Scotland play Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup 2021 on Monday (October 25) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Afghanistan won the match by 130 runs. Meanwhile, Afghanistan's wicketkeeper Mohammad Shehzad's catch in the match caught everyone's attention.
In this match, Afghanistan had set a target of 191 runs for victory against Scotland. Chasing this target, Scotland lost instant wickets. Meanwhile, in the 5th over of the innings, new Ul Haq came from Afghanistan to bowl. Matthew Cross of Scotland tried to play a shot on the third ball he bowled in this over. But the ball touched his bat and went back.
At the same time, Shahzad hit the ball to the right and hit the ball accurately. He also had a great celebration after taking this amazing catch. The video of his catch is currently going viral.
Scotland's only wicket was a catch. Scotland's other nine wickets were in the form of traps and triplets, and were taken by young Afghan spinners Mujib-ur-Rehman and Rashid Khan. Mujib took 5 wickets and Rashid took 4 wickets. Scotland were all out for 60 in 10.2 overs.
Earlier in the day, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first. Accordingly, he also upheld the decision. Afghanistan scored 190 for 4 in 20 overs. Najibullah Zadran top-scored for Afghanistan with 59 off 34 balls. He hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in this match.
Rehmanullah Gurbaj scored 46 runs while Hazratullah Zazai scored 44 runs. Mohammad Shahzad also contributed 22 runs and Mohammad Nabi 11 not out.
From Scotland, Safian Sharif took the most 2 wickets. So, Josh Dewey and Mark Watt took 1 wicket each.
