Mujeeb magic and Scotland's record sequence of ducks

Afghanistan’s win margin, Rashid’s eventful spell and other stats from Monday’s fixture

Sampath Bandarupalli25-Oct-2021130 – Afghanistan’s win margin over Scotland is their biggest in T20Is, surpassing their 102-run win over Kenya in 2013. It is also the joint-second biggest win for any team by runs in the men’s T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka defeated Kenya by a record 172-run margin in 2007 while South Africa also beat Scotland by 130 runs in 2009.60 – Scotland’s total against Afghanistan, the joint-fourth lowest by a team in the men’s T20 World Cup. Three of the top five lowest totals in the men’s T20 World Cup have come in the 2021 edition. It is also their lowest T20I total . Their previous lowest was the 81 all out against South Africa in 2009.Watch the Men’s T20 World Cup on ESPN+

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5 for 20 – Mujeeb Ur Rahman is the first Afghanistan player to take a five-wicket haul at the men’s T20 World Cup. Mohammad Nabi’s 4 for 20 against Hong Kong in 2016 was the previous best figures for Afghanistan at this event.1 – Mujeeb also became the first player to claim a five-wicket haul on debut at the men’s T20 World Cup. Mark Gillespie’s 4 for seven against Kenya in 2007 was the previous best for a debutant at the tournament.!function(){“use strict”;window.addEventListener(“message”,(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data[“datawrapper-height”]){var t=document.querySelectorAll(“iframe”);for(var a in e.data[“datawrapper-height”])for(var r=0;r<t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data["datawrapper-height"][a]+"px"}}}))}();