Afghanistan’s captain Rashid Khan lost his mind and hurled his bat at batting companion Karim Janat following a miscommunication on the second run. The occurrence happened during the strained ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 Group 1 match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh played at Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent on Tuesday.
Battling at five wickets down for 107 runs only, it was already the twentieth over of Afghanistan’s innings. Rashid Khan who is famous for his violent way of batting attempted to make a helicopter shot off Tanzim Hasan Sakib. However, instead of taking the ball to mid wicket’s boundary he got a leading edge that sent it spiraling over covers.
Rashid immediately saw an opportunity to add pressure on fielders and went for another run. Nevertheless, Karim Janat, his other partner had already arrived close to the striker end from where he sent him back
Disappointed by this missed chance Rashid threw his bat towards Janat out of anger which left people amazed. However, Janat approached Rashid for some small talk hoping to cool him down but he walked away almost indifferent still burning.
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The Afghanistan batting order struggled with momentum as the top failed to build on starts. The highest scorer was Rahmanullah Gurbaz who had hit 43 runs in 55 deliveries; however, they were negated by a lower strike rate.
Ibrahim Zadran or Azmatullah Omarzai did not contribute much whereas Gulbadin Naib and Mohammad Nabi fell cheaply.
With all these confrontation Karim Janat scored 7 significant runs in 6 balls whereas Rashid Kahan remained unbeaten with 19 runs from 10 balls which once again showed how powerful he could be during death overs.
However, their attempts were thwarted by consistent bowling attacks from Bangladesh such as Tanzim Hasan Sakib Taskin Ahmed and Rishad Hossain who ensured that the Afghan batsmen did not score many runs thus Rishad took three wickets in the process.
Afghanistan had a poor power play, only 27 runs were made in six overs. Afghanistan scored 115 for 5 in twenty overs leaving their chances on the cards of their bowlers defending their low total.
