Rashid hat-trick, Nabi 81, Afghanistan win 3-0
Ireland fought hard with Kevin O'Brien's rapid half-century but once he fell in the 16th over, their challenge was done
Ireland fought hard with Kevin O'Brien's rapid half-century but once he fell in the 16th over, their challenge was done
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: @sreshthx
10.15pm And as the Afghan players pose with the T20I trophy, it's time for us to say goodbye at ESPNcricinfo. We'll see you soon for the ODIs, and don't forget to check out our homepage for all the news and analysis from this game, and the India-Australia game. Take care, everyone, and have a good evening.
10.10pm Time for the final presentation of the T20I series.
Asghar Afghan, the winning captain: Happy to lead the boys. I want to thank the Afghan locals who are here."
Mohammad Nabi, the Man of the Match and Man of the Series: "Feeling very good that if you're not doing well with the ball then you're doing well with the bat. Very important for me to teach the youngsters about experience of playing cricket across the globe."
Paul Stirling, the Ireland captain: "We wanted to give batting second another game, and we were in the game 10-12 overs into the case and then we just lost some wickets. I think if you get in, you really need to go big. Hopefully down the line we'll have some more lads learn from Kevin and Andy. We've got a few lads coming in for the ODI series, so excited to have them around. We have three days of training."
10pm So Rashid becomes the fourth man in T20I cricket to have multiple five-wicket hauls, after Ajantha Mendis, Umar Gul and Imran Tahir. He's taken 11 wickets in this series, while the other Afghanistan bowlers have taken only eight.
Ireland were in the hunt while O'Brien and Balbirnie added nearly 100 for the second wicket, but Rashid's spell in the second-half of the innings blew the men in green away. Don't forget Nabi's 36-ball 81 in the first innings too, without that knock Afghanistan would've been nowhere near 210. We'll have the presentation shortly.
Brendan: "Ireland have conceded almost 500 runs in 40 overs. It's fairly clear where the focus is needed."
NO: "Afghanistan won, end of story. Stop being analysts, Afghanistan if given a chance will prove themselves against quality opposition as well"
Sulaimankhail: "Who is gonna be man of the series. Rashid 11 wickets in a batting friendly series. Nabi 2 Match winning innings. And Zazai we know all what he did yesterday? I pick Nabi"
Rasheed Soltani: "Rashid played IPL, BBL and BPL all over the world and proved his value. So no doubt he is the best "
GP: "Rashid took only 7 wickets in 7 matches with an average of 24 and economy just above 6 against quality oppositions. . Need to wait little more to give legend status..."
JB Little b Rashid Khan 6 (5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 120.00
Ireland fought hard with Kevin O'Brien's rapid half-century but once he fell in the 16th over, their challenge was done