Afghanistan made a brilliant comeback against Zimbabwe, captured the series with back to back wins.
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Afghanistan cricket team has been in great form for the last one year. For the Afghanistan team, the year 2024 can be considered the best year so far in their international cricket journey. In this year’s T20 World Cup, where the team had reached the semi-finals, for the first time it was successful in defeating the South African team in the limited overs format. And now the Afghan team has captured the T20I series by defeating Zimbabwe in its own home. This victory is special for the Afghan team in many ways. After losing the first match of the series, Afghanistan won the series 2–1.
After losing the first match by 4 wickets in Harare, Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 50 runs in the second T20I and now won the third T20I by 3 wickets and captured the series 2-1. In this way, Afghanistan has maintained the record of winning all the series against Zimbabwe in T20I cricket. A total of 6 T20I series have been played between the two teams. Afghanistan has won all the series in this.
Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe Bilateral T20 Series
- Total Series – 6
- Afghanistan won – 6
All three matches of the T20I series were played at the Harare Sports Club. Batting first in the third T20I, the host Zimbabwe team could not even complete 20 overs and collapsed for 127 runs in 19.5 overs. Captain Rashid Khan took 4 wickets for Afghanistan. Naveen Ul Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Azmatullah took 2 wickets each. In response to Zimbabwe’s score, Afghanistan achieved the target of 128 runs in 19.3 overs by losing 7 wickets. Azmatullah Umarzai made the maximum contribution of 34 runs. Azmatullah Umarzai was adjudged Player of the Match for his brilliant performance with ball and bat while Naveen Ul Haq became Player of the Series.
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