How one over changed Afghanistan’s fate!

England won the match against Afghanistan by 15 runs.

England bowler Moeen Ali (L) celebrates with wicket keeper Jos Buttler after he dismissed Afghanistan's Rashid Khan (C). Source: Getty Images

Afghanistan's Samiullah Shenwari (L) celebrates the wicket of unseen England batsman Jos Buttler with Mohammad Shahzad (2L), captain Asghar Stanikzai (R). Source: Getty Images

It was going great guns for Afghanistan till the half way of the first innings. England was in dire straits at 57-6 halfway but then England survived the dramatic batting collapse.

Moeen Ali (41 not out) and David Willey (20 not out) lifted them to a 142-7.

Everything changed in just one over.

In 19th over, Ali and Willey scored 25 runs in one over and the unfortunate bowler was Ameer Hamza, who’s deliveries were sent over the fence by the duo for 3 sixes, 1 four and other singles.

Moeen Ali of England bats during the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 Group 1 match between England and Afghanistan at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground on March 23, 2016. Source: Getty Images

Hamza’s over proved costly for Afghanistan as they lost the game by 15 runs in the end.

Post match, the team captain Asghar Stanikzai bluntly singled out Hamza’s disastrous over. At the post match presentation ceremony, Stanikzai said, “"Hamza went for 25 runs in an over and that was a big reason we lost today.”

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