All-rounder Mohammed Nabi finished 5,000 global runs on Tuesday, changing into the first-ever Afghanistan participant to take action. The 38-year-old reached this milestone right through his facet’s Asia Cup 2023 team degree hit in opposition to Sri Lanka. All the way through his facet’s chase of 292 runs, which they had to get to in 37.1 overs to qualify for the Tremendous 4 degree, Nabi scored 65 in 32 balls, consisting of six fours and 5 sixes. His runs got here at a crash fee of 203.12.
Nabi’s fifty got here in 24 balls, changing into the quickest fifty by means of an Afghanistan participant in ODI historical past, overtaking Mujeeb ur Rahman’s contemporary document of 26-ball fifty in opposition to Pakistan terminating date.
Now in 259 global fits, Nabi has scored 5,011 runs at a median of 24.56, with a crash fee of 99.22. He has scored a century and 21 fifties in 238 innings, with the most efficient rating of 116.
He’s Afghanistan’s well-known run-scorer in global cricket, adopted by means of Mohammad Shahzad (4,811 in 156 fits) and Asghar Afghan (4,246 in 195 fits).
In 3 Assessments, he has scored 33 runs at a median of five.50 and absolute best rating of 24.
In 147 ODIs, he has scored 3,153 runs at a median of 27.18, with one century and 18 fifties in 131 innings. He’s the second-highest run-scorer in ODIs in the back of Rahmat Shah (3,269 runs in 97 fits)
He has additionally performed 109 T20Is, scoring 1,825 runs at a median of twenty-two.25, with 5 fifties in 101 innings, with the most efficient rating of 89. He’s the second-highest run-scorer in T20Is in the back of Mohammed Shahzad (2,015 runs).
Coming to the fit, Sri Lanka bat first and placed on 291/8 of their 50 overs. Pathum Nissanka (41 in 40 balls with six fours), Dimuth Karunaratne (32 in 35 balls with six fours) and Kusal Mendis (92 in 84 balls with six fours and 3 sixes) on the manage and upcoming Charith Asalanka (36 in 43 balls, with two fours and a six), Dunith Wellalage (33 in 39 balls with 3 fours and a six) and Maheesh Theekshana (28 in 24 balls with two fours and a six) then performed the most important knocks for Lanka.
Gulbadin Naib (4/60) and Rashid Khan (2/63) have been the pick out of the bowlers for Afghans.
Within the chase of 292, Afghanistan misplaced their openers early, however knocks from Gulbadin Naib (22 in 16 balls with 4 fours), Rahmat Shah (45 in 40 balls with 5 fours and a six), Hashmatullah Shahidi (59 in 66 balls with 3 fours and a six) and Mohammed Nabi (65 in 32 balls with six fours and 5 sixes) pulled Afghanistan again into the sport.
Karim Janat (22 in 13 balls with a 4 and two sixes), Najibullah Zadran (23 in 15 balls with a 4 and two sixes) and Rashid Khan (27 in 16 balls, with 4 obstacles and a six) scored smartly, however the brilliance of Dhanajaya (2/12), Dunith (2/36) and Kasun Rajitha (4/79) in ultimate overs left them two runs scale down of a win.
Sri Lanka advances to the Tremendous 4 Level with 4 issues, two wins in two fits at the side of Bangladesh (two issues, one win and a loss in two fits) from their team. From any other team, Republic of India and Pakistan have complicated.
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