Afghanistan clinch historic maiden Test victory, beat Ireland by 7 wickets
Cricket | March 18, 2019 16:23 ISTRashid Khan, Rahmat Shah and Ihsanullah Janat starred for Afghanistan as they beat Ireland by 7 wickets win their maiden Test match.
Rashid Khan, Rahmat Shah and Ihsanullah Janat starred for Afghanistan as they beat Ireland by 7 wickets win their maiden Test match.
Both teams are competing in only their second Test match since gaining Test status in 2017.
Afghanistan were eyeing a much bigger lead before Ireland hit back and claimed the last five wickets for 87 runs in the last session.
Shane Warne also refused to buy the argument that finger spinners are losing relevance in limited overs format.
Rashid (2-20) ran Ireland into deep trouble when he dismissed two of the five Ireland debutants in his first over as Afghanistan bowled out Ireland for 178.
Afghanistan will go into this year's World Cup with an arsenal of experienced cricketers and promising youngsters.
Rashid's 5-27 included the wickets of George Dockrell (18), Shane Getkate (2) and Simi Singh (0) of the first three deliveries of the 18th over.
Afghanistan had won the first T20 by five wickets to go 1-0 up in the three-match series and with Zazai smashing an unbeaten 162, Afghanistan demolished Ireland to clinch the series.
In their last encounter, when Ireland hosted Afghanistan, the latter defeated them in both the T20 series as well as ODIs.
The Indian skipper dropped four places to be jointly 19th with Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza.
The right-arm bowler said that the World Cup tournament is going to be a good experience for them and that they would try and give their best.
Khan had announced the news of his father's demise on Twitter.
Big names like Rashid Khan, Mujeebur Rahman and Mohammed Shehzad, who are busy with the T10 League in the Middle East, would join the camp later.
Kohli remained in pole position with 899 points while limited overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma remained second in the list.
Rohit Sharma jumps to second spot in ICC ODI rankings, Virat Kohli remains on top.
Rashid's all-round performances in the Asia Cup made him the first from his country to reach the top spot in the ICC rankings. He also claims the top spot in the T20I bowlers rankings.
This is for the second time that Rohit Sharma is in second position, having first reached number two in July this year.
Eight teams have formed some of the best combinations from a pool of 64 top cricketers in the players' draft for T10League.
Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan claimed two wickets each as Afghanistan pulled off a thrilling last-ball tie against India.
Afghanistan skipper had brushed his shoulder with Hasan as he passed him while taking a run when he was bowling the 37th over.
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