Afghanistan is locking horns with Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The fixture becomes interesting for their head-to-head clash. Both teams are trying hard to give their best. Both are on their way to the top 4. If Afghanistan wins the match then, their road to the top 4 stage will be a little less completed. Australia is a strong contender for the top 4 stage. But in the second innings, when Marnus Labuschagne was batting, some unusual happened.
The Unusual Thing:
In the second innings, Australian batters were getting out quickly. The first 4 wickets got down quickly. Afghan bowlers were dominating the Aussies. Naveen-ul-Haq picked up the first two wickets. Then Omarzai came and dominated the opponent for a while. But in between this something an incident happened.
At that time, Australia was 4 down and Labuschagne was on the crease. Naveen-ul-Haq was bowling. Then Labuschagne told him to stop because he was having some issues. There was some movement happening above the sight screen. He was disturbed by the movement and the play was to halt for a short time.
A Match Tour:
It is a crucial match for both teams. In the beginning, Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first. In the first innings, Afghanistan didn’t have a good start but Ibrahim Zadran held the innings. Rahmanullah Gurbaz got out by scoring 20 runs. Ibrahim Zadran played an unbeaten knock of 129 runs in 143 balls. Rashid Khan remained unbeaten on was contained with 8 boundaries and 3 over-boundaries. Rahmat Shah played a knock of 30 runs. They set a target of 292 for the opponent.
In the second innings, Australia didn’t start well. Travis Head got out by golden duck. After that David Warner got out by scoring 18 runs. Mitchell Marsh got out by scoring 24 runs in 11 balls. Marcus Stoinis scored 6 and walked away. Glenn Maxwell is still unbeaten on 90 runs in 72 balls. Afghan bowlers were exceptionally good. Naveen-ul-Haq took two wickets in the beginning. Azmatullah Omarzai took 2 wickets in 24 runs. Rashid Khan took 2 wickets in 30 runs. Australia is on 183/7 after 32 overs.
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