Pakistan Beat Afghanistan By 01 Wicket, As No 10 Smashes the First 02 Deliveries Of The Last Over For Maximum, While The Last Man Stays Watching
ACC 15th Asia Cup T20 Championship 2022 – Super 4 League Stage – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates – Match 10
Afghanistan put into bat, 129 / 6 – ( 20 Overs ) Ibrahim Zadran 35, Hazratullah Zazai 21, Rashid Khan 18no, Rahmanullah Gurbaz 17, Karim Janat 15, Azmatullah Omarzai 10no, Najibullah Zadran 10 – Hazratullah Zazai / Rahmanullah Gurbaz put on 36 runs in the opening stand, Ibrahim Zadran / Karim Janat added 35 runs for the 03rd wicket – lost the last 03 wickets for the addition of 13 runs – first 06 overs : 48 / 2, 10 overs : 72 / 2, 15 overs : 93 / 5, last 05 overs : 36 / 1 – Haris Rauf 2 / 26, Naseem Shah 1 / 19, Fakhar Zaman 02 catches.
Pakistan in reply, 131 / 9 – ( 19.2 Overs ) Shadab Khan 36, Ifthikar Ahmed 30, Mohammad Rizwan 20, Asif Ali 16 , No.10 Naseem Shah 14no ( 2×6, 04 balls ) – 03 batters were out lbw, 02 others were dismissed bowled – Mohammad Rizwan / Ifthikar Ahmed added 27 runs for the 03rd wicket, Ifthikar Ahmed / Shadab Khan put on 42 runs for the 04th wicket – then lost their last 06 wickets for the addition of 31 runs – first 06 overs : 35 / 2, 10 overs : 52 / 3, 15 overs : 85 / 3, last 4.2 overs : 46 / 6 – Fareed Ahmed 3 / 31, Fazalhaq Farooqi 3 / 31, Rashid Khan 2 / 25.
Player of the Match : Shadab Khan – Pakistan
The result ensures that Defending Champions, India will not defend the Title as Sri Lanka & Pakistan with two wins each in the Super 4 League stage, will battle it out for the Asia Cup Champions title in the Final.