Afghanistan vs Ireland 2024: Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan (Rashid Khan) created history by breaking a 14-year-old record in the first T20I match against Ireland at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on March 15.

Rashid Khan recorded the best bowling figures as Afghanistan captain in T20I cricket with his spell of 4-0-19-3 in the first T20I against Ireland. Let us tell you, Navroz Mangal had held this record in his name since February 2010 with figures of 4-0-23-3 in the final of the ICC World T-20 Qualifier against Ireland.

Rashid Khan created history in T20I cricket

Meanwhile, during Afghanistan’s 38-run defeat against Ireland in the first T20I, Rashid Khan took the wickets of Paul Stirling, Curtis Campher and Gareth Delany to help his team restrict Ireland to 149 for 6 in 20 overs. Was.

Here’s the best bowling figures recorded by the Afghanistan captain in T20I cricket:

Rashid Khan: 4-0-19-3 against Ireland (Sharjah) in 2024

Navroz Mangal: 4-0-23-3 against Ireland (Dubai) in 2010

Gulbadin Naib: 4-0-28-3 against Sri Lanka (Hangzhou) in 2023

Mohammed Nabi: 4-0-12-2 against Scotland (Sharjah) in 2013

Mohammed Nabi: 4-0-14-2 against Sri Lanka (Dubai) in 2022

Rashid Khan created history in international cricket

Furthermore, Rashid Khan completed 350 wickets in international cricket and became the first player for Afghanistan to achieve this feat. Rashid performed tremendously in his comeback match and this is a very good sign for Gujarat Titans (GT) ahead of the upcoming IPL 2024.

If we talk about the match, Ireland batted first and scored 149 runs on the board. In response to which Afghanistan cricket team collapsed for 111 runs. Now the second T20I match between Afghanistan and Ireland will be played today on March 17 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, and the final match is on March 18 at the same ground.