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Afghanistan beats Zimbabwe following its historic triumph in ODI series

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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The Afghanistan National Cricket Team has clinched Zimbabwe in the 1st T20I.

Their 6-wicket victory in Bulawayo gave the visitors an early lead and ensured that they carried their successful ODI form into T20Is as well.

After winning the toss on a hard surface, Elton Chigumbura opted to bat. His decision was validated as both the openers ran riot. Sikandar Raza and Chamu Chibhabha combined together to dispatch the wayward Afghan bowlers to all parts of the ground, reaching half-centuries in the process.

At 100/1 from 12 overs, they were projected to reach a formidable score. However, Raza threw his wicket away to leg-spinner Rashid Khan whose control was remarkable. Then, seam bowler Dawlat Zadran began dismantling the Zimbabwean top order with his handy pace.

In a vicious spell of pace bowling, the 27-year-old sent back Chibhabha, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine in quick succession. All three were castled in astounding fashion as they did not have a clue against Zadran’s searing yorkers.

As a result, the home team was restricted to 153/5. When the Afghan openers walked in to bat, they were filled with intent and anticipation. Mohammad Shahzad’s blitz at the start threw the Zimbabwean bowlers off their plans.

When he departed, Shahzad had rattled the opposition camp. However, the Zimbabwean bowlers came back to reduce the tourists to 85/4 by maintaining pressure with a tight bowling display.

But, the experienced duo of Mohammad Nabi and Najibullah Zadran started to return the favour by batting with authority and purpose. The unbeaten stand between the veterans carried Afghanistan to a famous victory at the Queens Sports Club.

The 2nd T20I is scheduled to be held at the same venue on Wednesday.

 

 

 

 

 

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ISIS-K leader reportedly living in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

Sanaullah Ghaffari, also known as Shahab al-Muhajar, is reportedly the ISIS-Khorasan (Daesh) branch leader and is holed up in Pakistan, Reuters reports.

The 29-year-old took over as leader in 2020 and under his leadership the group has carried out extreme attacks as a means of recruiting, Reuters reported.

Reuters noted that little was known about Ghafari before the deadly 2021 ISIS attack on Kabul Airport, which killed 170 Afghan civilians and 13 American soldiers.

But after Friday’s deadly attack in a concert hall in Moscow, which left 139 people dead, Ghaffari’s group has come under intense scrutiny.

Reuters reports that Ghaffari is said to have been involved in several attacks in Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

Pakistani officials said months ago that Ghaffari had been killed in Kunar province in Afghanistan in June last year, but Reuters has reported that he did not die and instead fled to Pakistan and lives in the border province of Baluchistan.

Abdul Matin Qani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan, says that Daesh has been suppressed in Afghanistan for more than two years and has lost its operational capacity.

The last attack carried out by Daesh in Afghanistan was the attack on the Kabul Bank office in Kandahar last week which left three dead and 12 wounded.

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IPL: Sunrisers thump MI in record breaking match

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

It was raining records at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday with the hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) clinching a 31-run victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 8 of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.

Sunrisers’ batting rewrote the record books on a batting belter after the posted 277 for three.

SRH now have the highest team score in the history of the IPL – beating Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) 263 for five from the 2013 season.

In reply, MI made a spirited effort, and at one stage, were contenders to do the near impossible. In the slog overs, the enormity of the target proved a bit too much, and SRH clinched victory, but not without numerous nervous moments.

To put into perspective the carnage we witnessed – Heinrich Klaasen’s 23-ball half-century was the slowest fifty of the SRH innings.

Travis Head, playing his first match for SRH, raced to the milestone in 18 balls. Abhishek Sharma got there even faster – in 16 balls – to record the quickest fifty by an SRH batter in IPL history.

While Sunrisers notched up the highest total in the 16-year history of the IPL, just as incredibly, Mumbai Indians almost paid them back with the same coin, their batters coming out with a nothing-to-lose attitude.

The sixes kept rolling off the Mumbai bats too, helping them keep up with the asking rate for most of the chase, eventually however, they ran out of steam and finished on 246 for 5, the highest IPL total in a losing cause.

As ESPNcricinfo reported, never were more runs scored in a men’s T20 match (523). Never were most sixes hit in a men’s T20 (38). At the end of the close to four-hour six-fest, only two bowlers returned with an economy rate of under ten an over.

Thursday, March 28 : Match 9

Thursday’s match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur sees Rajasthan Royals go up against Delhi Capitals.

Fans in Afghanistan can tune in to Ariana Television to watch the match live from 6.30pm. Alternatively the match can be screened live on arianatelevision.com

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology reported.

The quake was at a depth of 70km and epicentered in the mountainous north-eastern area of Ashkāsham.

The jolt was felt across the region including in Kabul, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan

There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

In October last year, over 2,000 people were killed when four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck in Herat province.

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