[WATCH] Azmatullah Omarzai smashes 97m and 99m sixes against Bangladesh in Asia Cup 2025

Afghanistan’s lower-order batter, Azmatullah Omarzai, has been in excellent form during the ongoing 2025 season of the Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In their opening clash against Hong Kong at the Sheik Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the right-handed batter clubbed 53 runs in 21 balls to shoulder them to 188, which turned out to be a winning score. 

Omarzai, Afghanistan's batter, was again required to show the same aggression during their struggling chase in the second encounter against Bangladesh at the same venue. Walking out to bat in the 11th over of the second innings, the right-hander took his time in the first few deliveries before starting the 14th over of the innings with a massive couple of shots.

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He nailed Saif Hasan for a four on the very first ball of the innings. Going back in the crease, he cut the length ball hard to beat the diving cover-point region for a boundary before lofting the second delivery over long-off region for a huge six. Two balls later, he went low and slog swept the bowler over deep square-leg for the same result.

Watch: Azmatullah Omarzai nails massive sixes against Bangladesh in Asia Cup 2025

After a quiet 15th over of the innings, Azmatullah made room against Taskin Ahme and used his power against the short delivery on the stumps to make a sweet connection and get six runs off the blade. However, he looked to repeat the same shot on the very next ball and got dismissed for 30 runs in 16 balls with the help of one boundary and three sixes.

Bowling the penultimate over of the innings, Omarzai got the wicket of Towhid Hridoy for 26 runs in 20 balls. The balls smashed the wide ball hard towards the deep extra cover, but didn’t have the full elevation to get out.

Omarzai, who has been a vital member in the T20Is, featured in the IPL 2025 for the Punjab Kings as Afghanistan went on to taste defeat in the contest by eight runs. They will now face Sri Lanka in a do-or-die clash on September 18 at the same venue.