Afghanistan’s losing streak continues after a disappointing performance in the 2025 Asia Cup, where they exited in the first round. They have now suffered a hat-trick of defeats. In the first match of the 3 T20I series against Bangladesh, Afghanistan lost by 4 wickets. In this match played in Sharjah, an Afghanistan player made a mistake that heavily impacted the team. He caused a batsman to be run out and then was about to repeat the same mistake himself.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s Mistake
The 3T20I series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan is being played in Sharjah. In the first match of this series, Afghanistan’s wicketkeeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz batted well, but he also caused his own batsman to be run out, causing the team a great loss. This all happened in the 5th over of the Afghanistan innings.
On the second ball of this over by Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a soft shot and ran. Darwish Rasooli, standing at the non-striker’s end, initially refused him, but by then Gurbaz had reached the non-striker’s end. After this, Rasooli tried to run fast and reach the striker’s end, but by then Zakir Ali had scattered the stumps. In this way, Darwish Rasooli returned to the pavilion without opening his account. On the next ball, Gurbaz was about to repeat the same mistake.
Gurbaz’s Narrow Escape
After Darwish Rasooli was out, Mohammad Ishaq came to bat. He played a shot on the third ball of Mustafizur Rahman. On this, Gurbaz ran from the non-striker’s end, but Ishaq asked him to return. Gurbaz quickly turned and reached the non-striker’s end with a dive. However, if a direct throw had been made, Gurbaz would have also returned to the pavilion.
In this match, Gurbaz scored the most runs, 40, with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes in 31 balls. Batting first in this match, the Afghanistan team scored 151 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Bangladesh achieved the target of victory by losing 6 wickets in 18.4 overs.