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Desert Vipers win maiden ILT20 title after beating MI Emirates in final
England all-rounder Sam Curran struck an unbeaten 74 as Desert Vipers claimed their first International League T20 title, defeating MI Emirates by 46 runs.
Sent in to bat, the Vipers were reduced to 36-2 inside four overs before Curran steadied the innings with an 89-run stand for the third wicket alongside Max Holden, who scored 41 from 32 balls. Curran later added 57 with Dan Lawrence (23 off 15), who was run out on the final delivery. Curran’s 51-ball innings featured eight fours and two sixes.
Chasing the target, defending champions MI Emirates faltered early, slipping to 54-4. Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah claimed two of those wickets, including that of England’s Tom Banton, the hero of Qualifier 2 with a match-winning half-century.
MI Emirates never recovered and were eventually dismissed for 136 in 18.3 overs.
Curran ended the tournament as the leading run-scorer with 397 runs, while Afghanistan’s Waqar Salamkheil and UAE’s Ajay Kumar finished as joint top wicket-takers with 18 each.
Sorkh Poshan Khafi and Abu Muslim Farah played out a goalless draw in the 64th match of the sixth season of Afghanistan Champions League Roshan in Kabul on Friday.
The match was held at the Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium, with neither side able to break the deadlock despite creating opportunities throughout the game.
Both teams pushed for a breakthrough in the first and second halves, as well as during added time, but their efforts proved unsuccessful, leaving the score at 0-0 at the final whistle.
Sorkh Poshan Khafi will next face Istiqlal Kabul on November 2, while Abu Muslim Farah are scheduled to take on Khurasan Faryab on November 3.
All matches of the sixth season of Afghanistan Champions League Roshan are broadcast live on Ariana Television.
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Rashid Khan makes history as first-ever bowler to claim 200 T20I wickets
The Afghanistan Cricket Board celebrated the achievement, describing it as an incredible milestone in international cricket.
Afghanistan cricket superstar Rashid Khan has made history by becoming the first-ever bowler to take 200 wickets in men’s Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket.
The former Afghanistan captain achieved the remarkable milestone on Thursday during Afghanistan’s second T20I match against Zimbabwe in Sharjah, dismissing Tadiwanashe Marumani LBW for two runs in the ninth over.
According to the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), Rashid reached the historic landmark in his 120th T20I appearance, recording an impressive bowling average of 13.96 and an economy rate of 6.13.
His outstanding T20I career also includes two five-wicket hauls, with best bowling figures of 5/3.
With 200 wickets to his name, Rashid now leads the all-time men’s T20I wicket-taking chart by 29 wickets ahead of England’s Adil Rashid, who sits in second place.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board celebrated the achievement, describing it as an incredible milestone in international cricket.
Rashid previously became the first Afghan bowler to reach 200 wickets in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) during a match against Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi in October last year.
The latest achievement further cements Rashid Khan’s place among the most successful T20 bowlers in international cricket and marks another proud moment for Afghanistan.
Afghanistan’s U-15 national football team defeated India 2-1 in the quarter-finals of Tier C at the FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival in Azerbaijan on Thursday.
The match marked Afghanistan’s eighth appearance in the competition, with the young Afghan side recording their fifth victory.
Afghanistan will face Hungary in the semi-finals of the placement competition for positions 81 to 88 later on Thursday.
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