60/10 (10.2)
CR : 5.81
190/4 (20.0)
CR : 9.50
Afghanistan won by 130 runs
Player of the Match
M Ur Rahman
5/20
B Wheal 0(1)
b R Khan
4s/6s
0/0
SR
0.00
AFG won by 130 runs
AFG won by 130 runs
Arya: What an authoritative performance from Afghanistan. The 130 runs victory is their biggest in their history of T20I cricket. The Scottish batters had no answer in front of the spin duo of Mujeeb-ur Rahman and Rashid Khan. While Mujeeb rocked Scotland early with a five-wicket haul while Rashid Khan wiped out the lower order with four quick wickets. All the Scottish batsman didn't pick either of the spinners and were completely at sea in front of their guile and variation.
Arya: It was all about the bowlers right from the word go. George Munsey started off by executing a couple of reverse sweeps which fetched him a four and a six.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman is the player of the match!
"This was my first ever T20 World cup match and I am very happy to perform well and win the man of the match award in it. There was lots of positive energy from the crowd and that helped our team to play positive cricket."
"This was my first ever T20 World cup match and I am very happy to perform well and win the man of the match award in it. There was lots of positive energy from the crowd and that helped our team to play positive cricket."
Arya: It was always going to be a humungous ask for Scotland to get close to the daunting target. Mujeeb-ur Rahman spun a web around the Scottish top order after a good start from George Munsey. He executed a couple of reverse sweeps brilliantly but the first wicket on 27 began the downslide and Scotland had no way whatsoever to break their way into the match. Wickets kept falling one after the other and it was definitely a tough learning curve for the relative minnows in the competition.
Kyle Coetzer | Scotland Skipper:
"We've been some really good cricket until this stage but sometimes things don't go according to your plan. The pitch was slightly tricky looking at their bowling which is difficult to play. All credit goes to them.
I though we fought hard in the field, it's just a level check for us. It's good for us to be playing at this level, we will take a positive stride and will reflect on this performance. We have strong belief in us as a unit."
"We've been some really good cricket until this stage but sometimes things don't go according to your plan. The pitch was slightly tricky looking at their bowling which is difficult to play. All credit goes to them.
I though we fought hard in the field, it's just a level check for us. It's good for us to be playing at this level, we will take a positive stride and will reflect on this performance. We have strong belief in us as a unit."
Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan Skipper:
"Thanks to almighty. It is always good to start the tournament on a winning
note and so happy with the win.
It was a fantastic effort by the batters. The openers were
good and then it was very good running between the wickets from our batters and
helped us finish on a high.
We have world-class spinners on our side in Rashid and
Mujeeb and they have experience of playing all around the world. Mujeeb is playing in his first World Cup and he got the man of the match.
We have got a very good side and hopefully, we will keep playing like this and keep winning."
That brings us to an end of our coverage for today. See you tomorrow on yet another double header day. South Africa vs West Indies from 3:30 PM IST and Pakistan vs New Zealand from 7:30 PM. Two cracking contest on our hands. Till then it's ta-ta and goodnight from me (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) on the behalf of my fellow commentators Akshay Bhide and Ninaad Dixit.