Mohammad Ishaq (wk), 7 Rashid Khan (capt), 8 Ijaz Ahmadzai, 9 Nangeyalia Kharote, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Ireland team: 1 Paul Stirling (capt), 2 Andy Balbirnie, 3 Curtis Campher, 4 Harry Tector, 5 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 6 George Dockrell, 7 Gareth Delany, 8 Mark Adair, 9 Barry McCarthy, 10 Josh Little, 11 Ben White.
Head to Head In T20I’s: 25
Afghanistan Won: 18
Ireland Won: 7
Afghanistan T20I Rankings: 10th
Ireland T20I Rankings: 12th
Form guide
(last five matches, most recent first)
Afghanistan WWWLL
Ireland LLWWL
Match Timings: 11:30 AM | 3:30 PM Local
Umpires – Bismillah Jan Shinwari, Izatullah Safi
TV Umpire – Ahmed Shah Pakteen
Match Referee – David Boon
Reserve Umpire – Ahmed Shah Durrani
Match number – T20I no. 2533
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