AFG Vs IR Match And AUS Vs IND 2019

AFG Vs IR Match

Afghanistan Beat The Ireland

Afghanistan win by 84 runs

T20 03 of 03 (AFG Win3-0)

Afghanistan - 278/3 20/20 ovRR: 13.90

Ireland - 194/6 20/20 ovRR: 9.70

v Afghanistan elect to bat first

v Ghani makes 73 as hosts smash record T20I total

v Zazai breaks a record for most sixes (16) in T20I innings, ends with 162*

v Afghanistan (278/3) score highest team T20I total in history

v Stirling makes rapid 91 but Ireland flail in middle overs

v Rashid Khan notches 4/25 as hosts win by 84 runs

A sensational, record-breaking display of hitting from Hazratullah Zazai powered Afghanistan to a series-sealing 84-run victory over Ireland in the second T20I in Dehradun, India.

The 20-year-old left-handed opener hit 162* from 62 balls – the second-highest T20I score after Aaron Finch's 172 against Zimbabwe last year – and blasted 16 sixes in the process, a new record for the format.

Zazai's knock propelled Afghanistan to 278/3, the highest-ever total in T20Is, while he and Usman Ghani (73 from 48) shared a record partnership for the format of 236. It was an incredible effort from the youngster, playing in just his fifth T20I, who appeared to be able to clear the ropes at will.

He benefitted from two costly missed chances in the field, George Dockrell dropping him in the deep when he was on 72 and Simi Singh spilling a chance to dismiss him on 113 – Shane Getkate the unfortunate bowler on both occasions.

When Ireland finally made the breakthrough in the 18th over the wicket deservedly fell to Boyd Rankin, who returned the excellent figures of 1/35 on a batsman's paradise of aa wicket, with Ghani caught at long-on by Josh Little. Zazai plowed on though, finishing unbeaten as Afghanistan rewrote the record books.

Ireland had no choice but to come out all guns blazing and Paul Stirling dispatched the very first delivery of their reply for six before dominating an excellent opening stand of 126 with Kevin O'Brien which, for a time, kept them up with the required run rate. Their stand was a new record for Ireland for any wicket, as the records continued to tumble.

However, the fall of O'Brien (37 from 25), caught at deep cover off a Fareed Ahmad full toss, and the introduction of Rashid Khan effectively ended the contest.

Rashid, who had O'Brien dropped off his first delivery, cleaned up Andrew Balbirnie in his second over and when Stirling was caught off Mujeeb Ur Rahman, nine short of what would have been his first T20I century, the Afghans turned the screw.

Rashid Khan continued his dominance over Ireland Rashid Khan continued his dominance over Ireland

Nonetheless, Stirling's innings of 91 from 50 balls were worthy of high praise, as the combined power and timing to register Ireland's highest-ever individual score in the format.

With the required rate rocketing, Rashid was in his element, dismissing Lorcan Tucker and Dockrell in his third over and Getkate (24 from 16 balls) in his fourth to finish with figures of 4/25. The leg-spinner has now taken 24 wickets at an average of 7.58 in T20Is against Ireland.

Singh (17*) and Stuart Poynter (15*) each played enterprising cameos but Afghanistan ran out comfortable winners, Ireland finishing on 194/6.

Ireland now just have the pride to play for when the two sides meet again in the final match of the series on Sunday 24 February. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

AUS Vs IND MAtch

Australia Beat The India

Australia won by 3 wickets

T20 01 of 02 ( Aus Lead 1- 0)

India - 126/7 20/20 ov RR: 6.30

Australia - 127/7 20/20 ov RR: 6.35

v Australia have won by three wickets in a last-over finish

v Bumrah's(3/16) nearly secures the match for hosts

v Maxwell's half-century dwarfs 127 targets for Aussies

v Cummins, Richardson combine to secure 14 off last over

v KL Rahul's 35-ball fifty in low-score total in vain

Jhye Richardson and Pat Cummins managed 14 off the last over as Australia sneaked to a three-wicket victory in a low-scoring affair at Visakhapatnam.

A tense and twitchy finale to this low-scoring match saw India squeeze home in this heavyweight battle and set up the series perfectly.

Neither side found much fluency with the bat as the bowlers took center stage, a 50 apiece from India's KL Rahul (50) and Australia's Glenn Maxwell (56) the only significant contributors. Chasing India's lowly 126/7, the tourists look nailed on to win comfortably until Maxwell's departure, and when a collapse ensued following a valiant effort from Jasprit Bumrah (3/16) and co, the game was left hanging in the balance on the final delivery.

Cummins hit the winning runs with two required from the final ball, the drive back past Umesh Yadav allowing the pair to get back safely and secure the victory.

The hosts were put into bat, and despite losing Rohit Sharma early on to Jason Behrendorff (1/16), India made a swift start to their innings, Rahul and Virat Kohli combining for 55 before India's skipper perished for 24, chipping one down the ground to long-off and gifting Adam Zampa (1/22) his solitary scalp.

From there, wickets fell frequently and 17 became the next-highest partnership as the Aussie bowlers began to hone their lines. Rishabh Pant ran himself out for 3 before Nathan Coulter-Nile forced Rahul to toe-end one to mid-off, the 26-year old leaving the field after notching a stylish, 36-ball 50.

Coulter-Nile (3/26) rounded off a wonderful spell with the subsequent scalps of Dinesh Karthik (1) and Krunal Pandya (1), and MS Dhoni could not pick up the pace as he was left stranded with the tail. He prevailed unbeaten on 29 from 37, putting on 17 with No.11 Yuzvendra Chahal (0*), but 126/7 never looked enough, as economical spells from Cummins (1/19) and D'arcy Short (1/10) had pinned India back.

Australia's reply began dreadfully when two wickets fell in two balls leaving them 5/2, Marcus Stoinis (1) being run out by Yadav before Aaron Finch received a first-baller, the imperious Bumrah getting one to nip in a touch and pin the Aussie skipper lbw. Short and Maxwell then negotiated the India attack with relative ease, accumulating smartly and on course with the required run-rate, and the match looked to be all-but in the bag.

That was until Maxwell spooned one skyward and was caught as Chahal (1/28) got one to grip, and Short fell two overs later for a run-a-ball 37, becoming Australia's second run-out victim after an almighty mix-up with debutant Peter Handscomb in the middle. Krunal (1/17) then bowled Ashton Turner for a duck as the middle-order batter searched fruitlessly for the extravagant sweep, and 89/2 had fast become 102/5.

Cummins (7*) hit the winning runs off the final ball of the match Cummins (7*) hit the winning runs off the final ball of the match

Runs dried up majorly following Turner's departure, with Handscomb (13) and Coulter-Nile (4) scratching around for singles, and India looked to have seized the momentum when Bumrah dislodged them both in the penultimate over, leaving 14 needed from the last six balls.

Yadav could not provide the goods though, as either side of a couple of singles and a two, Richardson flayed away for four behind square on the off-side and Cummins smashed one through the covers for another boundary to leave the hosts within touching distance of victory. Cummins pushed one back past Yadav and ran well to get two off the last delivery, securing a tense but rewarding three-wicket victory for his side.

India will look to bounce back in the second T20I which takes place on Wednesday, 27 February in Bangalore.