Player of the Match
Player of the Match

And on that note on behalf of Hemant and Thilak, it's goodbye. Thanks for tuning in, and be sure to join us again tomorrow as India will be in action against Hong Kong.

Player of the match Mujeeb Ur Rahman: "My strength is bowling with the new ball, in Dubai I didn't get the chance. I always prefer to bowl in the powerplay. My whole plan was to bowl wicket to wicket and it worked for me."

Winning captain Mohammed Nabi: "Everyone knows Rashid and Mujeeb are world class spinners, that's why we were in the game in the first 10 overs. We were ahead of the game cos we got early wickets. Everyone knows we have power hitters in the death. That's we made sure not to lose early wickets, so that our power hitters could finish the game."

Catch of the Match goes to Ibrahim Zadran for his take to dismiss Mahmudullah.

Losing captain Shakib Al Hasan: "Yes it was always tough when you lose four wickets in the first 7,8 overs. But I thought the bowlers bowled exceptionally well to get us back into the game. Credit to Afghanistan though they played really well. We know that Najibullah is a dangerous player. On a wicket like this we thought we had the game, but credit to how they batted."

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Vinay : "Amazing! fantabulous! Zadrans! Afghans! Superlative effort twice in a row now. I don't want to jinx it but watch out India and watch out Pakistan. This could very well be the tournament of Afghans. Simply astounding :-)"

Tushar Pabbi: "Afghanistan were at 65 after 14 overs, ended at 131 in 18.3 overs, doubled the score in 4.3 overs. Power hitting."

Najibullah Zadran: "The wicket was coming a bit low. I looked to hit it straight, and just play my natural game." Not a man of many words, but who needs 'em eh when you can hit like that?

10.37pm Well! Think we all need a breather after that. What a display of power hitting at the death from this pair of Zadrans, who from a position of quite some strife absolutely obliterated the Bangladeshi bowlers, to turn the game on its head and secure a place in the next round. It was a 69-run partnership off just 36 deliveries, after Bangladesh had seemingly fought back into a match-winning position. In the end it was a consummate all-round performance from Afghanistan, as their bowlers had earlier done well to strangle the Bangladeshi batters for large parts of their innings. Then with the bat, they weathered some tight work from the Bangladesh spinners, before targeting the seamers to up the scoring rate and take the win.

18.3
6
Mosaddek Hossain to Najibullah Zadran, SIX, What a way to win it! This was in the slot, and Najibullah just leans back a launches this flat and straight down the ground. What a statement of intent from this young Afghanistan team!
18.2
1
Mosaddek Hossain to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, length ball, hit in the air towards deep midwicket
18.1
0
Mosaddek Hossain to Ibrahim Zadran, no run, length ball nudged onside

Mosaddek back into the attack

END OF OVER:
18 | 22 Runs | AFG: 124/3 (4 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.88, RRR: 2.00)

  • Najibullah Zadran37 (16b)
  • Ibrahim Zadran41 (39b)
  • Mohammad Saifuddin2-0-27-1
  • Mustafizur Rahman3-0-30-0
17.6
6
Mohammad Saifuddin to Najibullah Zadran, SIX, And now it's crunched over long off! This is marginally over pitched and it's outta here! Afghanistan are just four away from securing a place in the next round!
17.5
6
Mohammad Saifuddin to Najibullah Zadran, SIX, Another six! How do I even describe this?! This was short and he ends pull/hook/scoop/ramping this over square leg. Incredible hit! Watch it on tv if you can!
17.5
1w
Mohammad Saifuddin to Najibullah Zadran, 1 wide, wide outside off, and this one brings up the fifty partnership!
17.4
0
Mohammad Saifuddin to Najibullah Zadran, no run, goes again, but this time gets a thick inside edge onto the pads
17.3
4
Mohammad Saifuddin to Najibullah Zadran, FOUR, And they keep finding the gaps! Length ball, just backs away smacks this between long on and deep midwicket!

Mxpa : "Madhushka I'm living in a cricket dream..Today I'm a AFG fan for two reasons one is for their rising other is for Our SL lions " I imagine you're not alone.

17.2
1
Mohammad Saifuddin to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, back of a length on the stumps, stays back and knocks this towards square leg for a single
17.1
4
Mohammad Saifuddin to Ibrahim Zadran, FOUR, Finds the gap at midwicket! This was full and on the pads, and Ibrahim just flicks this into the gap. The timing again is pristine.

Azweer : "Someone expected a Hardik, but a Rishabh pant comes out in the name of Najibullah Zadran."

26 needed from 18. Was that the over that took the game away from Bangladesh?

END OF OVER:
17 | 17 Runs | AFG: 102/3 (26 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.00, RRR: 8.66)

  • Ibrahim Zadran36 (37b)
  • Najibullah Zadran21 (12b)
  • Mustafizur Rahman3-0-30-0
  • Mahedi Hasan4-0-26-0
16.6
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, full on off, driven down to sweeper cover
16.5
1
Mustafizur Rahman to Najibullah Zadran, 1 run, Length outside off, and swings again. This time he slices this high towards cover. But it falls safe as the sweeper comes around to collect.
16.4
6
Mustafizur Rahman to Najibullah Zadran, SIX, My word what a hit! This is in the slot outside off, and Najibullah just short arm jabs this over long off! Flat and hard, this was timed exquisitely. And that brings up the 100 as well!
16.4
1w
Mustafizur Rahman to Najibullah Zadran, 1 wide, Extremely wide of off, the pressure is beginning to tell.

Afghanistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15Hazratullah ZazaiRahmanullah Gurbaz
2nd30Hazratullah ZazaiIbrahim Zadran
3rd17Mohammad NabiIbrahim Zadran
4th69Najibullah ZadranIbrahim Zadran

Men's T20 Asia Cup

Super Four
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33060.701
PAK3214-0.279
IND31221.607
AFG3030-2.006
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND22041.096
PAK21123.811
HKG2020-4.875
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
AFG22042.467
SL2112-2.233
BAN2020-0.576