Watch: Ryan Burl and Rashid Khan involved in heated altercation during AFG vs ZIM 3rd T20I

The premier leg spinner of the Afghanistan side, Rashid Khan, exchanged a few heated words with Zimbabwe’s Ryan Burl during the third T20I encounter of the three-match series, which took place at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on November 01, Sunday. The moment went viral on social media platforms.  

Afghanistan, under the leadership of Ibrahim Zadran, won the first two clashes and was leading the series by a 2-0 margin. Their plan, however, was to continue the strong bowling and batting performances and end the series on a high with a 3-0 margin.

Ryan Burl and Rashid Khan clash on the field: Watch what happened in the 3rd T20I

It was the first innings when Rashid Khan went for a googly as Burl looked to reverse sweep the leg spinner as the ball struck him in line with the stumps, while the on-field umpire ruled it not out. The decision didn’t satisfy the spinner as the series was without the Decision Review System (DRS). 

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Three balls later, the leg spinner and Burl got into a few heated words when the batter came to the bowling end with the single. The umpire Ahmad Shah Pakteen separated the two players. But the argument continued for a few moments before Burl was dismissed for 30 runs off 29 balls.

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Later, the confrontation took a lighter turn as Rashid blew a flying kiss at Burl when the Zimbabwe batter was sitting in the dugout. The latter gave a smile at the gesture as the moment went viral.

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Zimbabwe were bundled out for just 79 runs in the first innings off just 14.3 overs, with only two batters, Burl and Wessely Madhevere, getting to the double figures. Noor Ahmad was excellent with the ball and returned with figures of 5/13 in 3.3 overs, while Rashid had 0/7 in two overs.

The hosts completed the chase by seven wickets with 71 balls to spare and earned the series victory by a 3-0 margin. Ibrahim remained unbeaten on 25 runs off 17 balls at a strike rate of 147.06 with four boundaries.

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Brief Scores: Afghanistan 81/3 (Ibrahim Zadran 25*, Ernest Masuku 2/21) beat Zimbabwe 79 (Ryan Burl 30, Noor Ahmad 5/13) by 7 wickets.