Afghanistan won by 84 runs, as they hit record T20I 278-3 against Ireland
Dehradun, Feb 23: Afghanistan set an international record T20 total as they notched 278-3 and won by 84 runs, with this they seal the series by a margin of 2-0.
Today’s Afghan innings break the record of 263-3 set by Australia against Sri Lanka in 2016.
Afghan’s opening batsman’s Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani put a partnership of 236-run and ended their innings on 278/3, beating the record for highest T20I score by a team.
In reply, Ireland scored 194/6 but fell short by quite a big margin. Paul Stirling’s 91 was the only stand out innings.
Hazratullah Zazai finished on 167 off 62 balls not out, his innings included an international T20 record of 16 sixes as his century came off only 42 balls.
Brief Score:
Afghanistan 278-3 (20 overs): Zazai 162*, Ghani 73
Ireland 194-6 (20 overs): Stirling 91; Rashid 4-25
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
