Mohammad Shahzad was the hero for Afghanistan as he turned the primary batsman from his nation to rating a T20I century.
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Shahzad ended the innings unbeaten on 118 from 67 balls in Afghanistan’s mammoth total of 215 for six as he joined Scotland’s Richie Berrington in achieving the feat.
Zimbabwe were eventually all out for 134 on Sunday with 11 balls to spare as Afghanistan swept the two-game series having won the first match by just five runs on Friday. Although Afghanistan didn’t get to the most effective of begins as they exclusively scored forty three in 6 overs, Usman Ghani’s dismissal within the seventh over was a blessing in disguise for the Associate Nation as Shahzad started to minimize unfastened together with his captain, Asghar Stanikzai on the different finish. There were even a couple of sixes that Shahzad was not happy about as he had mistimed them. Mohammad Shahzad scored a magnificent century to set helps his side to 215 for 6 in 20 Overs. Later Nabi chipped in with a sparkling 22 while Shahzad played throughout Afghanistan innings.
As a result of the 81-runs victory Afghanistan completed white wash against Zimbabwe with 2-0 victory in T20 series.
Masakadza brought up his fifty in 38 balls.
Shahzad did not rest on his laurels in the field either, with the wicketkeeper producing stumpings to remove Richmond Mutumbami (one) and Sikandar Raza (one), and then helping to run out Elton Chigumbura for a duck as Zimbabwe’s batting capitulated. Before this match, the very best ever T20I rating by an Afghan batsman was the sixty nine made by Ghani against Oman in November 2015. Zimbabwe bowlers were given a whacking by Afghanistan batsmen, especially Shahzad. Zadran finished with three for 32 off his four overs.
There was some resistance from sixth-wicket pairing Hamilton Masakadza (63) and Peter Moor (35) in a 77-run stand which ended when Moor was dismissed by Dawlat Zadran.
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Zimbabwe misplaced their final 5 wickets for simply 23 runs as Afghanistan gained by eighty one runs. Masakadza’s 44-ball 63 was a rare bright spot on a day that was largely meant to be forgotten for the Zimbabwean cricketers as they were bundled out for 134, falling short of the target by 81 runs.
