T20 World Cup 2022: Rating bowling attacks of Super 12 teams
The T20 extravaganza in Australia saw an even contest between bat and ball, and bowlers had their say more often than not.
10. Afghanistan - 6/10
Two of Afghanistan's five matches in the Super 12 stage got washed out and thus, the bowling unit did not get many opportunities to show its might. However, they did a decent job in the matches they played.
During England’s chase of 113 runs against Mohammad Nabi & co., the Afghan side did a decent job to give Buttler & co. a tough fight and stretch the game till the 19th over. In the encounter against Sri Lanka, though Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman came to the party picking two scalps each, the seamers were not able to contain the opposition.
When Afghanistan and Australia took the stage, the seamers Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen-ul-Haq put on a sensational bowling show, picking a total of five scalps while giving just 50 runs in the eight overs combined. However, the entire bowling cartel did not deliver the goods and the Aussies managed to put up 168 runs on the board.
Overall, the Afghan bowlers did a decent job but lacked a complete application in their display. Also, Afghanistan’s poor batting show did not help either as the bowling unit was required to defend below-par scores on two occasions.
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