- BATSMENRB4s6sSR8.4 brilliant catch by Delany, diving to his left and taking it with one hand. Was a length ball on the stumps, Zazai was looking to work on the leg side but manages only a leading edge 57/112 a brilliant yorker, jams his bat at it. Asghar is charging down and is almost at the other end. Gurbaz starts off too but the bowler does the intelligent thing, lobs the ball towards the extra cover fielder who runs to the non-striker's end and breaks the stumps. Gurbaz's dive goes in vain 76/118.4 Asghar misses his half-century. A length ball outside off, and Asghar looks to clear long-on. Doesn't get the required distance and is caught for 49 157/417 length ball outside off, pulled towards deep square leg and finally a catch results in a wicket 150/3Extras16 (lb 12, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL184/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9.2)Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Hazratullah Zazai, 8.4 ov), 2-76 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 11.6 ov), 3-150 (Mohammad Nabi, 16.6 ov), 4-157 (Asghar Afghan, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PR Stirling 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0 WB Rankin 4 0 37 1 9.25 0 1 Simi Singh 2 0 15 0 7.50 0 0 JB Little 4 0 42 0 10.50 0 0 GH Dockrell 1 0 12 0 12.00 1 0 CA Young 4 0 27 1 6.75 1 0 GJ Delany 4 0 36 1 9.00 1 0
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Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR4.1 top-edge as Stirling goes for a slog sweep and Najibullah Zadran pouches it at deep square leg 37/23 a googly from outside off, O'Brien chips it over mid-off but ends up mistiming it. Karim Janat runs backwards and completes the catch after a bit of juggle 29/112.4 Samiullah Shinwari takes a good running catch to his left. Balbirnie goes for a slog sweep but loses his balance. Ends up hitting it in the air in front of square leg and Shinwari makes no mistake 104/46.4 length ball looks to clear long-on but gets neither the distance nor the elevation and Rashid pouches it with the reverse cups 55/316.5 and again, this time Tector backs away and goes for the cut. Misses and the ball hits the top of the off 136/518 fuller around off, lofted towards long-on but fails to clear Nabi 144/6Extras4 (lb 2, w 2)TOTAL163/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.15)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Kevin O'Brien, 2.6 ov), 2-37 (Paul Stirling, 4.1 ov), 3-55 (Gareth Delany, 6.4 ov), 4-104 (Andy Balbirnie, 12.4 ov), 5-136 (Harry Tector, 16.5 ov), 6-144 (Lorcan Tucker, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 38 3 9.50 0 0 Shapoor Zadran 4 0 25 1 6.25 0 0 Karim Janat 3 0 32 0 10.66 0 0 Gulbadin Naib 2 0 22 1 11.00 1 0 Mohammad Nabi 3 0 18 0 6.00 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 26 1 6.50 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Afghanistan led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.30, Interval 15.30-15.50, Second Session 15.50-17.20
Match days
08 March 2020 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
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