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West Indies tail-enders showed some fight, but the men in maroon still lost to Afghanistan by 38 runs in the first T20 at the Dubai International Stadium. Afghanistan batted first and posted 181 for three from their 20 overs. In reply, the Windies were restricted to 143 for nine from their 20 overs.
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00:00A-plus to Gurukish Moti for inflicting a run-out to remove Ramanula Gerbas early in the innings.
00:06Gerbas believed he was infringed upon but the umpire deemed it out.
00:11Sirikula Atal was next to fall for two, a one-handed catch from captain Brandon King in the slips.
00:17However, Ibrahim Zadran and Darius Rasouli took the game away from the windies.
00:22Both batsmen struck half-sentries and they played quite a few top-notch shots on their
00:26way to putting the visitors on the back foot.
00:29They struck 16 boundaries between them, and the windies could have had them out earlier
00:34except they could not hold on to catches.
00:36Zadran ending not out on 87, while Rasouli was dismissed for 84, Afghanistan reaches 181 for 3 from their 20 overs.
00:42A reply, a beautiful stroke from King.
00:48Zadran ending not out on 87, while Rasouli was dismissed for 84, Afghanistan reaches 181 for 3 from their 20 overs.
01:04A reply, a beautiful stroke from King, then they saw his dismissal.
01:18Evan Lewis did not seem settled at the start and he went trying to pull his way to success.
01:23Amini collapsed for the maroon followed.
01:26Johnson Charles for 27, and your favourite batsman, Shimran Hetmaier for 3 as well.
01:35Amir Django also made 3.
01:41He's given him another one, make that 693 wickets in T20s for Rashid Khan.
01:4850 for 5.
01:50Quinton Sampson, Matthew Ford and Moti were the batsmen that the West Indies needed.
01:55Sampson slapped his way to 30 before he was out caught behind.
01:59Ford and Moti played some great shots for 25 and 28 respectively.
02:03However, Ford's dismissal in the 18th over looked to be the end for the West Indies.
02:15Kari Pierre made a 3 as the West Indies were dismissed for 143 for 9 from their 20 overs.
02:21Afghanistan wins the first T20 by 38 runs.
02:24Serted for TVSexport.
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