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Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets in the 11th match of the Asia Cup. With this result, Bangladesh along with Sri Lanka also made it to the Super-4 stage. In Abu Dhabi on Thursday, Mohammad Nabi hit 5 consecutive sixes against Dunith Vellalage. At the same time, Kusal Perera caught the best jugling catch on the boundary.
SL vs AFG Match Moments …
1. Nuwan Thushara got 2 wickets in one over Fast bowler Nuwan Thushara, who brought a new ball from Sri Lanka, took 2 wickets in the third over of the innings. On the first ball of the over, he caught Rahmanullah Gurbaz at the hands of Kusal Perera. Then on the last ball, Karim bowled Janaat. Thushara took 4 wickets in the match.
Nuwan Thushara took 2 wickets in Powerplay.
2. Perera’s best jugling catch on boundary
Kusal Perera caught the best flying catch on the boundary.
In the 11th over, Kusal Perera caught the best jugling catch on the boundary. The third ball of the over Dushmantha Chamera threw the bouncer. Daravish Rasuli played an upper cut shot, but the ball went towards Perera standing on the third man boundary. Perera caught the catch, but he started going out of the boundary in Momentum. He threw the ball into the air, then came inside the boundary and caught the best catch.
3. Rashid’s No-Luke Six Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan put no-luke six in the 15th over. Dasun Shanaka threw the third ball of the over towards the leg stump on the good length. Rashid monitored the pitch and took the ball out of the ground. He scored 24 runs off 23 balls.
4. Rashid took DRS to be bold In the 18th over, Rashid Khan of Afghanistan took a review after being bold. In fact, Nuwan Thushara, the first ball of the over, threw a slurry yorker towards the middle stump. Rashid played the sweep shot, but the ball hit his leg. Sri Lanka appealed to LBW and the umpire made up his mind to give out. Rashid also indicated the review, but so did the ball collided with stumps.
Rashid Khan took DRS after being bold.
5. Nabi hit 5 consecutive sixes in 20th over Former Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi hit 5 consecutive sixes against Sri Lanka’s left arm spinner Dunith Vellalage in the 20th over. The prophet hit six on the first 3 balls and hit sixes in the direction of long off. The next ball Vellalage bowled wide, but the third umpire said that the bowler’s leg had gone out of the popping crease on this ball. Due to this the ball was no-ball.
The fourth ball of the over was free hit, on which the prophet hit the fourth consecutive six over the long off. The fifth ball of the over was a short pitch, where the prophet hit a six between mid-wicket and long on. The last ball Vellalage threw the wide yorker. The prophet could not hit a six on this, he was run out by scoring 1 run on this ball. He scored 60 runs in the innings.
Mohammad Nabi hit 5 sixes in the 20th over.
6. Rashid’s diving catch, bowling while bowling
Rashid Khan caught the best catch by diving.
Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan caught the best catch by diving on deep mid-wicket position in the 15th over. While bowling in the next over, he also became engaged. Due to which he went out of the field.
Rashid Khan went out of the field during bowling.
7. Fastest Fifty record set for Afghanistan Mohammad Nabi put a fifty off just 20 balls. This was equal to the fastest half-century record in T20 for Afghanistan. Prior to him, in the same Asia Cup, Ajmatullah Omrajai also put a fifty against Hong Kong on 20 balls. Nabi has also put fifty against Ireland on 21 balls.
8. Most runs in one over Nabi scored 32 runs in the 20th over of the innings. This was the record for scoring the most runs from Afghanistan in one over. The previous record was also the name of the prophet, he scored 26 runs in an over against Ireland in 2017.
In the match, he partnered 55 runs for the 8th wicket with Noor Ahmed. It was the best partnership for the 8th wicket in T20 for Afghanistan. Prior to both, Rashid Khan and Mujib ur Rehman partnered 44 runs.
Mohammad Nabi became the highest scorer for Afghanistan in one over.
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