Rahmanullah Gurbaz's 52-ball 79 gives Afghanistan series win
Shai Hope's fighting half-century wasn't enough to take West Indies over the line
17/11Result
3rd T20I (N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 17 2019
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
127/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
17/11Result
3rd T20I (N), West Indies tour of India at Lucknow, Nov 17 2019
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
127/7 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
SD Hope
52(46) 3x4 - 1x6
Control %87%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 11 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Afghanistan won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.25, Interval 20.25-20.45, Second Session 20.45-22.10
Match days
17 November 2019 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
AFGHANISTAN 156/8 (20 OVERS)
- Asghar Afghan24 (20)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz79 (52)
- Sheldon Cottrell2/29 (4)
- Keemo Paul2/26 (3)
WEST INDIES 127/7 (20 OVERS)
- Evin Lewis24 (23)
- Shai Hope52 (46)
- Naveen-ul-Haq3/24 (4)
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman1/9 (3)
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama | Commentator: @saurabh_42
END OF OVER:20 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 127/7 (30 runs required, RR: 6.35)
- Khary Pierre1 (2b)
- Keemo Paul4 (7b)
- Naveen-ul-Haq4-0-24-3
- Gulbadin Naib4-0-26-1
10.58 pm: That's all we have for you today, and that brings the limited-overs leg of this tour to a close. There is still a Test match to play, so don't forget to tune in for that. Till then, it's Saurabh Somani bidding you goodbye on behalf of Hemant and Thilak.
Rashid Khan: Thanks to Almighty for this series win after having a very bad ODI series. We knew we had to bat well and make 150-plus. Once we had that total, we knew we have the bowling strength to defend that. You have to be smart and cool and calm as a professional player. Sometimes you are losing but your energy and mindset for upcoming matches is more important. Yes we lost the first three ODIs and the first T20I but still the focus was that we can still win two trophies - T20Is and Test cricket. It's always great to have senior players in the team, it's very helpful for me as a young captain.
Karim Janat is the Man of the Series: (speaking with Rashid translating) Thanks to the crowd for being here and supporting us. It was all about the way the team supported me. I tried my best to give my best with the bat, and specially with the ball. I backed my skills.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz is the Man of the Match: (speaking with Rashid translating) I just wanted to bat longer, that's what the coaches told me. They gave me the confidence and told me to just go there and play my natural game.
Kieron Pollard: It was a similar situation to yesterday. We found ourselves in a hole in the Powerplay and couldn't dig ourselves out of it. I cant fault the effort of the bowlers. but having said that, the guys would have taken a lot from this series and how to adapt and play on slower pitches. We have a long-term plan, but we have to deal with what's in front of us right now. Can't say what will happen in October next year (for the T20 World Cup). Yes we are on the losing side, but these things happen. In sport there is a winner and a loser.
Presentation coming up soon.
10.36 pm: An outstanding innings from Gurbaz set it up, and Afghanistan followed it up by being superb with the ball. This win will taste sweet. They had lost the ODIs 3-0 and then the first T20I, and looked down and out. Karim Janat sparked a turnaround in the second game, and Gurbaz capped it in this game. Rashid was lion-hearted as leader and bowler, as were a whole lot of the Afghanistan players.
19.6
0
Naveen-ul-Haq to Pierre, no run, and he finishes it with a slower ball that dies on the keeper even as it goes past his attempted agricultural heave. Fitting way to finish. Afghanistan have won the series.
19.6
1w
Naveen-ul-Haq to Pierre, 1 wide, and he'll have to rebowl that, so that's a bit of an anti climax. Went around the wicket and tailed too far into him to go down leg
19.5
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Paul, 1 run, off cutter, banged into the pitch, he waits for it and pulls it to the man at deep square leg
19.4
0
Naveen-ul-Haq to Paul, no run, another slower ball, on a length and well outside off. Wild slog attempted, connected only with air
19.3
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Pierre, 1 run, full toss, he moves across and flicks it to deep midwicket
19.2
W
Naveen-ul-Haq to Holder, OUT, picks out long-on. Slower ball on the seventh stump, he went for the heave, didn't time it. Got enough on it to travel all the way to long-on, but there was a fielder positioned there and it was an easy catch for him
JO Holder c Mohammad Nabi b Naveen-ul-Haq 6 (5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 120.00
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