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Afghanistan Vs West Indies 1st T20I Match: Preparations of all the teams have started for the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, which is going to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Almost every team is practicing for the match by playing against each other. The ongoing 3-match T20 series between Afghanistan and West Indies is also a part of the same series, the first match of which was played on January 19 at the Dubai International Stadium. In this match, Afghanistan defeated West Indies by 38 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Ibrahim Zadran played an important role in defeating West Indies, who comes from the place in Afghanistan where 45 missiles were once fired, due to which the area was half destroyed.
When 45 missiles were fired on Jadran’s home town
Afghanistan opening batsman Ibrahim Zadran’s home is in Khost, a small town 150 kilometers from Kabul. In 1988, when Al Qaeda attacked the American Embassy. Then 45 missiles were fired in this same Khost area. Half of Khost was destroyed due to missile attack. Even after the Soviet Union left Afghanistan, Khost remained Osama’s base.
Zadran played a big role in winning against West Indies
Ibrahim Zadran not only led Afghanistan to victory in the first T20 International match of the West Indies series, but also broke two big records. In which his fellow player Darvis Rasooli also got full support. Let us tell you that both these batsmen played the biggest innings of their career in the first T20 International against West Indies. Due to which Afghanistan, batting first, scored 181 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. In response to which the West Indies team could score only 143 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.
Ibrahim Zadran broke Mohammad Shahzad’s record
In the first T20 International against West Indies, Ibrahim Zadran remained unbeaten till the end and played an excellent inning of 87 runs in 56 balls at a strike rate of 155.35. This innings included 8 fours and 3 sixes. This is the biggest score of Ibrahim Zadran’s T20 International career. Apart from this, this is also the fourth consecutive half-century scored by his bat in T20 International. With this, he became the batsman with the highest number of 14 half-centuries in T20 International for Afghanistan. In this matter he has broken the record of Mohammad Shahzad.
Zadran-Rasooli made the record of the biggest partnership
Apart from Brahim Zadran, Darvis Rasooli also made his highest score in T20 International by playing an inning of 84 runs in 59 balls, which included 8 fours and 2 sixes. Rasooli along with Zadran made a partnership of 162 runs for the third wicket, which is the biggest partnership for this wicket so far by Afghanistan in T20 International. In this case, he broke the record of partnership of Asghar Afghan and Hazratullah Zazai.