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The Afghanistan National Cricket Team defeated United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their second match in ICC Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier match.
UAE won the toss and elected to bat first, setting a target of 165 runs for Afghanistan after losing 6 wickets in 20 overs.
The Afghan batsmen chased the given target by losing only 2 wickets and with 16 balls remaining.
Mohammad Shahzad was given the man of the match award for his excellent performance as the opening batsman who scored 74 runs from 37 balls.
Shahzad hit 5 sixes and 7 fours in 43 minutes before he was caught out by Ahmad Raza in Umair Ali’s ball.
Captain Asghar Stanikzai remained not out by scoring 44 runs from 33 balls and by hitting 3 sixes and 2 fours, along with Samiullah Shenwari who scored 30 runs from 23 balls and by hitting 3 fours.
On the bowling side Hamid Hassan and Mirwais AShraf took 2 wickets each while Dawlat Zadran took 1 wicket. UAE’s SP Patil was run out by Mirwais Ashraf and Mohammad Shahzad.
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