Abu Dhabi:
Afghanistan's experienced all-rounder Mohammad Nabi batted brilliantly against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup, hitting towering sixes and also setting a record for scoring the most international runs for his country.
The 11th match of the Asia Cup was played between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi, where Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Thanks to Mohammad Nabi's aggressive batting, they posted 169 runs for the loss of 8 wickets on the scoreboard.
Sri Lanka easily achieved the desired target of 171 runs for the loss of 4 wickets on the fourth ball of the 19th over.
Despite his aggressive batting, Mohammad Nabi could not save his team from defeat, but he set the record for scoring the most international runs for Afghanistan.
The former captain of the Afghanistan cricket team scored 60 runs off 22 balls against Sri Lanka with the help of 3 fours and 6 sixes, and during this time he also achieved the honor of scoring 6,000 international runs for Afghanistan.
Mohammad Nabi also hit 5 consecutive sixes in an over in his innings, but he was run out and could not continue his aggressive innings.
Mohammad Nabi needed just 3 runs to complete his 6,000 runs at the international level before this match and achieved this milestone off the first ball of Dasan Shanaka in the 15th over.
Mohammad Nabi is the leading batsman for Afghanistan with 6,057 runs, followed by Rahmat Shah with 4,948 runs and Mohammad Shahzad with 4,844 runs.
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