Zimbabwe Beaten by Afghanistan in 1st T 20 of Series played in Zimbabwe, 2015

Afghanistan was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International Series in Zimbabwe in 2015. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series. The 1^st T 20 international match was to be played on Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 26^th Oct, 2015. Afghanistan earlier already won the 5 Match One day International series 3-2.

Zimbabwe won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Zimbabwe team and 11 was looking like in this 1^st T 20 international match: Elton Chigumbura (c), Chamu Chibhabha, Tinashe Panyangara, Craig Ervine, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Richmond Mutumbami (wk), Sikandar Raza, Sean W, Tendai Chisoro

And Afghanistan team and 11 was looking like this in this 1^st T 20 international Match: Asghar Stanikzai (c), Mohammad Nabi, Nawroz Mangal, Noor Ali Zadran, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Shapoor Zadran, Aftab Alam, Dawlat Zadran, Amir Hamza, Najibullah Zadran

Zimbabwe batted well and was able to post total of 153 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and with top scores of S Raza who made 59 runs in 41 balls with 5 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 144 runs in 100 balls and Chamu C who made 54 runs in 47 balls with 6 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 115 runs in 100 balls.

Afghanistan was needed to score 154 runs in 20 over’s to win this match and to take lead in this 3 match T 20 series 1-0.

Afghanistan batted very well and was able to chase the total of 154 runs in 19.1 over’s at the loss of 4 wickets and with top scores by N Zadran who made 37 runs in 26 balls with 2 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 142 runs in 100 balls.

Afghanistan won the match by 6 wickets and leads the 3 Match T 20 series 1-0 with 2 more games still to play.

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