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Afghanistan have beaten Pakistan and earned a series win in T20Is for the first time in history. They have beaten the Men in Green by 7 wickets and taken an unassailable 2-0 lead. The second game of the series was also played in Sharjah. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat. This game was a deja vu of the previous encounter.
The Men in Green could not get going as Saim Ayub was caught by Rahamanullah Gurbaz off Fazalhaq Farooqi. Abdullah Shafique joined Ayub in the changeroom as he fell for a first-ball duck lbw to Farooqi. Mohammad Haris made 15 off 9 balls with two fours and one six. But he too departed trying to up the scoring after he was caught by Gurbaz of Naveen-ul-Haq. Next to go was Tayyab Tahir as he made a laborious 13 off 23 with no big shots.
Imad Wasim made a stroke-filled 64 off 57 balls with three fours and two sixes. Azam Khan looked all at sea as he was dismissed lbw by Rashid Khan for 1 off 4 balls. The misery did not stop there for the Men in Green. Skipper Shadab Khan made 32 off 25 balls with three fours. He was run out by Usman Ghani and Gurbaz to cap off a painful end to the innings. Farooqi picked up two scalps. He was supported by Rashid and Karim Janat who picked up 1-13 in his three overs. Pakistan ended up with 130-6 in their 20 overs.
In the second innings, the Afghanistan batters stepped up to get the job done. Gurbaz played a solid hand of 44 off 49 balls with two fours and one six. He was run out by Naseem Shah. Ibrahim Zadran made a watchful 38 off 40 balls with three fours.
The finishing touches were provided by Najibullah Zadran, who made an unbeaten 23 off 12 balls with two fours and one six. Mohammad Nabi made an unbeaten 14 off 9 balls. Afghanistan got to the target in 19.5 overs. Zadran hit the winning four for his side.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
But but pakistani used to say ipl is money based league and psl is all abt quality ๐ญ this was the quality they were talking abt? ๐ญ
— Harman ๐ฎ๐ณ (@Harman35673056) March 26, 2023
1st match same Ground par dekha Keya hua uske bad same 2nd match par toss jitke batting karne ka decision kyu liya bowling karne main Keya problem tha
— ููู ุงุฏ ุฃููุดูู (@TechAvishek) March 26, 2023
Psl highway talent in mud
— Finn ๐ (@majorbasheer_) March 26, 2023
Ye kya ho gya bhaijaan ๐คฃ pic.twitter.com/QBuHmy9x0X
— yuvraj (@yuvraj60683406) March 26, 2023
Incredible win. We need more teams playing competitively.
— Shreya (@shreyamatsharma) March 26, 2023
— 76 (@pottan776) March 26, 2023
"Yeh bhi Endian ki sajish hai bhaijaan" pic.twitter.com/C9lTHdhfdc
— Vinicรฌus 2.0๐ฟโจ (@Vinicus20248511) March 26, 2023
— No-one ๐๐๐๐๐ (@Fruity05646979) March 26, 2023
PeeAssL talent .. let's laugh at them .. yeh hai inke future stars ๐๐๐.. Well Done Afghanistan ๐๐ป๐๐ป
— ๐ฎ๐ณ Kevin ๐ฎ๐ณ (@BeatItJabroni) March 26, 2023
Kha gye napaak irade wale naapakistan or bolo PSL best league, world class bowler, road pe 240 krne wale 150 nhi bna parhe h. ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ Or india se barabari krne chale. Aaj Afghanistan haarta tab bhi Pakistan Wale hi maar khate the ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
— Satish Ram (@SatishAtram07) March 26, 2023
Even India had a Tie match against Afghanistan under the leadership of their Mahi. Afghanistan is a quality side with best bowling attack their spinners and seamers are quite impressive and for pakistan its a lesson that we still don't have a bench strength like india, Aus or Eng
— Ali Raza Awan (@Ali1048458901) March 27, 2023
Abe Afghanistan thi tbhie to B team bheji thi aus ke against bhej degi ye team..sharm karo tmhare psl talent mein bunch of jokers hai kch nai hga inpe better hai jo hai unke sath khelo nai to ab Afghanistan se hare ho aage pata nai aur kisse haroge .
— dr ankit jain (@drankitjain6) March 27, 2023