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Left-arm pacer Farooqi (5/9) then knocked the wind out of the Ugandan batting line up with his maiden five-wicket haul as the debutants were shot out for 58 in 16 overs.
 "T20 World Cup 2024 AFG vs UGA highlights: Afghanistan thrash Uganda by 125 runs")
Afghanistan pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi produced a fiery spell after Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran's solid opening partnership to begin their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign with a comprehensive 125-run victory over debutants Uganda at Providence Stadium in Guyana on June 4 (Tuesday).
Kolkata Knight Riders opener Gurbaz (76 off 45 balls) and his partner Zadran (70 off 46 balls) struck fluent fifties to register the second highest opening partnership (154) in the men's T20 World Cup as Afghanistan posted a challenging 183/5 after being asked to bat.
Left-arm pacer Farooqi (5/9) then knocked the wind out of the Ugandan batting line up with his maiden five-wicket haul as the debutants were shot out for 58 in 16 overs.
| Uganda Inning | ||||||
| 58-10 (16 ov) CRR:3.63 | ||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Ronak Patel | b F Farooqi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200 |
| Simon Ssesazi (WK) | c F Farooqi b MU Rahman | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Roger Mukasa | lbw b F Farooqi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riazat Ali Shah | b F Farooqi | 11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 32.35 |
| Dinesh Nakrani | b N Haq | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75 |
| Alpesh Ramjani | c G Naib b N Haq | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robinson Obuya | c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b F Farooqi | 14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 56 |
| Brian Masaba (C) | c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b F Farooqi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bilal Hassan | lbw b R Khan | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Cosmas Kyewuta | Not out | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Henry Ssenyondo | b R Khan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 9 (b 0, Ib 2, w 7, nb 0, p 0) | |||||
| Total | 58 (10 wkts, 16 Ov) | |||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | WD | ECO |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5.33 |
| Naveen ul Haq | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Afghanistan Inning | ||||||
| 183-5 (20 ov) CRR:9.15 | ||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) | c Riazat Ali Shah b A Ramjani | 76 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 168.89 |
| Ibrahim Zadran | b B Masaba | 70 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 152.17 |
| Najibullah Zadran | c DM Nakrani b B Masaba | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Mohammad Nabi | Not out | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
| Gulbadin Naib | c B Masaba b C Kyewuta | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | c A Ramjani b C Kyewuta | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Rashid Khan (C) | Not out | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| Extras | 10 (b 1, Ib 2, w 6, nb 1, p 0) | |||||
| Total | 183 (5 wkts, 20 Ov) | |||||
| Bowler | O | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
| Alpesh Ramjani | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.25 |
| Cosmas Kyewuta | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 |
| Dinesh Nakrani | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.33 |
| Bilal Hassan | 2 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Henry Ssenyondo | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.5 |
| Riazat Ali Shah | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Brian Masaba | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 |
First Published: Jun 04 2024 | 5:16 AM IST
