Rashid Khan claimed his 700th T20 wicket in uncommon circumstances as Afghanistan stored their faint World Cup hopes alive with a five-wicket victory over United Arab Emirates.
The leg-spinner achieved the milestone with a mode of dismissal which has not featured in any of his 699 earlier victims – hit wicket.
UAE batter Muhammad Arfan tried to reverse sweep a supply from the Afghanistan captain within the fifteenth over however ended up clipping the stumps along with his bat.
The wicket was Rashid’s 191st in T20 internationals and mixed along with his Listing A home T20 tally of 509 victims helped him change into the primary participant to attain the feat.
It’s the solely time in 11,794 balls bowled in T20 cricket that the 27-year-old has claimed a wicket on this method.
Rashid completed with 1-24 from his 4 overs whereas Azmatullah Omarzai was the choose of the Afghanistan bowlers with 4-15 as UAE have been restricted to 160-9 on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.
Sohaib Khan struck six fours and 4 sixes as he top-scored for UAE with a 48-ball 68 whereas Alishan Sharafu chipped in with 40 off 31 balls.
Afghanistan misplaced Rahmanullah Gurbaz for a duck however fellow opener Ibrahim Zadran’s composed 53 off 21 balls made inroads into the goal.
Muhammad Arfan took 2-30 for UAE to gradual Afghanistan’s response however Omarzai was the important thing man for Afghanistan within the the rest of the chase.
The all-rounder adopted up his spectacular show with the ball as he whacked an unbeaten 40 off 21 balls with the bat as Afghanistan obtained over the road with 4 balls to spare.
Afghanistan’s victory obtained their first factors on the board in Group D however they need to beat New Zealand, who’re two factors above them, of their ultimate recreation and guarantee their internet run-rate surpasses the Black Caps and UAE’s.
UAE even have two factors and the affiliate nation should emerge victorious from their ultimate match in opposition to South Africa and guarantee their internet run-rate is superior to each New Zealand and Afghanistan.
