Sometimes I wonder about Zimbabwe team that doesn't have any world-class players but they seem to be improving a lot lately. Even though they lost to Afghanistan two matches', I would say they performed well because they won at least one match but where did Afghanistan's performance go? They have suddenly become so weak that it is hard to imagine. They should have won against a team like Zimbabwe with a big margin. Whereas Afghanistan has earned a reputation as a formidable opponent for big teams. They will also play a 3-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, hopefully they will be able to dominate there. But going by their T20 performance, Afghanistan may be lose 1 match. In the third T20I, Afghanistan lost 7 wickets for a target of 127 runs, which is definitely not a good position for them.
Zimbabwe has been getting better lately which is impressive because they do not have any extremely skilled players. They did good job playing against Afghanistan especially since they won one game. But it is surprising to see Afghanistan not playing well because they are usually strong team. They should have been able to beat Zimbabwe easily. It will be interesting to see how Afghanistan does in their next three games against Zimbabwe. Hopefully they will start playing well again but based on how they played in T20 games it is possible they might lose one game. By the way it is too early to say and time will tell who will be winner in next series.After Afghanistan's series win they will be more focused on cricket and may be more motivated to play attacking cricket. Zimbabwe team captain Sikandar Raja bowled fairly well and took 2 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs but it was not enough for the team to win.
