betvisa liveTwitter Reactions: Mohammad Shahzad’s century guides Afghanistan to 252/8 against India

Afghanistan’s Mohammad Shahzad scored his fifth ODI century against India during their Super Four match of the Asia Cup 2018 on Tuesday.

The 30-year-old wicketkeeper-bats🌟man raced to his hundred off 88 balls at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

With India already in the final and Afghanistan out of contention, Shahzad’s knock spiced up the inconsequential match. So dominant was Shahzad that fellow opener Javed Ahmadi was only five in a stand of 65, before India struck four times within the space of 17 runs.

Left-arm spinners Ravindra Jadeja (3/ꩵ46) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/38) derailed Afghanistan innings but Shahzad held one end, adding 50 for the fifth wicket with Gulbadin Naib who made 15 and another 48 for the sixth with Mohammad Nabi.

Nabi made a fiery 56-ball 64 with four sixes and thr💃ee boundaries.

Shahzad was finally out in the 38th over but bಞy then had giv♑en a good platform to his team.

Virender Sehwag, Mohammad Kaif among others lauded Shahzad’s century, while some people mentioned how skills are more important than size.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

Brill𓆉iant 100 from Mohammad Shahzad. Seems to be batting on a diff🦹erent wicket.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)

One man army litera💮lly today- Mohamm൩ad Shahzad , what an innings
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)

What a brilliant innings this has been from . Absolute fearless cricket against one of the better ODI tea𓆉ms in the world. A big congratulations to you on your amazing century.
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar)

It’s been amazing to see bat. Feels like🔜 he is batting on a different pitch compared to the other batsmen. I don’t think I have seen any batsman score as heavily🍷 for a team as he has today. Scoring almost 75% of the runs is unheard of. Take a bow son. 🙌🏻
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)

Size doesn't matter, but the size of score matters! 😜 Someone who backed his game, more than worrying about his size! Way to go! Brilliant hundred ! 💯
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)

Scintillating ton by Shahzad 👏👏 Best qua꧅lity about Afghanistan team is their gumption and grit. When 4 wickets fell in a heap it appeared might not even get 150-160
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)

It’s still a game of skills above all.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)

Mohammad Shahzad's century is the first against India by any batsman from teams apart from first 10 Test nations.
No. of 100s for each team v Ind:
40 Pak
39 Aus
36 SL
27 SA
23 WI
22 Eng
18 NZ
8 Zim
2 Ban
1 AFG
0 for other teams
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)

What a wonderful ton by Mohammad Shahzad!! While I cheer for Team India today, I must say – Absolutely love the dedication & grit shown by Team Afghanistan in the series so far. Credit and appreciation where due 👏🏼
— Priya Adivarekar (@priyaadivarekar)

Mo🌺hammad Shahzad, you beauty. On the Mumbai maidan, he might be cheekily called a Ganpathi: but in cricket, size doesn’t matter, talent does! Well played sir!
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep)

Centuries for Afghanistan in ODIs:
Mohammad Shahzad – 5 in 76 innings
All other batsmen combined – 10 in 895 innings
Ridiculous!
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)

Mohammad Shahzad for CSK in IPL 2019!
— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky)

Mohammad Shahzad's 124 is the HIGHEST Individual Score by a Wicket-keeper in History. Previous: Kumar Sangakkara 121 v Bangladesh, 2008
— Israr Ahmed Hashmi (@IamIsrarHashmi)

That's a fine batting performance by Afghanistan and they need to thank – Mohammad Shahzad for taking them to such a competitive total.
— SaQib (@iam_SaQi9)

What a great innings by for the boomiღng Afghanistan team. The teꦅam needs more matches with better teams like India, England and New Zealand to improvise.
— Kunal Kumar (@kunal251)