First ODI Summary: The Afghanistan team batted first in their first ODI and scored 287 runs with nine wickets down. Rahmanullah Gurbaz the keeper and the opener of the Afghanistan team batted with a strike-rate of 100. He scored 127 runs in his beautiful innings. He completed his brilliant innings with the help of wight boundaries and nine maximums. Javed Ahmadi added 38 runs to his team scorecard. The Afghanistan team’s first wicket down at 120, the fifth-wicket down at 161, and the seventh-wicket down at 208.
Najibullah Zadran and Rashid Khan’s contributions gave a huge edge to their team. Rashid Khan scored 55 runs off 30 balls at the end of the Afghanistan team’s innings. Andy McBrine took five wickets from Ireland. From the Ireland team’s reply to Aghanistan Paul Stirling scored 39 runs. Harry Tector 28, Curtis Campher 39, Lorcan Tucker † 83, and Simi Singh 23. Naveen-ul-Haq took three wickets, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan took two wickets each. In that match, Afghanistan won by 16 runs.
AFG vs IRE Highlights today Sunday, 1-24-2021 – 2nd ODI, Ireland tour of United Arab Emirates from Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Ireland won the toss and chose to bat first.
Afghanistan team: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan (capt), Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
Ireland team: Paul Stirling, Kevin O’Brien, Andy Balbirnie (capt), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Gareth Delany, Simi Singh, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young.
Match Timings: 06:00 GMT | 10:00 Local
Umpires – Bismillah Jan Shinwari, Izatullah Safi
TV Umpires – Ahmed Shah Pakteen
Match Referee – Manu Nayyar
Reserve Umpire – Ahmed Shah Durrani
Match number – ODI No. 4273
