In a bewitching scene at the Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe notched up a famous victory over Afghanistan, their first against the opposition since 2019 after beating visitors by four-wicket in the first T20I of the three-match series on Wednesday.

While chasing a target of 144, Zimbabwe's start was rather cautious as they seemed to go into a hesitant chase. Brian Bennett struggled more than others to get his timing right and found it hard to connect with the ball.

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Dion Myers infuses some energy into a faltering Zimbabwean innings, hammering the Afghan bowlers with his unorthodox stroke play. This proved to be a decision-too-late partnership between Myers and Brian Bennett, which gave Zimbabwe the head-start and strength to build a foundation for their chase. Myers' bravado rubbed off on Bennett, and they swung the pendulum in Zimbabwe's favour.

Zimbabwe was at 103/2, and in the next few moments, it dropped to 119/5 after having lost three wickets in quick succession. However, this did not erase the positive attitude of the new batter, who managed to score a few boundaries in the midst of it.

The 15th over, bowled by Naveen-ul-Haq, proved to be a game-changing moment in the match. What was supposed to be a six-ball over ended up being a 13-ball ordeal, marred by a staggering six wides and a no-ball.

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Tashinga Musekiwa came to the fore and gave the required punches for the team to push itself towards victory. Together with some smart long running between the wickets, his efforts became significant in health-driving Zimbabwe through hard-won it.

Earlier, Zimbabwe looked to cape Afghanistan to the previously low place as Richard Ngarava was making quite a mark early on. However, the partnership between Mohammad Nabi and Karim Janat brought the innings back towards Afghanistan and they guided their team to a total of 144/6.