Rahmat Shah scored the first double century of his career.
Rahmat Shah scored a double century for Afghanistan in the Bulawayo Test. He made a partnership of 361 runs for the third wicket with captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, both are still not out. With the help of both their innings, the team scored 425 runs by the end of the third day's play.
Despite a strong partnership, Afghanistan team is 161 runs behind Zimbabwe's first innings score. Zimbabwe scored 586 runs in the first innings, 3 players from the team had scored centuries.
Afghanistan did not lose a single wicket on the third day On Saturday, Afghanistan started the third day of the Test with a score of 95/2. Rahmat Shah led his innings with a score of 49 runs and Shahidi with a score of 16 runs. Both of them batted the whole day and did not let the team's wicket fall.
Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi made a partnership of 361 runs.
Rahmat Shah's double century After the early fall of the first two wickets, Rahmat and Shahidi batted cautiously. The pitch was conducive for batting on the third day. Both of them took advantage of this and took the team's score beyond 400. Rahmat scored a double century on 371 balls, he hit 23 fours and 3 sixes in the innings. He remained not out after scoring 231 runs.
Rahmat Shah scored the first double century of his Test career.
361 run partnership with Shahidi Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi along with Rahmat scored a century. He also remained not out till the end of the day's play, having scored 141 runs. His innings included 16 fours. Shahidi also made a partnership of 361 runs with Rahmat for the third wicket.
Zimbabwe scored 586 runs in the first innings
Shaun Williams scored 154 runs.
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