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Ngarava, Bennett and Musekiwa set up thrilling Zimbabwe win

Zimbabwe 145 for 6 (Bennett 49, Myers 32, Naveen 3-33, Rashid 2-26) beat Afghanistan 144 for 6 (Karim Janat 54*, Mohammad Nabi 44, Ngarava 3-28) by four wickets

A 13-ball over from Naveen-ul-Haq and a dramatic final over where Tashinga Musekiwa found the boundary and sprinted between the wickets gave Zimbabwe a thrilling last-ball win in the opening T20I against Afghanistan.

Defending 144, Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan’s frugal spells combined with a four-run 18th over from Mujeeb Ur Rahman brought the equation down from 60 from 42 balls to 21 off 12. But Naveen’s final over, despite being an improvement from his previous one that went for 19, went for ten, and Azmatullah Omarzai’s changes in pace and length could not defend ten in the final over.

Musekiwa slogged a slower slot ball over cow corner and almost cleared the fence first ball of the 20th. He then rushed back for three twos and with the scores tied and the field up for the last ball, drove straight of mid-off to unleash the celebrations with his partner in front of a vibrant Harare crowd.

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