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Afghanistan were always on top in Friday’s contest after winning the toss and electing to bat.
Afghanistan kept their semifinal hopes alive with a well-earned 21-run win against Australia, and it will certainly heal the scars of the loss to the Aussies in last year's ODI World Cup.
The advantage of leg-spinners is the wide variety of deliveries at their disposal. Further, the batsmen usually find it more difficult to play the ball leaving them rather than those coming into them.
With Kolkata needing 29 runs off the final over, Yash Dayal was handed the ball and after Umesh Yadav took a single off the first delivery, Rinku cut loose.
They restricted the young Pakistan side, led by Shadab Khan, to 92/9 and chased down the target with 13 balls to spare.
'If playing vs Afghanistan is so uncomfortable for Australia, then I wouldn't want to make anyone uncomfortable with my presence in the BBL. Therefore, I will be strongly considering my future in that competition,' Rashid said.
Nabi stepped down as captain in November, after Afghanistan were eliminated from the T20 World Cup without winning a match.
Bangladesh stifled Afghanistan in the run chase before Najibullah's belligerent 43 not out off 17 balls, comprising six sixes, got his team over the line in 18.3 overs.
The 23-year-old Afghanistan spinner has posted a short video of him holding a golf club and replicating the shot, which has a hint of M S Dhoni's 'helicopter shot' and a bit of a hockey player's drag-flick. The video has received thousands of likes.
The challenges that batsmen face towards the finals overs of an innings in limited overs games are numerous and complicated than the ones faced by those at the top of the order.
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