Mujeeb Ur Rahman Took 5 Wickets In Afghanistan’s Biggest Ever T20 Win

Mujeeb Ur Rahman took 5 wickets for Afghanistan as they thrashed Scotland in Monday’s ICC T20 World Cup action.

Afghanistan vs Scotland

Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first.

Mohammad Shahzad would be caught by Chris Greaves off the bowling of Safyaan Sharif for 22 before Hazratullah Zazai would be bowled by Mark Watt for 44 off 30 balls. Rahmanullah Gurbaz would be caught by Kyle Coetzer off the bowling of Josh Davey for 46 before Najibullah Zadran (pictured below) would be caught by Brad Wheal off the bowling of Sharif off the final ball of the innings for 59 off 34 balls with Mohammad Nabi finishing 11 not out off 4 balls.

Coetzer would be bowled by Mujeeb Ur Rahman (pictured below) for 10 before Calum MacLeod would be LBW to the following ball for a golden duck. Richie Berrington would fall the same way off the final ball of the over without scoring before Matthew Cross would be caught behind by Mohammad Shahzad off the bowling of Naveen-ul-Haq for another duck.

Opener George Munsey would be bowled by Mujeeb for 25 before Michael Leask would be LBW to Rashid Khan for the fourth duck of the innings. Watt would be bowled by Mujeeb for 1 before Greaves would be LBW to Khan for 12. Davey would be LBW to the same bowler for 4 before Wheal was the last man out, bowled by Khan, for a golden duck – Sharif would finish 3 not out.

AFG 190/4 (20 overs), SCO 60 (10.2 overs)

Today’s Fixtures (Times are in BST)

11:00 – South Africa vs West Indies
15:00 – New Zealand vs Pakistan