Mujeeb stars in Afghan’s win against Scotland

Afghanistan beat Scotland by 130 runs in a Group 2 match of Super 12 stage in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Monday.

Afghanistan first posted a challenging 190 for four after opting to bat and then bundled out Scotland for just 60 run in 10.2 overs to pull off a huge win in Group 2. Scotland piled up 27 runs in the first three overs before Mujeeb scalped Scotland skipper Kyle Coetzer and Calum MacLoed off successive balls.

Mujeeb didn’t get his hat-trick but two balls later he trapped Richie Berrington to reduce Scotland to 28 for three after four overs.

Wickets continued to tumble for Scotland as Matthew Cross and George Munsey (25) departed in the next two overs.

The trend continued as Michael Leask, Chris Greaves and Mark Watt too failed to counter the guile of Rashid Khan (4/9) and Mujeeb.

After Mujeeb, it was Rashid’s turn to cause destruction as he polished off Scotland the tail to hand Afghanistan a big win.

Scotland’s struggle against spin can be gauged from the fact that five of their batters failed to open their accounts

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