Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
AFGHANISTAN 184/4 (20 OVERS)
- Asghar Afghan49 (28)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz35 (30)
- Craig Young1/27 (4)
- Gareth Delany1/36 (4)
IRELAND 163/6 (20 OVERS)
- Andy Balbirnie46 (35)
- Harry Tector37 (29)
- Gulbadin Naib1/22 (2)
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman3/38 (4)
Commentator: Hemant Brar
END OF OVER:20 | 4 Runs | IRE: 163/6 (22 runs required, RR: 8.15)
- Simi Singh13 (10b)
- George Dockrell9 (5b)
- Shapoor Zadran4-0-25-1
- Rashid Khan4-0-26-1
That's all from our side. See you soon.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman is the Man of the Match.
Asghar Afghan: Happy to win the series. We focused on some strike rotation before going for quick runs. The ball wasn't coming on to the bat. We know our strength, we bat long and can target the death overs. One the ball is a bit old, Rashid is very good. So we know what combination to go with. We want to stay positive because every game is important.
Balbirnie: We started pretty well but you have to good for the whole 20 overs. We tend to start well in the T20Is but need some balance in the middle order. The series is now gone but it's a big year and we need to focus on the third game.
Azweer: ""Little" expensive last over made the huge difference between the teams result.."
5.05pm So a 21-run win takes Afghanistan to an unassailable 2-0 lead in this three-match T20I series. Mujeeb picked up 3 for 38 while Nabi and Rashid were economical as usual. Earlier, Asghar Afghan's 28-ball 49 had lifted Afghanistan to 184 for 4 after a sluggish start.
Ireland need 26 from the 20th over, Afghanistan too had got 26 from their last over
Ireland tour of India 2019-20 News
Kevin O'Brien heroics give Ireland Super Over win
Ireland beat Afghanistan in a T20I after a sequence of 12 losses, having last won against them in November 2013
Asghar Afghan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman give Afghanistan unassailable 2-0 lead
The captain's 28-ball 49 helped the side to a formidable total before the spinner picked up three wickets to restrict Ireland
Rashid Khan three-for, Najibullah Zadran 42 consign Ireland to defeat in rain-hit T20I
Afghanistan's win was their seventh straight T20I victory over Ireland in India