Afghanistan performed amazingly in the semi-final match of ICC Men's Under-19 World Cup. Afghanistan scored 310 runs in 50 overs against India's strong bowling attack. Two batsmen from Afghanistan scored brilliant centuries. Faisal Shinozada and Uzairullah Niazi played excellent innings. Shinozada played an innings of 110 runs in 93 balls. Uzairullah Niazi played an unbeaten inning of 101 runs in 86 balls. These two batsmen together hit 27 fours and 2 sixes, the strike rate of both was more than 100. Let us tell you who are these two players who have created history by scoring centuries in the semi-finals.
Faisal Shinozada is Afghanistan's top order batsman, who is 17 years old. The birthday of this Kabul-born player comes only once in four years. Actually Faisal was born on February 29, 2008. The date 29th February comes once in 4 years. Faisal Shinozada is the highest run scorer in the Under 19 World Cup. This player has scored 435 runs and his average is 87. He has scored two consecutive centuries in this tournament.
Uzairullah Niazi also played a brilliant century innings against India. The age of this player is only 18 years and he was born in Laghman, Afghanistan. Laghman is a very backward area of Afghanistan but despite this this player has been successful in proving his talent. Niazi scored 193 runs in 5 innings at an average of more than 64 in the Under-19 World Cup. He scored one century and one half-century.
Faisal-Uzairullah made a big record in their name when they scored centuries against India. Faisal-Uzairullah are the first players from the same team to score a century in a knock-out match of the Under-19 World Cup. On the basis of his centuries, Afghanistan made a huge score of 310 runs. Such a big target has never been chased in the Under-19 World Cup.
