Asia Cup 2022 | Najibullah Zadran's fiery cameo laced with sixes breaks multiple world-records

However, the 29-year-old made light work of the chase, racing to 43 off just 17 deliveries and securing victory with a six on the third ball of the penultimate over. His cameo was laced with six huge sixes, as he punished all of Mustafizur Rahman, Mossadek Hussain and Mohamamd Saiffudin. On a tricky batting surface, Zadran made clearing the boundary look easy and was rewarded with two world records to his name in T20Is.

"The wicket was a bit low so I tried to play straight. I took a few balls and played my natural game then after that. I don't look at the boundary. I just look at the bowler and look to hit," Najibullah was quoted saying by Hindustan Times after his match-winning knock.

His tally of six maximums took his haul in the death overs during run chases in T20Is to 18, thus surpassing Eoin Morgan and Thisara Perera's mark of 17. Zadran now also has 53 sixes across both innings in the death overs while representing Afghanistan in the game's shortest format, thus becoming the first-ever cricketer to record a half-century in this particular statistic. Next in line is David Miller at 47 sixes, who was at par with the left-handed batsmen before he came up with fireworks in the final group stage game.