Afghanistan skipper Asghar Afghan accomplished an enormous accomplishment in his facet’s T20I conflict in opposition to Zimbabwe on Friday in Abu Dhabi. His facet secured a complete 45-run win in opposition to Sean Williams-led Zimbabwe in the second T20I, which additionally noticed him equal former India skipper MS Dhoni’s T20I record.
Both Asghar and Dhoni at the moment are on stage phrases and have led their groups to 41 victories in the shortest format of the sport.
Dhoni, who drew curtains on his illustrious profession final 12 months, has led Team India in 72 T20I matches, which additionally embrace the historic 2007 T20 World Cup triumph. Asghar, then again, has led the Afghanistan workforce in 51 T20Is.
England’s Eoin Morgan is third on the record with 33 wins in 58 matches.
In the conflict on Friday, Afghanistan kicked-off the proceedings by piling a huge 193/5 on the board after 20 overs. Usman Ghani and Karim Janat scored 49 and 53 runs respectively. Mohammad Nabi additionally performed a blazing knock of 40 in simply 15 deliveries.
In response, Zimbabwe bowed down in opposition to Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan, as they had been bundled out on 148 runs in 17.1 overs. Naveen-ul-Haq and Mohammad Nabi additionally scalped two wickets every.
With this win, Afghanistan additionally took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I collection.
