Updated November 17th, 2019 at 23:32 IST
Afghans beat defending World T20 champions West Indies 2-1
Afghanistan has scaled a new height and stunned the world by defeating defending T20 World Champions West Indies 2-1 in the three-match T20I series on Sunday
Advertisement
Afghanistan is on a mission. After creating history by defeating Bangladesh in a one-off Test match in September, Afghanistan has scaled a new height and stunned the world by defeating defending T20 World Champions West Indies 2-1 in a 3 match Twenty 20 series.
READ | Cheteshwar Pujara cannot hide his excitement of playing pink ball Test match
READ | Test cricket needed rejuvenation: Sourav Ganguly on Day/Night match
READ | Dilip Doshi feels cricket will suffer if T10 is encouraged
How Afghanistan wrapped up the series in style?
READ | My focus is on scoring runs, rest depends on selectors: Shaw on India comeback
READ | Virat Kohli's super gesture for a special fan stumps netizens
In the final T20 match in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday, Afghanistan defeated the Windies by 29 runs. 17-year-old Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 79 runs off 52 balls and was rightly adjudged the man of the match. Karim Jannat became the man of the series with his overall performance in the series. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said the team had world-class bowling line up so the team had to put up a good score on the board.
READ | Relive Mitchell Johnson's terrorizing spell four years after he called it quits
READ | Attacking game in Tests strengthens Mayank's case for WI limited overs series
Rashid Khan hails the Afghan bowling line up
READ | Shami, Agarwal rise to career-best Test rankings after Indore show
READ | Zaheer Khan for Virat Kohli's idea of Test centres, wants more than just 5
"It's great to have senior players in the team. I am quite happy to be a young captain who have such great young and senior players. We are a very good T20 side and now no one can take us lightly anymore. We hope to do really good and be a real challenger in T20 World Cup next year," Rashid Khan said during the post-match presentation ceremony.
READ | Dagar, Dalal star as Delhi beat Sikkim by 9 wickets
WATCH | Australia's Ashton Agar takes a rocket on the head, left bloody-faced
READ | Virat Kohli picked as the 'toughest batsman' by Shoaib Akhtar
Advertisement
Published November 17th, 2019 at 23:04 IST
Your Voice. Now Direct.
Send us your views, we’ll publish them. This section is moderated.