Mohammad Nabi: Former skipper Afghanistan, who has recorded most of his T20i wins as captain, will retire from all forms of cricket on Saturday night within 24 hours of Afghanistan’s disastrous defeat to Pakistan in the previous match. Announced the decision.
Highlights
- Afghanistan beat Namibia by 62 runs in their third match of T20 WC 2021
- Asghar Afghan scored quickfire 31 runs in his final match
- Afghanistan are at second position in Group 2 points table
Afghan skipper Mohammad Nabi was quite “shocked” after Asgar Afghan informed him of his decision to retire from international cricket.
After a match against Namibia in the middle of the 2021 T20 World Cup I received it.
Former skipper Afghanistan, who has recorded most of his T20i wins as captain, will retire from all forms of cricket on Saturday night within 24 hours of Afghanistan’s disastrous defeat to Pakistan in the previous match. Announced the decision.
“Last night he (Asgar Afghanistan) told me that tomorrow would be my last match, and I was shocked,” Navi said in a post-match presentation.
“It was his decision, he knows his career better. He has captained the side for almost 6-7 years He was very consistent with his captaincy in T20Is. He had already decided that tomorrow will be his last game.”
Afghanistan said goodbye to the former captain when he made a compelling 62nd run over Namibia to keep their hopes alive in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Adjudged ‘Player of the Match for his three wickets, Naveen-ul-Haq dedicated his award to Asghar Afghan and hailed him as the “best captain” ever.
“I made my debut under his captaincy, so I want to dedicate it to him,” Naveen said.
“I think Asghar has been the best captain Afghanistan has ever produced. We will be missing him a lot.”
Afghanistan is the first to finish in all three tournament games so far. Navi said his team is aware that they may have to lose in future games with India and New Zealand.
“The boys have had good morale in the team. We do discuss during team meetings that we might chase at times as well. I tell the openers to go and play their game. Just go and enjoy your cricket,” he said.
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Mohammad Nabi said:
“We are always depending on spinners but we have some quality seamers as well. Hamid bowled brilliantly today,”
Afghanistan is known for its excellent weirdos and has made sensational speed bowling against Namibia. NaveenulHaq (3/26), Hamid Hassan (3/9), and Gulbadin Naib (2/19) share eight wickets.
“We knew it would be a level up from the previous games. I don’t think the pitch changed too much. To chase 160, you need to bat well,” Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus said.
For Namibia, it was the end of three consecutive tournament wins. They chased 161 and were capped at 989 to win.
“It was the quality of their attack and their cricketers, even with Mujeeb not playing, it showed today.”
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