Allah Ghazanfar the newly-minted T20 Rising Groups Asia Cup champion with Afghanistan A a couple of weeks in the past, confirmed his magic for the senior facet on Wednesday when he ran by the Bangladeshi batting line up like scorching knife in butter, selecting up 6 wickets for simply 26 runs.
Bangladesh have been at one level 120/2 earlier than Ghazanfar snapped up 3 wickets in an over and completed with 6 because the guests collapsed for simply 143, handing Afghanistan a 92-run win.
Tanzid Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam all fell sufferer to Ghazanfar’s fiery spell.
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AM Ghazanfar delivered an outstanding bowling efficiency for #AfghanAtalan and claimed his career-best figures of 6/26 to earn the Participant of the Match award. 🤩
Excellent bowling, Ghaz! 👏#GloriousNationVictoriousTeam pic.twitter.com/udGRCI1vK7
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) November 6, 2024
Ghazanfar was the participant of the match within the last in opposition to Sri Lanka A within the aforementioned Rising groups match when he had snapped up two wickets to assist his crew to win their maiden trophy.
The 18-year-old Ghazanfar was a member of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad which went on to win the 2024 Indian Premier League, drafted in for the injured Mujeeb Ur Rahman however didn’t play a single sport for the franchise.
The participant had made his worldwide debut for Afghanistan in opposition to Eire when he was simply 16 12 months previous and was additionally a part of the U-19 T20 World Cup earlier within the 12 months the place his finest efficiency was when he took 3 wickets in opposition to New Zealand.
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AMG with an early blow! 👏#AfghanAtalan | #AFGvBAN | #GloriousNationVictoriousTeam pic.twitter.com/GQoNwIawZk
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) November 6, 2024
In a chat with ICC’s social media deal with through the ICC U19 Males’s Cricket World Cup, Ghazanfar had revealed that his favorite supply was the carrom ball.
“My favorite cricketer is Ravichandran Anhwin. He’s a world-class crickter and a legend. He bowls so many variations of off-spin bowling. I’m intently monitoring the world’s finest,” Ghazanfar instructed ICC.
He additionally stated that he initially began out as a tempo bowler and a batter in tape ball cricket earlier than he joined an academy.
“I practised quick bowling for a month on the academy. However then the coach there began to inform me to bowl spin. Once I began bowling spin, the coach noticed me and realised I used to be really doing effectively. He actually beloved a few of my variations like carrom ball, google, off spin and again spin. He instructed me I might turn into an excellent bowler sooner or later. And so I began to work on that dream,” he instructed ICC.