Afghanistan won the third T20 by 3 wickets: Rashid Khan took 4 wickets; defeated Zimbabwe 2-1 in the series
Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 3 wickets in the third T20. On Saturday, Zimbabwe batted first at Harare Sports Club and scored 127 runs. Afghanistan achieved the target by losing 7 wickets in 19.3 overs.
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan took 4 wickets. He received the Player of the Match award for this performance. By winning the third T20, Afghanistan also won the series by 2-1. Zimbabwe won the first match by 4 wickets and Afghanistan won the second match by 50 runs.
Bennett scored 31 runs from Zimbabwe Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bowl. Zimbabwe lost the wicket of Marumani in the very first over, he could score only 6 runs. Brian Bennett scored 31, Wesley Madhevere scored 21 and Dion Myers scored 13 runs to take the score close to 70. After the wickets of these three, Sikandar Raza and Faraz Akram were out after scoring 6 runs each.
Tashinga Musekiwa scored 12 and Wellington Masakadza scored 17 runs. Richard Ngarwa scored 1 run, Blessing Muzarabani could not even open the account. Trevor Gwandu scored 7 runs and finally took the score to 127 runs.
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan took 4 wickets for 27 runs. Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb ur Rahman and Naveen-ul-Haq got 2-2 wickets each. Fazalhaq Farooqi and Mohammad Nabi could not take any wicket.
Afghanistan had a bad start. Chasing the target of 128 runs, Afghanistan team lost 4 wickets for just 44 runs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz got out after scoring 15, Sediqullah Atal 3, Zubaid Akbari 2 and Darwish Rasooli 9 runs. Captain Rashid Khan could also score only 2 runs.
Azmatullah Omarzai then scored 34, Gulbadin Naib 22 and Mohammad Nabi 24 runs to bring the score close to the target. Nabi remained not out till the end and gave the team victory with 3 balls to spare. Sikandar Raza, Trevor Gwandu and Blessing Mujarbani took 2-2 wickets from Zimbabwe. Nagarva got one wicket.
The Afghanistan team has currently gone to Zimbabwe to play a series of all three formats, starting from December 17. The team won the 3 T20 series 2-1. Now the 3 ODI series will start from December 17. The remaining 2 matches will also be played in Harare on December 19 and 21. At the same time, 2 Tests will be played in Bulawayo from December 26 and January 2.
