Twitter Reactions: Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe to take home the T20I series

Twitter Reactions: Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe to take home the T20I series: Afghanistan had come to Zimbabwe expecting to earn experience and in the process also try and win a few matches, but as they close the series with the 2^nd and the last T20I at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo they will take home the ODI and T20 series winner’s trophy. The 2^nd T20I between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan came very close, the visitors at one stage needed 40 runs from half the number of balls, but Gulbadin Naib’s unbeaten half-century ensured they won with a ball to spare.

Elton Chigumbura won the toss and elected to bat first, but the decision looked edgy as Dawlat Zadran once again struck early to remove Chamu Chibhabha for a duck and soon Zimbabwe they were two down for 30 inside 4 overs. Thereafter Sean Williams and Richmond Mutumbami took control of the innings and scored 54 and 43 respectively. With late contributions from Waller and Madziva they managed to get to a par looking 190 in their 20 overs.

Coming in to chase 191, though the task looked big, but the Afghan batsmen were up for it right from the start. Their top three, Mohammad Shahzad (24), Usman Ghani (65) and Gulbadin Naib (56*) made the job easy as Ghani guided his team home to a famous victory with his unbeaten half-century.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Afghanistan’s series win, checkout the Twitter Reactions:

https://twitter.com/SAMPATH_B24/status/659376771901485056

@ESPNcricinfo #ZimvAfg What a amazing chase by Afghanistan. Could you upload the Highlights of this great game? thanks

— Farid Hayati (@FariDesign) October 28, 2015

https://twitter.com/jesskmcq/status/659377072712777729

Gulbadin Naib's sensational 28 ball fifty seals a final over 5 wicket win v Zimbabwe in the 2nd T20I #ZimvAfg

— SahYl kHan (@sahylkahn) October 28, 2015

STAT: @ACBofficials chased 191 runs to win the 2nd T20I v @ZimCricketv, 9th highest successful chase in T20s. #Cricket #ZIMvAFG

— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) October 28, 2015

Afghanistan win both the ODI and T20 series in Zimbabwe.. Great news indeed.. Well done.. But says a lot where Zimbabwe is headed too.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) October 28, 2015

Zimbabwe just cannot win a game of cricket against Afghanistan nowadays.

— Shubh AggarWall (@shubh_chintak) October 28, 2015

Phenomenal effort by Afghanistan to win both the ODI and T20 series against Zimbabwe.

— Francis Kelly (@_Franciskelly) October 28, 2015

Not even at home this, whattay performance from @ACBofficials! Deserved all the accolades! #ZIMvAFG

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) October 28, 2015

#ZIMvAFG, 2nd T20I: Afghanistan won by 5 Wickets | ZIM – 190/7 (20) | AFG – 191/5 (19.5) | Gulbadin Naib – 56*(31) pic.twitter.com/Yn5cickbN5

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 28, 2015

https://twitter.com/MainSurya/status/659377720468635653

The associate #Afghanistan beat @ICC full member #Zimbabwe in another series winning T20 2-0. Won ODI 3-2. #ZIMvsAFG

— Cricketainment (@Bibasanjan) October 28, 2015

another historical win for Afghanistan cricket team, they have T20I series.

— Rahim Gul Sarwan (@rgsarwan) October 28, 2015

What a magnificient win for Afghanistan. Beat Zimbabwe again. This time by 5 wkts & 1 ball to spare in the 2nd T20I
Won series 2-0#ZimvAfg

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) October 28, 2015

https://twitter.com/SAMPATH_B24/status/659375750932381700

Gulbadin Naib's sensational 28 ball fifty seals a final over 5 wicket win v Zimbabwe in the 2nd T20I #ZimvAfg pic.twitter.com/RDZWg0L91U

— ICC (@ICC) October 28, 2015

https://twitter.com/AltCricket/status/659385643664023552

Congratulations @ACBofficials Good show !!!#ZimvAfg

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) October 28, 2015

Win% in #T20I
min 10 games
62.32 SL
61.96 Pak
59.76 SAf
57.58 Afg
56.76 Neth
56.14 Ind
51.28 Aus
49.28 WI
48.19 NZ
47.37 Eng#ZimvAfg

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) October 28, 2015