T20 World Cup, Afghanistan vs Scotland Highlights: Clinical Afghanistan beat Scotland by 130 runs. Cricket News – Times of India

Sharjah: Afghanistan has dominated power-hitting before mujeeb ur rehman His five-wicket haul broke the rival batting line-up as the struggling Asian nation thrashed Scotland by 130 runs in a Super 12 match. t20 world cup on Monday.
Afghanistan put up a challenging 190 for four after batting first and then bundled out Scotland for just 60 in 10.2 overs to seal a big win in Group 2.
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Scotland scored 27 runs in the first three overs before Mujeeb dismissed Scottish captain Kyle Coetzer and Callum McLeod in successive deliveries.
Mujeeb did not get his hat-trick but two balls later he dismissed Richie Berrington after four overs to bowl Scotland out for 28 for three.
Wickets continued to fall for Scotland with the dismissals of Matthew Cross and George Munsey (25) in the next two overs.

The trend continued as Michael Leask, Chris Greaves and Mark Watts failed to counter the move. Rashid Khan (4/9) and Mujeeb.
After Mujib, it was Rashid’s turn to cause destruction as he polished the tail of Scotland to give Afghanistan a major victory.
Scotland’s struggle against spin can be gauged from the fact that five of its batsmen could not open the account.

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Earlier, Najibullah Zadran hit five fours and three sixes in a stormy innings of 59 runs in 34 balls, while Hazratullah Zazai (44) and Rehmanullah Gurbaazi (46) also scored solid innings to help Afghanistan post their best score in the T20 World Cup.
Zazai and Mohammad Shahzad (22) caught Afghanistan for a flier, scoring 54 off just 35 balls before being dismissed for a deep midwicket boundary.
Zazai played aggressively from the start, hitting bad balls over the fence and finishing easily on it, but his 30-ball innings was cut short by Mark Watt as he hit a delivery on his stumps in the 10th over. with Afghanistan to 82. for two.
Thereafter, Gurbaz and Zadran maintained the scoring rate as Afghanistan kept the pressure on the Scottish bowlers.

While Gurbaz played consistently from one end, Zadran was attacking from the beginning as Afghanistan reached 127 for two after 15 overs.
In between, Gurbaz also showed his attacking skills as he lofted Josh Davey to the mid-wicket boundary with a helicopter shot to hit maximum.
From there, Gurbaz took his game to the next level and smashed Brad Wheel for two sixes at long on, scoring 16 runs in the 17th over.
Jadran was not to be left behind as he hit Watt straight to the ground for a boundary and then hit a six in the next over.
But Gurbaz fell four runs short of his half-century when he handed a simple catch to Kyle Coetzer off Davy.
With the wicket in hand, Afghanistan scored 63 runs in the last five overs.