ZIM vs AFG Live Score, 1st T20I: Gurbaz-Ibrahim get Afghanistan off to bright start in PowerPlay
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the first T20I match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, played at the Harare Sports Club on Wednesday.
LIVE UPDATES
TOSS
Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first.
LINEUPS
Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Brendan Taylor, Tashinga Musekiwa (wk), Tony Munyonga, Sikandar Raza (captain), Ryan Burl, Brad Evans, Tinotenda Maposa, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Shahidullah Kamal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (captain), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Abdullah Ahmadzai.
LIVE STREAMING INFO
The first T20I between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan can be streamed live in India on the FanCode app and website.
PREVIEW
Afghanistan will look to turn its fortunes around in the shortest format when it takes on Zimbabwe in the first of three T20 Internationals at the Harare Sports Club on Wednesday.
After failing to go past the group stage of the Asia Cup in September, the Afghans were blanked by Bangladesh in a three-match T20I series earlier this month. The Rashid Khan-led team’s batting has struggled in particular and was one of the main reasons Afghanistan lost to Bangladesh recently. It managed middling scores of 151, 147 and 143 in the three games, and the Tigers chased down these totals with relative ease.
Zimbabwe, on the other hand, will be buoyed by its massive innings-victory over Afghanistan in the one-off Test that preceded the T20I series, and will hope to continue the winning momentum. The team is coming off an unbeaten run spanning five matches in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Region qualifier and a 2-1 T20I series win over Namibia.
Like Afghanistan, Zimbabwe will be led by its star spin-bowling all-rounder Sikandar Raza in the T20I series.
SQUADS
Zimbabwe: Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), Dion Myers, Brendan Taylor, Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Tinotenda Maposa, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Graeme Cremer, Clive Madande, Tony Munyonga.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (c), Abdullah Ahmadzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Bashir Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai, Shahidullah Kamal.
Published on Oct 29, 2025
