In the first semi-final game of cricket of Asian game Pakistan got defeated from Afghanistan team. The match was played at Guanggong International Cricket Stadium. It was upset defeat to Pakistan team. Pakistan team was favorite to win the Asian game but it was bad luck for them as they got defeated from Afghanistan team.
Afghanistan scored 125 runs in their 20 over. They batted first after Pakistan asked them to bat first after winning the toss. Shabir Noori scored 35 runs and remained the top scorer for Afghanistan. Raza Hasan, Muhammad Irshad and Lal Kumar took 2 wickest each and they restricted them to the total of 125 runs.
Pakistan openers provided them good start and they scored 31 runs between them. Pakistan’s team lost wickets in the middle of the inning and that really hurt them and they were able to score only 103 runs.
Great fight back from Afghan team and they really show their commitment about cricket and got win for their country. Pakistan lost an easy match may be it was a pressure that cost them a match but it was not a big task for Pakistan team to x=chase 125 runs. Pakistan lost only 7 wickets but was not able to chase the total.