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1st Twenty20 International, Bulawayo

Zimbabwe v Afghanistan, 2015-16

First Twenty20 international At Bulawayo, October 26, 2015. Afghanistan won by six wickets. ‡Zimbabwe 153-5 (20 overs) (Sikandar Raza 59, C. J. Chibhabha 54; Dawlat Zadran 3-29); Afghanistan 154-4 (19.1 overs) (Mohammad Shahzad 34, Mohammad Nabi 33*, Najibullah Zadran 37*). MoM: Dawlat Zadran. T20I debuts: T. S. Chisoro, W. P. Masakadza (Zimbabwe); Rashid Khan, Usman Ghani (Afghanistan).
Zimbabwe looked set for a formidable total when Sikandar and Chibhabha raced to 100 in the 13th over, but Dawlat's superb control over the old ball scuppered the charge. In the first over of his second spell he removed Chibhabha, then dismissed Williams and Ervine with successive deliveries in his next. Shahzad, with 34 from 21 balls, ensured Afghanistan kept up with the required rate and, after a wobble to 85-4 after 11 overs, Nabi and Najibullah coolly added 69*.

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