The teen left-arm leg spinner Noor Ahmed showed his class with his maiden five-wicket and career-best figures in the T20 format. He achieved this feat for Durban Super Giants against Paarl Royals at Kingsmead, Durban on 28th January 2024.
It was an impressive performance by the Durban Super Giants team registering a dominating 125-run win. Durban Super Giants captain Keshav Maharaj won the toss and decided to bat first. Despite a poor start, Breetezke’s 78, Stoinis’s 38, and quickfire 50 off 17 deliveries helped Durban Super Giants post 208 for 7 in 20 overs.
Noor Ahmad was at his prime best not allowing Paarl Royals batters to score runs easily and picking wickets. He took the important wicket of Royals captain David Miller and Andile Phehlukawyo off successive deliveries to put pressure on the opponents. He then deceived Bjorn Fortuin.
Ahmad struck to dismiss McCoy and Shamsi ending the match as Durban Super Giants registered a thumping 125 runs victory. The star leg spinner ended with figures of 5 for 11 in 3.2 overs making life tough for Paarl Royals batters. With this win, Durban Super Giants. With this victory, Durban Super Giants moved to the top of the points table with another bonus point.
A maiden T20 five-wicket haul for Noor Ahmad as Super Giants got a huge 125-run win over Royals to stay top of the #SA20 table šhttps://t.co/Ki9BCSlFKz pic.twitter.com/4ZxhAnwokJ
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) January 28, 2024
Noor Ahmad showed his class for Durban Super Giants in his second match of the SA T20 2024. The star leg spinner proved its worth by picking 3 for 22 from 4 overs against Mumbai Indians Cape Town that was played at Newlands, Cape Town on 23rd January 2024. After posting 157 for 6 in 20 overs, Durban Super Giants bowlers kept tight lines and lengths not allowing Mumbai Indians Cape Town batters to score runs easily.
Noor Ahmad’s performance for T20Is and T20s
Noor Ahmad made his T20I debut for Afghanistan on 14th June 2022. Since then, he played a total of 4 T20Is (3 innings) and took a total of 4 wickets at an economy of 7.0 runs per over including best figures of 4 for 10 on his debut. He was taken to the cleaners by Jaiswal and Dube in the second T20I at Indore.
The left-arm leg spinner made his IPL debut for Gujarat Giants against Rajasthan Royals at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 16th April 2023. He played a total of 13 IPL matches (13 innings) at an economy of 7.82 runs per over including best figures of 3 for 37. Noor was the best bowler for Gujarat Titans in the finals of the 2023 edition against Chennai Super Kings where he grabbed 2 for 17 as CSK registered a thrilling last-ball win.
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