Afghanistan made a great start to their T20 World Cup campaign and won by defeating Uganda by 125 runs. Fazalhaq Farooqi was named Man of the Match for his excellent spell, in which he took five wickets and conceded only 9 runs. The 23-year-old player, who made a splash with his fast bowling in the World Cup 2024, said that playing franchise cricket benefited him and he also credited franchise cricket for his strong performance.
Fazalhaq Farooqui said this
Fazalhaq Farooqi said after the match that I tried to bowl on the wicket and see what happens. The ball was swinging from the beginning and later I tried to bowl slower because the ball was not coming on the bat well. Playing franchise cricket definitely helps. When you play big matches with big players, it helps you come to such tournaments.
Fazalhaq Farooqi said that congratulations to all Afghan fans on this victory. I have missed a hat-trick 7-8 times in my career. It is not in my control, but I will try better in future. Afghanistan will now play its second Group C match against New Zealand on June 8 at the Providence Stadium, while Uganda will face Papua New Guinea on the same ground on June 6.
took five wickets in the match
In bowling, Fazalhaq Farooqi gave a great start to the Afghan team and took the wickets of Raunak Patel (4) and Roger Mukasa (0) on two consecutive balls. After this, Farooqi completed his five wickets by dismissing Riazat Ali, Robinson Obuya and captain Brian Masaba. He presented the fourth best bowling spell in the history of T20 World Cup.
These players played great innings
Batting first, Afghanistan scored a total of 183 runs for the loss of 5 wickets due to the strong innings of Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. It was due to the batting of Ibrahim-Gurbaz that Afghanistan’s team was able to score a big score. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 76 runs and Ibrahim Zadran scored 70 runs. Apart from this, Mohammad Nabi scored 14 runs. Ibrahim-Gurbaz opened with a partnership of 154 runs, which is the biggest partnership for any wicket in the history of T20 World Cup for Afghanistan.
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