Afghanistan won the match which Bangladesh was supposed to win easily. Selukas indeed! And that was made possible by the young Afghan Turk Allah Ghazanfar.
Ghazanfar took 6 wickets for 26 runs in the first ODI against Bangladesh in Sharjah yesterday. He is only 18 years old. Speaking of experience, Ghazanfar, who made his debut in March this year, played 5 matches for Afghanistan and took 4 wickets. It was his sixth match.
Everyone already knows what he showed against Bangladesh. But still let's take another look at this Afghan Turk's velki -
Bangladesh's selectors should rethink the way Bengal's 'famous' batsmen fell in front of the boy. Because Ghazanfar has fulfilled his dream by coming to his sixth match. And his two teammates star cricketers Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi gave credit to Afghanistan's 'New Mujib' for fulfilling that dream.
The first ODI of the series in Sharjah started with the return of opener Tanjid Hasan. Ghazanfar's one success in the first spell. Then he returned and took Rudramurthy in the second spell. He took five of Bangladesh's last seven wickets. Mushfiqur Rahim, Rishad Hossain and Taskin Ahmed returned in the 33rd over. And Rishad and Taskin were dismissed in two consecutive balls. A bowler's dream is to take the first 5 or more wickets.
And at the end of the match, Ghazanfar spoke about his dream come true - when I came to bowl in the first spell, the rhythm was good. Got one wicket. But after getting that wicket I could not bowl well. Then I thought about coming back stronger for the second spell and I did. I tried to bring victory to the team - I succeeded. He said, taking 5-6 wickets for the team is a dream of any bowler. I also had that dream, which was fulfilled today.