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Afghanistan beats Hong Kong by 66 runs

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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Afghanistan keep their final round hope alive in the Asia Cup T20 Cricket beating all-losers Hong Kong by 66 runs in their 3rd and last qualifying round match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.

With day’s the feat, both Afghanistan and the UAE shared the top slot jointly in the four-team qualifying round securing four points each.

But, Afghanistan earned the points playing all the three qualifiers while the UAE enjoyed an upper hand securing four points from straight two matches and need just an outright victory against Oman in the remaining match Monday night to confirm the final round berth.

On the other hand, Afghanistan had to wait for a defeat of the UAE against Oman in the day’s remaining qualifiers with better run rate.

Replying to Afghanistan modest total of 178 runs for 7 in stipulated 20 overs in the day’s first match, all-losers Hong Kong were bundled out for cheaply for 112 runs in 17.1 overs, despite making a good start scoring 56 runs in 6.3 overs in the opening stand.

Hong Kong made a solid start scoring 56 runs in opening stand, 79 runs in the 2nd wicket stand in 10 overs and 87 runs in 11.1 overs in the 3rd wicket stand.

But the after dismissal top three batsmen — opener Anshuman Rath (41), another opener KD Shah (29) and one down Babar Hayat (18) — for 87 runs in 11.1 overs, no other Hong Kong batsmen were able to reach double digit Famed Afghan all rounder Mohammad Nabi made the major damage to the Hong Kong innings with his right-arm off-break bowling to claim five-wicket for 17 runs in four overs and was adjudged the man of the match.

Besides, Rashid Khan and Dawlat Zardan grabbed two wickets each conceding 10 and 18 runs respectively.

Earlier, sent in to bat first, Afghanistan started carefully to score 83 runs for 3 in 10.1 overs and finally made a respectable total of 178 runs, riding on an unconquered 60 runs by middle order Najibullah Zardan who furnished his 35-ball innings with three fours and four sixes.

Besides, captain Asghar Stanikzai scored 35-ball 49 with three fours and four sixes, opener Mohammad Shahzad made 14-ball 24 runs including three fours and a six, Dawlat Zardan quick-fired four ball 13 runs hitting two sixes while Karim Sadiq scored 9-ball 10 runs with one boundary.

Aizaz Khan grabbed three wickets for 38 runs while MS Champan, debutant Tanveer Ahmed and Tanwir Afzal took one wicket each conceding 24, 31 and 34 runs respectively.

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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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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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