Didn’t have breakfast before the match… Slept, gave UAE their first win against New Zealand

New Delhi. The UAE team may have missed out on winning the first T20 against New Zealand, but the hosts made up for it by winning the second match by 7 wickets. This is UAE’s first win against New Zealand in any format. UAE chased down the target of 143 runs with 26 balls to spare. The hero of this historic win for UAE was 17-year-old left-arm spinner Ayan Afzal Khan. He took 3 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs. This is Ayan’s best performance in T20. Due to his performance, the New Zealand team could score only 142 runs in 20 overs. After this the UAE batsmen easily achieved this target.

Ayan Afzal Khan clean bowled Mitchell Santner (1) and wicketkeeper Dan Cleaver (0). Along with this, opener Chad Bowes (21) was stumped by wicketkeeper Aryansh Sharma. He took two wickets in a single over.

Ayan was born in Goa
Let us tell that Ayan Afzal Khan was born in Goa. Ayan has yet another feat to lead UAE to a memorable win against New Zealand. He is the youngest player to play in T20 World Cup. He achieved this feat by playing against Netherlands in the T20 World Cup held in Australia last year. His age was 16 years 335 days during that match. He broke the record of Mohammad Amir of Pakistan.

Father has also been a club cricketer
Ayaan Afzal Khan shifted to UAE in 2007 at the age of 2. Afzal’s father used to play club cricket in Goa before shifting to the UAE for a bank job. It was he who taught Ayan the art of cricket. Ayan was inspired to become a cricketer after India won the ODI World Cup in 2011. He started coaching in 2012 and then made the journey from age group cricket to the UAE senior team.

Irfan wanted to bowl like Pathan
Ayan writes with his right hand and throws the ball with the same hand but with his left hand. Because father wanted Ayan to bowl like Irfan Pathan. However, its length was not much. That’s why the coach in UAE advised Ayan to become a spin bowler and showed many videos of Ravindra Jadeja.

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Ayan has taken 8 wickets in 10 T20s so far. He made his T20 debut against Bangladesh last year. At the same time, the first ODI was played against Nepal in November last year. He has taken 32 wickets in 25 ODIs.

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