Afghanistan vs Pakistan 2nd T20I: Afghanistan defeated Pakistan in the second T20 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. In the second match of the T20 series played in Sharjah on March 26, Afghanistan registered a 7-wicket win over Pakistan. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and Fazalhaq Farooqui had a special contribution in making the team win the match. Pakistan had lost in the first match as well. This is the first time in Afghanistan’s T20 history that after winning two consecutive matches against Pakistan, it has also won the series. Now Rashid Khan’s team will look to white wash Pakistan in the T20 series.
Pakistan team was able to score 130 runs
In this second match played in Sharjah, Pakistan won the toss and batted first. The start of the team was very bad. Pakistan lost its first 2 wickets without opening the team’s account. If the innings of Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan were left in the middle order, then all the other batsmen disappointed. Imad Wasim remained unbeaten after scoring 64 runs. While captain Shabad Khan played an inning of 32 runs. Apart from these two, Mohammad Haris was dismissed after scoring 15 and Tayyab Tahir scored 13 runs. In this way Pakistan scored 130 runs for 6 wickets. Fazalhaq Farooqi was the most successful bowler from Afghanistan, he took 2 wickets. Apart from them, Naveen-ul-Haq, Rashid Khan and Karim Janat got 1-1 wickets.
Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
Chasing the target of 131 runs, the beginning of the Afghanistan team was not very good. The team’s first wicket fell for 30 runs. Usman Gani, who came to start the innings, got out after scoring 7 runs. But after this Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran took charge. Both of them recovered the team from the initial setback by sharing a half-century partnership. Rahmanullah was dismissed after scoring 44 runs while Zadran played an inning of 38 runs. After this, Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi played responsibly to give Afghanistan a 7-wicket win. Fazhak Farooqui, who bowled best in the match, was given the Player of the Match award.
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