The only Test match against Afghanistan and Ireland is being played in Abu Dhabi.
At present the only Test match between Ireland and Afghanistan is being played in Abu Dhabi. Let us tell you that due to a technical glitch in this match, the photo of former Pakistani captain Babar Azam was seen, after which people started speculating whether Babar has started playing for Afghanistan?
But for your information, let us tell you that this was just a technical glitch, after which cricket fans started seeing the picture of Babar Azam in place of Hashmatullah Shahidi as the captain of Afghanistan on the screen. Also, within a short time, the photo of this defect started going viral on the internet very fast. After which the fans started discussing a lot about this.
See this viral photo of Babar Azam on the internet
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Afghanistan’s first innings was limited to 155 runs
On the other hand, if we give you information about this test match, the second day of play continues today on 29th February. So before this, on the first day of the match, Afghanistan’s first innings was limited to only 155 runs.
For the Afghan team, only opener Ibrahim Zadran was able to play a big inning of 53 runs, while Karim Janat contributed 41 runs. However, apart from this, no other player could play big innings. On the other hand, if we talk about Ireland’s bowling, Mark Adder got the maximum five wickets. Also, Curtis Camper and Craig Young got 2-2 wickets and Barry McCarthy got 1 wicket.
So till the time of writing the news, Ireland has scored 144 runs at the loss of 5 wickets after 49 overs in the first innings. At present, Lorcan Tucker is present at the crease with 13 runs and Paul Sterling with 30 runs. For the Afghan team, so far Naved Zadran has taken 3 wickets and Zia ur Rahman has taken 2 wickets in the first innings.