Between the third and fourth deliveries of the twelfth over from Noor Ahmad, Naib went down clutching the again of his leg whereas fielding at first slip. He was not shifting within the area on the time he went down. Naib appeared to wish remedy and as he was helped off the sector by his team-mate Naveen-ul-Haq and a member of the help workers, it started to drizzle and the pitch was coated. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan didn’t look happy throughout the incident.
The harm and rain interruption didn’t final lengthy, although, and when play resumed minutes later, one over had been diminished from Bangladesh’s chase and the DLS goal revised to 114. At that time, Najibullah Zadran was on the sector as an alternative to Naib, who ultimately got here again on the sector within the thirteenth over. Naib then bowled the fifteenth over in Bangladesh’s chase and took the wicket of Tanzim Hasan.
When requested in regards to the incident by Simon Doull after the sport, Rashid performed it down. “Rain is one thing that is not in your hand. It was on and off. Mentally we have been at all times there that we needed to play 20 overs and take ten wickets. That was the one manner we may get to the semi-final. There was no different manner,” he stated. “Gulbadin had some cramp, I feel. Hopefully, he will likely be alright. However that wicket that he gave us was an enormous one at that stage.”
Rashid stated the interruption didn’t influence the sport a lot. “Effectively, he [Naib] had some cramp, I do not know what occurred to him and I do not know what is going on on in social media however that does not matter – it is simply the on-field harm which comes after which we have not misplaced any overs, the rain got here and we simply went off, it is not one thing like introduced an enormous distinction within the recreation. We got here again on area after 5 minutes and there was no huge distinction. For me, it is identical to a small harm is available in, then you must take a while.”
