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Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe, 3rd T20I at Abu Dhabi, AFG v ZIM, Mar 20 2021 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
3rd T20I, Abu Dhabi, March 20, 2021, Afghanistan v Zimbabwe
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(20 ov, T:184) 136/5

Afghanistan won by 47 runs

Player Of The Match
72* (35)
najibullah-zadran
Player Of The Series
100 runs • 5 wkts
karim-janat
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ZIM
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end of over 2015 runs
ZIM: 136/5CRR: 6.80 
Ryan Burl39 (31b 1x4 3x6)
Sikandar Raza41 (29b 2x4 1x6)
Karim Janat 4-0-34-2
Fazalhaq Farooqi 4-0-27-1

That's all from this game, thanks for joining us. Bye!

Afghanistan won by 47 runs. Another comprehensive victory for Afghanistan, wins the series 3-0... Asghar Afghan now has the most wins in T20Is as a captain.

Najibullah Zadran is Player of the match

Karim Janat is Player of the series

Yushey: "Zimbabwe batted pretty well in the first two matches but this match with loss of just 5 wickets, they are miles away from the target. "

19.6
6
Karim Janat to Burl, SIX runs

fuller and outside off, Burl hammers it away to wide of deep midwicket fence

19.5
Karim Janat to Burl, no run

slower and short outside off, tries to pull but is beaten by the lack of pace

19.4
4
Karim Janat to Burl, FOUR runs

on a length, slogs it across the line and gets it behind square leg for a boundary

19.3
1
Karim Janat to Raza, 1 run

dropped..length ball wide of off, driven towards the extra cover. The fielder there able to timed the jump and get hands onto it, but fails to held it. A very tough chance.

19.2
1
Karim Janat to Burl, 1 run

low full toss on off, clipped away to deep midwicket

19.1
3
Karim Janat to Raza, 3 runs

full toss on middle, driven to wide of sweeper cover by backing away

end of over 1910 runs
ZIM: 121/5CRR: 6.36 RRR: 63.00
Sikandar Raza37 (27b 2x4 1x6)
Ryan Burl28 (27b 2x6)
Fazalhaq Farooqi 4-0-27-1
Karim Janat 3-0-19-2
18.6
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Raza, 1 run

short and outside off, backs away and cuts it through cover point

18.5
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Burl, 1 run

slower and short, top edge to the pull, lands safely infront of square leg

18.4
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Raza, 1 run

around the wicket, slower and short. He stays in the crease and runs it to short third man

18.3
1
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Burl, 1 run

this time a slower short ball, onto the body, pulls it through leg side

18.2
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Burl, no run

bouncer, quicker, pull and a miss

18.1
6
Fazalhaq Farooqi to Burl, SIX runs

fuller in length and outside off, launched that over the long-on region with great authority

end of over 1810 runs
ZIM: 111/5CRR: 6.16 RRR: 36.50
Ryan Burl20 (23b 1x6)
Sikandar Raza35 (25b 2x4 1x6)
Karim Janat 3-0-19-2
Naveen-ul-Haq 3-0-17-1
17.6
1
Karim Janat to Burl, 1 run

full toss, clipped down to long-on for a run

17.5
Karim Janat to Burl, no run

another slower delivery, back of a length, outside off, pull and a miss

17.4
Karim Janat to Burl, no run

slower length ball outside off, beaten as he tries to scoop it

17.3
2
Karim Janat to Burl, 2 runs

fuller length on off, clipped to the left of long-on for couple of runs

17.2
1
Karim Janat to Raza, 1 run

low full toss on middle, backs away and pushed to long-off

17.1
6
Karim Janat to Raza, SIX runs

shortish delivery, pulls it off the back foot and over the deep midwicket fence

end of over 1711 runs
ZIM: 101/5CRR: 5.94 RRR: 27.66
Sikandar Raza28 (23b 2x4)
Ryan Burl17 (19b 1x6)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3-0-17-1
Sharafuddin Ashraf 2-0-10-0
16.6
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Raza, 1 run

yorker outside off, guides to short third man

16.5
2
Naveen-ul-Haq to Raza, 2 runs

full and wider, slower too. Sikandar throws his bat at it, gets it over point region

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