Afghanistan spinners gear up for 4-1 win against Zimbabwe
Afghanistan spinners gear up for 4-1 win against Zimbabwe
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Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan smashed them in the third ODI with a five-wicket haul while Mujeeb Zadran became the youngest to pick up five-wicket haul on ODIs in the next. Rashid and Mujeeb have collaborated to take 24 wickets in the four ODIs so far to hurt the visitors time and again. The plan for Zimbabwe should be fairly straightforward - not to give wickets to the spinners. Or, at least, restrict the number. They did it fairly well in the second ODI, where just three wickets fell to spinners, and Zimbabwe were able to post mammoth total of 333 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.

Zimbabwe's inability to find a way past the spin challenge thrown at them by Afghanistan has hurt them dearly in the first four One-Day Internationals of the five-match series. With the series already gone, Graeme Cremer and his boys will at least hope that they are able to make a statement in the last game of the series.

For Afghanistan, several things have things have fallen in place ahead of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe next month. Mohammad Shahzad has shown glimpses of form, the spinners have ran riot and Rahmat Shah, with 213 runs from three innings, has been exceptional at No. 3. The last clash before the all-important tournament gives Afghanistan to try out a few things but they would certainly want to end the series with a 4-1 margin.

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