US Edition40-Year-Old Afghanistan Batter Smashes Five Sixes in 20th over of SL vs AFG Asia Cup 2025 Match
Mohammad Nabi scored a rapid 60 off 22 balls, including five sixes in the last over, to lift Afghanistan to 169/8 despite the team's eventual elimination from the Asia Cup.
- On Thursday, September 18, 2025, Mohammad Nabi hit five consecutive sixes off Dunith Wellalage at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, finishing 60 off 22 balls to help Afghanistan reach 169/8.
- With a Super Four spot at stake, both Afghanistan cricket team and Sri Lanka cricket team entered the Group B match on Thursday, September 18, 2025, needing a win to progress, with Afghanistan requiring victory while a Sri Lankan win would see them through alongside Bangladesh.
- Entering at 79/6, Nabi added a 55-run stand with Noor Ahmad and scored 32 runs in the final over, lifting Afghanistan from deep trouble.
- Kusal Mendis's unbeaten 74 guided Sri Lanka cricket team to chase 170 and win by six wickets, securing Super Four qualification while Afghanistan cricket team was eliminated.
- Beyond the match outcome, Mohammad Nabi, age 40, matched Azmatullah Omarzai's joint-fastest Afghan T20I fifty at 20 balls and recorded his 7th fifty in 138 games.
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Afghanistan's ageless all-rounder Mohammad Nabi came to his side's rescue in their final Group B encounter against Sri Lanka to help the T20 World Cup semi-finalists post a competitive score of 169 runs on the board. Nabi smashed the joint-fastest fifty by an Afghan batter off just 20 balls and ended up scoring a 22-ball 60. Nabi aggregated 31 runs off the final over bowled by Dunith Wellalage, hitting five sixes in as many balls, as he scripted…
40-Year-Old Mohammad Nabi Scores Joint-Fastest Half-Century for Afghanistan, Achieves Feat in 20 Balls During SL vs AFG Asia Cup 2025 Match | 🏏 LatestLY
it five sixes and 32 runs off the last over bowled by Dunith Wellalage and with it, he completed his half-century which came in just 20 balls. It is the joint-fastest half-century for Afghanistan in T20Is. 🏏 40-Year-Old Mohammad Nabi Scores Joint-Fastest Half-Century for Afghanistan, Achieves Feat in 20 Balls During SL vs AFG Asia Cup 2025 Match.
Mohammad Nabi smashes 5 consecutive sixes against Dunith Wellalage in Asia Cup
Mohammad Nabi unleashed a stunning display by hitting five consecutive sixes against Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2025. His late surge helped Afghanistan post a competitive total, putting pressure on the opposition.
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