"azmatullah-omarzai"

Azmatullah Omarzai claimed four wickets and smashed an unbeaten 40 as Afghanistan defeated United Arab Emirates by five wickets in a crucial T20 World Cup Group D clash, keeping their Super Eight hopes alive and confirming South Africa's qualification

The thumping 177-run victory — Afghanistan's biggest in ODIs by runs — came just two days after Afghanistan beat South Africa for the first time

Rashid had missed the previous ODI series against Ireland and was even out of Afghanistan’s one-off Test against New Zealand, which has seen no play for four days due to rain in Greater Noida.

The start of the game was delayed by a few minutes as a flickering blue light around the sightscreen distracted Gurbaz.

The batter managed to stave off the spin challenge, and along with Phehlukwayo (39*) helped South Africa to a five-wicket win.