Southampton: Right-arm pacer Mohammed Shami bowled a brilliant spell at the death overs and claimed a hat-trick in the final over to help India upstage Afghanistan by 11 runs in a tense World Cup encounter in Southampton.
With 16 runs needed off the final over, Shami conceded a boundary of the first ball to Mohammad Nabi (52).
However, he took the prized wicket of Nabi on the third ball, thus putting the match in India’s kitty. On the following two deliveries, he got the wickets of Aftab Alam and Mujeeb Ur Rahman to bowl out Afghanistan for 213 in reply to India’s 224/8 on Saturday.
Speaking after the game, Shami said it was MS Dhoni’s advice to go for the yorker on his hat-trick delivery and he followed it accordingly. (IANS)
