Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe 2nd T20I 2021

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Asghar Afghan: It's good to win both games so our morale is high. We have different plans depending on the wickets we lose, so today Karim and Ghani played really good.

Nabi is the Man of the Match for his 40 off 15 and 2 for 20: The position at that time (when I went to bat) was only five overs left and there was a spinner now so it was good. The pitch is very good for batting, we needed that score for the team otherwise 160-170 was chaseable.

Williams: Very disappointed obviously. I thought we started off well. Opening from our bowlers was really good but those two overs for more than 20 runs hurt us. And losing four wickets in our powerplay was also a big blow. We need to look at our shot selection, it wasn't good and we need to look at things. It's important how you get back up, winning from here will be a huge change for us. It's been discussed (me or Raza opening), it's a possibility we'll have to see how that goes. We have to see some power hitting especially at the end of the innings.

That's all we have from this game, there's one to go tomorrow so don't forget to join us for that. Until then, it's goodbye and good luck from Vishal Dikshit, and Binoy George. Firdose's report will be up here anytime...

5.20pm By 48 runs in the first T20I and now 45 runs in the second game today, two comprehensive wins from Afghanistan to take this series home, with one game left tomorrow. It was Karim Janat's batting show that set up the platform for Nabi's cameo in the end for another near-200 total. Ngarava was the pick of the bowlers today, with his powerplay spell of 2-0-3-1 before he leaked a few in the end. Zimbabwe, in the chase, saw a lot of soft dismissals in their chase, otherwise they had put on 54 in the powerplay but for the loss of four wickets. Ryan Burl had a really good day against Rashid Khan (21 off 10 balls with three sixes) during his 40 off 29 but that only delayed Afghanistan's win as the asking rate rose. We'll have the presentations coming soon...

17.1

Karim Janat to Muzarabani, OUT, pintpoint yorker and that's all over for Zimbabwe. Afghanistan wrap up a 45-run victory and win the series, with a 2-0 lead. The yorker was right on the base of off stump and Muzarabani had no answer for it

B Muzarabani b Karim Janat 0 (3m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs 3 Wkts | ZIM: 148/9 (46 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.70, RRR: 15.33)

Blessing Muzarabani0 (0b)

Rashid Khan3-0-30-3
Karim Janat3-0-27-0

16.6

Rashid Khan to Tiripano, OUT, misses the reverse sweep and loses his off stump! Straight-is quick delivery on off, he goes for the reverse and misses it completely to be the third wicket of the over

DT Tiripano b Rashid Khan 24 (18m 14b 3x4 1x6) SR: 171.42

16.5

Rashid Khan to Tiripano, no run, horrible mix up as Muzarabani is nearly all the way down the pitch for a single as the ball goes to short fine leg, but Tiripano isn't moving! There's confusion, Muzarabani turns back and is eventually saved by a wayward throw

16.4

Rashid Khan to Tiripano, SIX, another six off Rashid! Short ball, rocks back and pounces on it and clears deep midwicket

16.3

Rashid Khan to Mavuta, OUT, two wickets in three balls from Rashid and Bavuta holes out to long-on! It wasn't quite the length to be swept but he went for it, that too down the ground and couldn't send it too far

B Mavuta c Naveen-ul-Haq b Rashid Khan 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

16.2

Rashid Khan to Tiripano, 1 run, short and pulled, reaches deep midwicket after a couple of bounces

Rashid to burl today: 21 runs off 10 balls, three sixes and a wicket

16.1

Rashid Khan to Burl, OUT, and Rashid has the last laugh as Burl holes out to deep midwicket. Pitched up slightly outside off and Burl goes for another slog-sweep, can't get the distance this time and he's caught well inside the boundary

RP Burl c Usman Ghani b Rashid Khan 40 (50m 29b 1x4 3x6) SR: 137.93

Rashid to Burl, it's been an exciting contest today

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs | ZIM: 141/6 (53 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.81, RRR: 13.25)

Ryan Burl40 (28b)
Donald Tiripano17 (10b)

Karim Janat3-0-27-0
Fareed Ahmad3-0-21-1

Hamid: "Zim still not too far behind the required rate.... Anything is chasable when it is down into thirties... " they don't have any batsmen left though

15.6

Karim Janat to Burl, 1 run, lack of pace again outside off and Burl pulls it to deep midwicket, and keeps strike

Zimbabwe INNINGS		R	B
TS Kamunhukamwe	lbw	0	1
TK Musakanda	caught	22	15
SC Williams	bowled	9	4
W Madhevere	caught	7	4
Sikandar Raza	caught	15	13
R Mutumbami	lbw	21	21
RP Burl	caught	40	29
DT Tiripano	bowled	24	14
B Mavuta	caught	0	1
B Muzarabani	bowled	0	1
R Ngarava	not out	0	0
EXTRAS	(b 4, lb 1, w 5)
TOTAL	148 (all out; 17.1 ovs)

Afghanistan BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
Naveen-ul-Haq	3.0	28	2	9.33	(1w)
Mohammad Nabi	3.0	20	2	6.66
Amir Hamza	2.0	17	1	8.50
Fareed Ahmad	3.0	21	1	7.00	(1w)
Karim Janat	3.1	27	1	8.52	(3w)
Rashid Khan	3.0	30	3	10.00

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	TK Musakanda	TS Kamunhukamwe
2nd	11	SC Williams	TK Musakanda
3rd	16	TK Musakanda	W Madhevere
4th	17	Sikandar Raza	TK Musakanda
5th	12	R Mutumbami	Sikandar Raza
6th	62	R Mutumbami	RP Burl
7th	23	DT Tiripano	RP Burl
8th	1	DT Tiripano	B Mavuta
9th	6	DT Tiripano	B Muzarabani
10th	0	R Ngarava	B Muzarabani

END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs 3 Wkts | ZIM: 148/9 (46 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.70, RRR: 15.33)

END OF OVER:16 | 13 Runs | ZIM: 141/6 (53 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.81, RRR: 13.25)

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs 3 Wkts | ZIM: 148/9 (46 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.70, RRR: 15.33)

END OF OVER:
16 | 13 Runs | ZIM: 141/6 (53 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 8.81, RRR: 13.25)