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    T20 WC: With an all-round show in New Delhi, Azmatullah Omarzai highlights his value yet again
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    T20 WC: With An All-round Show In New Delhi, Azmatullah Omarzai Highlights His Value Yet Again

    By IANS News February 16, 2026 • 19:32 PM View: 265
    T20 World Cup: In Afghanistan’s heartbreaking loss to South Africa via a double Super Over, Azmatullah Omarzai had a decent performance -- scoring 16 with the bat in the first Super Over. But when he was tasked to bowl in the second one, Omarzai was taken to cleaners, conceding 23 runs, including three sixes, as Afghanistan lost the match they had in their grasp.

    In the run-up to the clash against the UAE in New Delhi, where Afghanistan needed to win to end their winless run and keep their slim hopes of making it to the Super Eights alive, Omarzai’s numbers with the ball were mixed – he was his side’s highest wicket-taker with four scalps, but conceded 40-plus runs in both matches at an economy rate of 10.3.

    But the thing about elite sportspersons is, when it matters the most, they step up with their best performance to carry the team to victory, and Omarzai did exactly that on Monday – picking 4-15 and hitting 40 not out with the bat – to give Afghanistan their first win of this competition. It also made Omarzai only the third player in this competition’s history, after Dwayne Bravo and Shakib Al Hasan, to claim a four-wicket haul and hit a 30-plus score in the same match.

    TAGS Azmatullah Omarzai ICC Men T20 World Cup South Africa Super Over Super Eights Dwayne Bravo Shakib Al Hasan Gulbadin Naib Aryansh Sharma Rahmanullah Gurbaz Paul Reiffel Champions Trophy Ibrahim Zadran
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