Afghanistan set debutants Uganda a goal of 184 after which dismissed them for 58 for an emphatic win in Guyana.
Afghanistan produced a dominant bowling and batting efficiency to thrash debutants Uganda by 125 runs of their T20 World Cup opening sport in Guyana.
Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran laid the foundations for the win on Monday with a gap stand of 154 in Afghanistan’s 183-5 earlier than left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi dazzled with 5 wickets for simply 9 runs as Uganda had been skittled out for 58 in 16 overs.
“It was the form of begin we wished as a group,” Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan stated after the match.
“It doesn’t matter who we play, it’s concerning the mindset.
“The onerous work we’ve got completed in the previous couple of weeks, the best way the openers began and the best way our bowlers bowled – it was an ideal total group effort.”
Afghanistan had appeared poised for an enormous whole after Gurbaz’s 76 off 45 balls, which included 4 fours and 4 sixes.
Zadran was in equally swashbuckling kind, blasting 70 off 46 deliveries, together with 9 fours and a six.
Gurbaz and Zadran’s opening partnership was the second highest in males’s T20 World Cup historical past, crushed solely by the 170 by England’s Jos Buttler and Alex Hales in 2022.
However when Gurbaz and Zadran fell within the area of 4 balls, Uganda had been in a position to peg again Afghanistan.
Masaba claimed a bit of cricket historical past for the East African nation after taking his nation’s first ever World Cup wicket, bowling Zadran within the fifteenth over to go away the rating at 154-1.
Alpesh Ramjani then eliminated Gurbaz, who was caught by Riazat Ali Shah at deep sq. leg for 76.
Masaba claimed his second wicket, eliminating Najibullah Zadran, who was caught at deep sq. leg by Dinesh Nakrani.
Cosmas Kyewuta took the opposite two wickets.
𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝟒𝐃𝐨𝐭𝐬: 𝟏𝟖𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐬: 𝟗𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬: 𝟓𝐄.𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟐.𝟐𝟓
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Any hopes that Uganda’s bowling fightback would spill into their innings had been snuffed out by Fazalhaq within the first over.
After Uganda opener Ronak Patel creamed a 4 off Fazalhaq’s first ball, the Afghan bowler hit again with two wickets together with his subsequent two deliveries, eradicating Patel and Roger Mukasa, to go away the Africans reeling at 4-2.
Mujeeb Ur Rahman then had Simon Ssesazi caught by Fazalhaq off a prime edge for 4 as Uganda slumped to 8-3.
The wickets continued to tumble and Uganda had been quickly 18-5 within the fifth over.
Fazalhaq took the wickets of Masaba and Robinson Obuya, each caught behind, to finish his five-wicket haul earlier than skipper Khan mopped up the tail by dismissing Bilal Hassan lbw and bowling Hendry Ssenyondo.
Uganda skipper Masaba took positives from his group’s T20 World Cup debut regardless of the heavy defeat.
“Fairly particular second for us, listening to our nationwide anthem and seeing our flag on the World Cup,” Masaba stated.
“One thing I’ll cherish for the remainder of my life.
“First sport on the World Cup, lot of nerves. Good to get that out of the best way. We are going to look to come back out and play higher subsequent sport.”
