Delhi: Afghanistan has strengthened its hold in the second test match against Zimbabwe and is very close to victory. By the end of the fourth day’s play, Zimbabwe had scored 205 runs for 8 wickets, needing 73 more runs to win. Afghanistan needs two more wickets. Rashid Khan has bowled brilliantly and taken six wickets during this period.
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Ismat Alam played a brilliant inning of 101 runs in 181 balls in his debut match, which gave Afghanistan a strong lead. At the same time, Rashid Khan also contributed 23 runs. Afghanistan’s second innings ended at 363 runs and Zimbabwe got the target of 277 runs. Rashid put Zimbabwe on the back foot by taking 6 wickets in the second innings. Even in Zimbabwe’s first innings, Rashid had dismissed 4 batsmen. So far he has taken a total of 10 wickets including the first and second innings. Along with this, Rashid has achieved the feat of taking more than 10 wickets 3 times in the 6 test matches played so far.
10 WICKET HAUL FOR RASHID KHAN IN THE SECOND TEST AGAINST ZIMBABWE 🌟
– The GOAT of Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/SgDzANqDaP
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 5, 2025
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Zimbabwe had a very poor start while chasing the target of 278 runs. The team lost the first wicket for 43 runs. After this Rashid bowled magically and destroyed Zimbabwe’s top order. Although captain Craig Ervin returned unbeaten after scoring 53 runs, the team has to score 73 more runs to win. Afghanistan need two wickets, and Zimbabwe will have to make a big effort to avoid defeat.
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