124/7 (20.0)
CR : 6.20
149/8 (20.0)
CR : 7.45
Afghanistan won by 25 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
Darwish Rasooli
66(37)
19.4
1
B Sami to M Ikramullah
Good length ball at the pads. Ikramullah cramps for room and plays it to midwicket for a run.
19.5
1
B Sami to D Archer
A good length delivery at the off stump. Archer swings his bat but gets a huge top edge towards point. Three fielders converged for the catch but it lands between them. Single taken.
19.6
1
B Sami to M Ikramullah
A fine yorker from Bilal Sami to attack the off stump. Ikramullah digs it out towards long-off for one. Afghanistan have got a victory by 25 runs!
Over 20
Qatar 124/7
Daniel Archer17(14)
Muhammad Ikramullah15(23)
Bilal Sami1-31(4.0)
AFG won by 25 runs
11:18 PM IST and 8:48 Pm Local Time: Eventually Afghanistan proved to be a little too strong for the Qatar side. Even though it was not the main team for the visitors, there was a clear difference in the level of cricket produced.
Afghanistan won the toss early in the evening and chose to bat first. They were slow to get off the blocks but eventually covered up! They were in trouble initially at 21/2. However, small partnerships here and there got them back in the game.
Darwish Rasooli was the key batter with his 68. Small contributions from Mohammad Ishaq and Nangeyalia Kharote got them to 149 eventually. For Qatar the key bowlers were Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Owais Ahmed. Mujeeb had figures of 2-18 and Ahmed finished with 4-29 next to his name! It looked around par at the half way stage.
However, with the fragility off the Qatar batting and some really quality bowling from the visitors, it proved to be quite above par eventually! Qatar batters just couldn't stay at the crease for long and were victims of soft dismissals. They kept on chipping the ball to the close in fielders.
There was a small partnership between Captain Mirza Baig and Muhammad Asim. However, that too couldn't occupy the crease for long and the side perished once the two batters were dismissed. The key bowlers for Afghanistan were Ali Ghazanfar and Farmanullah Safi. Ghazanfar had figures of 1-9 in his quota and just did not let the batters get away.
Despite losing this game, Qatar would be happy that they could nicely hold an international game against Afghanistan. Something that will propel their international structure in the upcoming times.
Afghanistan won the toss early in the evening and chose to bat first. They were slow to get off the blocks but eventually covered up! They were in trouble initially at 21/2. However, small partnerships here and there got them back in the game.
Darwish Rasooli was the key batter with his 68. Small contributions from Mohammad Ishaq and Nangeyalia Kharote got them to 149 eventually. For Qatar the key bowlers were Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Owais Ahmed. Mujeeb had figures of 2-18 and Ahmed finished with 4-29 next to his name! It looked around par at the half way stage.
However, with the fragility off the Qatar batting and some really quality bowling from the visitors, it proved to be quite above par eventually! Qatar batters just couldn't stay at the crease for long and were victims of soft dismissals. They kept on chipping the ball to the close in fielders.
There was a small partnership between Captain Mirza Baig and Muhammad Asim. However, that too couldn't occupy the crease for long and the side perished once the two batters were dismissed. The key bowlers for Afghanistan were Ali Ghazanfar and Farmanullah Safi. Ghazanfar had figures of 1-9 in his quota and just did not let the batters get away.
Despite losing this game, Qatar would be happy that they could nicely hold an international game against Afghanistan. Something that will propel their international structure in the upcoming times.
Time for the post-match presentations.
Player of the Match: Darwish Rasooli
Darwish Rasooli (Player of the Match & Afghanistan Captain): "I am happy regarding my performance. We thought of batting first as 160-170 can be a very tough one to chase on this wicket. The way Ghazanfar was bowling, it was tough to play him.
We played the first match on this wicket. So we knew that the batting will not be easy in the second innings. So we decided to bat first and set the target."
We played the first match on this wicket. So we knew that the batting will not be easy in the second innings. So we decided to bat first and set the target."
That is all from us from the one-off T20I between Qatar and Afghanistan from the West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha. Afghanistan have expectedly come out on top as they have defeated Qatar, the hosts by 25 runs.
For now, this is Saptak Sanyal signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Manan Mehta and Arijit Kundu and the scorer/analyst for this match Paras Yadav. Good night.
For now, this is Saptak Sanyal signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Manan Mehta and Arijit Kundu and the scorer/analyst for this match Paras Yadav. Good night.