It might appear Mumbai Indians have a gem of their ranks. Eighteen-year-old thriller spinner Allah Ghazanfar confirmed off his spectacular expertise as soon as once more on Saturday as he took 5-33 as defeated hosts Zimbabwe by eight wickets within the third and remaining one-day worldwide on Saturday to say the sequence 2-0 after the opening sport was washed out by rain.
After electing to area first, Afghanistan took benefit of Zimbabwe’s brittle batting line-up to bowl the house facet out for 127 in 30.1 overs, with Ghazanfar, 18, and Rashid Khan (3-38) main the way in which. Sean Williams prime scored with 60.
Zimbabwe had been dismissed for 54 within the second ODI, so it was an enchancment, however by no means a complete to hassle the vacationers, who cruised to their victory goal for the lack of two wickets in 26.5 overs on the Harare Sports activities Membership. Opener Sediqullah Atal scored 52 from 50 balls after making 104 within the second fixture.
Ghazanfar will get one other 5-fer!🪄
The spin sensation made mild work of Zimbabwe’s batting line-up to bag his 2nd 5-wicket haul in ODIs in solely his eleventh ODI. #ZIMvAFGonFanCode pic.twitter.com/7p4K4LbKYm
— FanCode (@FanCode) December 21, 2024
Ghazanfar, in his temporary worldwide profession, has already registered two five-wicket hauls. He has picked up 21 wickets in 11 matches, with a better of 6/26 towards Bangladesh in Sharjah final month. He’s but to make his T20I debut however has a few four-wicket hauls in T20 cricket. He made his breakthrough on the ICC U19 World Cup. He 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. “It takes a variety of convincing for us to go for a overseas spinner,” Mumbai Indians proprietor Akash Ambani had stated after It takes a variety of convincing for us to go for specialist overseas spinners. We actually price Allah (Ghazanfar) as a bundle.”
In a chat with ICC’s social media deal with throughout the ICC U19 Males’s Cricket World Cup, Ghazanfar had revealed that his favorite supply was the carrom ball. “My favorite cricketer is Ravichandran Ashwin. He’s a world-class cricketer and a legend. He bowls so many variations of off-spin bowling. I’m intently monitoring the world’s finest.”
With Reuters Inputs
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