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A big win for Afghanistan to open their T20 World Cup 2021 campaign on a high! Scotland have a lot of work to do. That would be all from the coverage of this match. Join us tomorrow. Goodbye for now.
Captain quotes from post match presentation
Kyle Coetzer, Scotland captain:Clearly wasn't one of our better days. Sometimes things don't go to plans. This is a very good Afghanistan team with very good bowlers, they bowled fantastically, so need to give credit to them. But Watt bowled well for us today. We fought hard in the field, it's just a level check where the standards are. We got a bunch of players and we'll try to reflect that and get ready for the next game. The belief in the players is the key. As a group we'll sit together and try to bounce back.
Mohammad Nabi, Afghanistan captain:It's important to win at the start of the tournament. Both the openers started well, we finished the powerplay on a good note. The running between the wickets was good and Najib played well to help as post that total. We have some good spinners in the form of Rashid and Mujeeb, they played everywhere in the world. We have a very good combination. Mujeeb is playing his first T20 World Cup match and he got the Player of the Match award, that's good to see.
Player of the Match
Mujeeb Ur Rahman wins the Player of the Match award for his spell of 5/20.
Mujeeb, Player of the Match:Very happy that we won our first match. This is my first World Cup game and I won the Man of the Match. The fans bring in a lot of energy and that's why we played positive cricket tonight.
Result
Afghanistan win by 130 runs.