Published 11:46 IST, August 21st 2020
Mohammad Nabi smashes Rashid Khan in SRH battle ahead of CPL 2020; watch video
Mohammad Nabi got the better of his Afghanistan & SRH teammate Rashid Khan as he put in a Player of the Match performance to help his side win in the CPL 2020.
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St Lucia Zouks registered ir first win of CPL 2020 season as y beat Barbos Tridents by seven wickets in a rain-hit game. With victory, Daren Sammy’s men climbed to third spot on CPL 2020 points table. Barbos Tridents, however, failed to build on ir earlier victory as y ended day at fifth spot. CPL 2020 match also saw an interesting encounter between Afghanistan and SRH teammates Mohamm Nabi and Rashid Khan.
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CPL 2020 match summary
Batting first, Barbos Tridents didn’t get to play ir 20 overs as rain played spoilsport. However, courtesy of useful contributions from captain Jason Holder and opener Johnson Charles, Barbos Tridents scored 131/7 in 18.1 overs. Mohamm Nabi, Roston Chase and Scott Kuggeleijn me handy contributions with ball as y consistently picked up wickets.
In second innings, however, DLS method came to rescue of St Lucia Zouks, with team being asked to chase down 47 runs from five overs. y mand to chase that easily, with some quickfire stroke-making from Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher and Mohamm Nabi guiding side to victory.
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Mohamm Nabi gets on top of Rashid Khan in unique SRH battle
Ar interesting matchup throughout CPL 2020 match was of one between Rashid Khan and Mohamm Nabi. Both cricketers play toger for Afghanistan team and even share same IPL jersey while playing for Sunrisers Hyderab (SRH). While Rashid Khan has h a strong start to CPL 2020 with both bat and ball, he struggled against Mohamm Nabi in this game.
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In first innings, Mohamm Nabi emerged victorious as he finished with impressive figures of 4-0-19-1. Rashid Khan didn’t get a chance to bat in first innings but came up against his SRH teammate in second innings.
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SRH leggie was given crucial second last over when equation re 18 needed off 12 balls. However, Mohamm Nabi got better of his SRH teammate. batsman picked up Rashid Khan’s first delivery from outside off and muscled it over long-on for a six. second delivery bore a similar result, with Mohamm Nabi again smacking Rashid Khan’s delivery for four. While Rashid Khan h last laugh as he dismissed Mohamm Nabi on his third delivery of over, dam was alrey done as Andre Fletcher helped guide St Lucia Zouks to a victory.
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Rashid Khan h a game to forget as he couldn’t help his side to a victory while he also conceded 24 runs in his two overs. On or hand, his SRH teammate Mohamm Nabi was awarded Player of Match for his all-round performance. It will be interesting to see how two Afghan cricketers fare when y play for SRH toger in IPL 2020 this year.
Im Courtesy: twitter/cpl
11:46 IST, August 21st 2020