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Former world number one Afghanistan all -rounder Ajmatullah Umarjai recorded a big record in the first match of Asia Cup 2025. Umarzai recorded the record for the fastest half -century in the Asia Cup T20 …Read more

In this match played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, Afghanistan was considered a strong contender for victory against Hong Kong. Afghanistan decided to bat first. In front of Hong Kong’s brilliant bowling, Afghanistan’s team was struggling for 110 runs after losing for 4 wickets at one time. Then a game of 15 overs was done. After this, Azmatullah Umarzai stepped on the crease and he changed the attitude of the match with his batting batting. Umarzai rained fours and sixes as soon as he arrived. He completed the fastest half -century in the Asia Cup T20 by completing a half -century off 20 balls.

Umarzai made a record of the fastest half -century.
Umarzai scored 53 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 2 fours
Twenty -five -year -old Umarjai scored 53 runs off 21 balls with the help of 5 sixes and two fours, during which his strike rate was 252.38. He demolished Suryakumar Yadav’s record, who hit a half -century off 22 balls in the Asia Cup T20. Umarzai also demolished the record of Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan, whose name was the record for the fastest fifty in T20 International cricket for Afghanistan. Nabi scored half a century against Ireland in 2017 against Ireland.
Suryakumar Yadav scored the fastest half -century against Hong Kong in the year 2022. At the same time, Rahmanullah Gurbaz of Afghanistan also scored a half -century against Sri Lanka in the same Asia Cup. Umarzai left both the batsmen behind.
Talking about Afghanistan vs Hong Kong match, Afghanistan started their campaign by 94 runs by Afghanistan with a half -century partnership between opener Sedikullah Atal and Ajmatullah Umrajai’s half -century and the two. Sedikullah (73 not out, 52 balls, four fours, three sixes) shared an 82 -run partnership for the fifth wicket with Umarjai (53 runs, 21 balls, five sixes, two fours) besides playing the best innings of his career, which scored 188 runs for six wickets. Sedikullah also added 51 runs for the third wicket with Mohammad Nabi (33).

Hong Kong killed 94 runs
Hong Kong’s team never appeared in the position of getting closer to the target. Despite Babur Hayat’s innings of 39 runs, the team could only manage 94 runs for nine wickets. Apart from Babur, only captain Yasim Murtaza (16) was able to reach the double issue. For Afghanistan, Gulbadin Naib (08/2) and Fazalhak Farooqui (16/2) took two wickets each while Ajmatullah Umarjai (04/1), Captain Rashid Khan (24/1) and Noor Ahmed (16/1) took one wicket each.

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Active in journalism for nearly 15 years. Study from Delhi University. Interest in sports, especially in cricket, badminton, boxing and wrestling. IPL, Commonwealth Games and Pro Wrestling League events have been covered. From February 2022 … Read more