AFG vs ZIM Stats Preview 2nd T20I Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe
Published on: Mar 18, 2021 3:30 pm IST|Updated on: Mar 18, 2021 2:22 pm IST
AFG vs ZIM Stats : Afghanistan will face off Zimbabwe in the second T20I match at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday, 19 March. Afghanistan lead 1-0 in the series and will look to seal the series while Zimbabwe will be looking forward for a come back with a better performance.
AFG vs ZIM Stats Preview
In the first match Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 48 runs. In that match their performance was good as opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz and captain Ashgar Afghan led from front in the batting and then spinner Rashid Khan, Karim Janat and Fareed Malik stepped up with the ball and overall it’s a good performance and they will look to replicate it in this match as well. On the other side, Zimbabwe who didn’t bowl well will look for a come back and their pacers need to bowl better lines on these flat tracks and batsmen too need to bat with sensible approach.
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Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe Statistical Preview of the Second T20I : A list of all the major stats and records ahead of the Second T20I between Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi –
Head to Head in T20I Cricket : Afghanistan and Zimbabwe have played 10 T20I matches against each other so far.
Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in T20I Cricket
Matches – 10
AFG won – 9
ZIM won – 1
4 – Sean Williams needs 4 more wickets to go past Graeme Cremer’s tally of 35 wickets and become leading wicket taker for Zimbabwe in T20I Cricket.
6 – Afghanistan have won 6 out of 8 T20I matches they played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
0 – Number of wickets Mohammad Nabi has taken in his last 13 T20I matches. He last took a wicket against Ireland two years ago and since then he bowled in 12 T20Is and has gone wicket less every time.
6 – Afghanistan have won 5 of their last 6 T20I matches while Zimbabwe have lost each of their last 6 matches in this format.
16.3 – Rashid Khan’s bowling average against Zimbabwe in T20I Cricket. He has taken 16 wickets in 10 T20I matches at this average.
1000 – Najibullah Zadran needs 24 more runs to become the fifth batsman from Afghanistan to score 1000 runs in T20I Cricket.
50 – The first T20I match was 50th T20I match for Asghar Afghan as captain of Afghanistan team.
Asghar Afghan’s captaincy record in T20I Cricket :
T20I Matches – 50
Won – 40
Lost – 9
Tied – 1
25 – Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz has scored 25 or more runs in each of his last five T20I innings. His last five scores read (most recent first) – 87, 42, 35, 28 and 79.
250 – Rashid Khan has played 250 matches in T20 Cricket, in which he has taken 347 wickets so far.
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