AFG vs ZIM: Afghan batsmen kept batting the whole day, tired Zimbabwean bowlers, one scored a double century, the other scored a century.

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New Delhi. In the first Test match being played between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi did not allow a single wicket to fall against Zimbabwe on the third day on Saturday (28 December), due to which Afghanistan was successful in scoring 425 runs for two wickets. Remained. Rahmat and Hashmatullah batted amazingly. His 2 wickets had fallen on the second day.

Rahmat is playing after scoring 231 runs, which is the highest score by any batsman in Test cricket for Afghanistan. Shahidi, who previously held this record, is playing on 141 runs and is moving towards his second double century. If both continue to bat like this on the fourth day, then problems may arise for Zimbabwe.

So far, both of them have added 361 runs for the third wicket, which is the biggest partnership for any wicket from Afghanistan. Rahmat is only the second batsman from Afghanistan to complete a double century. So far, he has faced 416 balls and hit 23 fours and three sixes. Shahidi’s 276-ball innings included 16 fours.

Afghanistan team is still 161 runs behind Zimbabwe which had scored 586 runs in its first innings. This is the 26th occasion in Test cricket when not a single wicket fell throughout the day in a match. The last time this happened was in the match played between England and West Indies in 2019. This has happened for the first time in Zimbabwe. Talking about other batsmen of Afghanistan, Sadiqullah Atal scored 3 runs and Abdul Malik scored 23 runs.