T20 World Cup: Mohammad Shahzad, Hamid Hasan star in Afghanistan’s 62-run win over Namibia

Afghanistan returned to the profitable means as they defeated hapless Namibia by 62 runs of their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

After being put to bat first, the feisty Afghanistan scored 160 for five of their allotted 20 overs.It was additionally going to be troublesome for the inexperienced Namibia’s batters as they had been bundled out for a paltry complete of 98 for 9 in 20 overs.David Wiese (26) prime scored for Namibia. Michael Van Lingen (11), Jan Nicol Lofitie-Eaton (14), and Gerhard Erasmus (12) had been the opposite notable contributors for the Namibian aspect.For Afghanistan, Naveen-ul-Haq (3/26), Hamid Hasan (3/9), Gulbadin Naib (2/19), and Rashid Khan (1/14) shared the spoils.Earlier, former captain Asghar Afghan performed a pleasant little cameo to attain 31 off 23 balls in his farewell sport, which helped Afghanistan publish 160 for five in opposition to Namibia.Afghanistan made a powerful begin, reaching to 50/0 on the finish of energy play, with the opening pair of Hazratullah Zazai (33) and Mohammad Shahzad (45) sharing a 53-run stand in 6.4 overs after opting to bat.But Afghanistan fizzled out after that as wickets fell at common intervals and there was no substantial partnership. They recovered a bit in the direction of the top, scoring 51 from the final 5 overs, due to Afghan.The 33-year-old right-handed batter, who was earlier generally known as Asghar Stanikzai, has performed six Tests, 114 ODIs and 75 T20Is after making debut in 2009.In his final sport for the nation, he offered good assist to present captain Mohammad Nabi (32 not out off 17 balls) and their quick-fire 35-run stand took the crew’s complete previous 150-run mark.Zazai was the extra aggressive of the opening duo. He started with a six and a 4 within the opening over bowled by Ruben Trumpelmann after which added three extra boundaries and one other most within the energy play.But simply as he was trying ominous, Zazai was out within the seventh as he holed out to deep sq. leg fielder off JJ Smit within the seventh over.One-down Rahmanullah Gurbaz didn’t final lengthy as he was out for 4 within the tenth over, trapped LBW off the bowling of Jan Loftie-Eaton.The run-rate dropped as Afghanistan reached to 69 for two on the midway mark and after a relative lull, set opener Shahzad opened as much as hit a 4 and a six within the eleventh and twelfth overs.Shahzad was, nevertheless, out within the thirteenth over as he top-edged Trumpelmann for Bernard Scholtz to take a easy catch. He hit three fours and two sixes throughout his 45-run knock.Afghanistan took 13 runs from the fifteenth over bowled by Jan Frylinck with Afghan clobbering him for a six however they misplaced the momentum as soon as once more as Najibullah Zadran (7) was out on the different finish.Afghan was out within the penultimate over as he holed out to Michael van Lingen at backward level off Trumpelmann. He hit three fours and one six. Several Namibia gamers shook fingers with the Afghan whereas he walked off the bottom.For Namibia, Loftie-Eaton (2/21) and Trumpelmann (2/34) took two wickets every.