It all went in Afghanistan’s favour during their Super 12s opening match between Afghanistan and Scotland at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday (October 25), where the Mohammad Nabi-led side demolished Kyle Coetzer’s Scottish side defeating them by 130 runs in the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
There were few players from the Afghanistan dugout who delivered extraordinary performances to take their team to victory. Najibullah Zadran was one of them who made a quick 59, followed by Hazratullah Zazai’s 44 and Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 46 runs. All of them played solid knocks full of proper powerful cricketing shots all around the park and help their side to post a massive total of 190/4 in 20 overs batting first.
After putting such a huge total on board, it was time for some Afgan bowlers to do the trick and restrict Scotland below 190. Talented Afgan spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan took 5 and 4 wickets respectively as Afghanistan demolished the Scotland batting lineup and restricted them for just 60 runs. Mujeeb Ur Rahman won the Player of the Match award for his rare incredible bowling and picking up a fifer in a World Cup T20 Match which is a very big achievement.
Despite match-winning performances by the Afghan spinners Mujeeb and Rashid, the spotlight was on their star wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Shahzad who won hearts with his hilarious interaction with the press before the start of the encounter against Scotland. He also contributed his team to put up such a big total and scored 22 runs off 15 balls.
Netizens couldn’t get enough of Shahzad’s personality and loving vibe as the power-hitting batter called himself a ‘Natural Beauty‘ when he was asked about his latest hairstyle. A reporter’s remark on Shahzad’s hairstyle went viral on all over social media as she asked him, “Your hair’s looking good too huh? Do you spend a lot of time on that?”.
Shahzad hilariously replied by saying, “Really?! No, I just take uh… 35 seconds to get ready. Natural beauty. I don’t waste time in the washroom to fix my hair. A lot of girls say I look cute. it’s all-natural,” Shahzad chuckled.
Check out Mohammad Shahzad’s funny video here:
Mohammad Nabi and his men have a tough challenge coming up as they face Babar Azam’s Pakistan cricket team in their next Super 12 match on Friday (October 29) at the Dubai International Stadium.