Batter carried off after painful golden duck

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Afghani opening batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz had to beryllium piggybacked disconnected the Gabba aft helium was struck connected the toed by accelerated bowler Shaheen Afridi.

In the archetypal implicit of the T20 satellite cup warm-up lucifer betwixt Afghanistan and Pakistan, Gurbaz was fixed retired LBW aft helium was struck plumb successful beforehand facing his archetypal shot connected conscionable the 4th shot of the match.

He past started to limp disconnected the transportation but was incapable to get to the bound unassisted. Such was the symptom helium was experiencing, the squad physio was forced to travel onto the tract to dainty his toe, earlier helium was piggybacked disconnected the field.

"Bang connected the toed and that is painful, not lone has helium mislaid his wicket, but he's hurting arsenic well," Sunil Gavaskar said successful commentary.

Fellow commentator Simon Doull agreed.

"Yeah nary that's nasty. He's inactive yet to marque his mode disconnected the tract - the precise archetypal shot helium faces helium gets a ripper from Afridi."

But erstwhile Gurbaz inactive hadn't made his mode disconnected the tract by the clip they returned from a break, Doull was little than impressed.

"We person a interruption successful play and I'm not definite wherefore - conscionable get disconnected the field, you're out," helium said.

"The caller batter hasn't adjacent walked onto the crushed yet. I cognize this is simply a warm-up game, conscionable assistance him off. Why is it taking truthful long?

"And if he's not retired of the implicit tourney aft this I'll spell hee due to the fact that helium should've conscionable walked off."

The crippled is being played under threatening skies successful Brisbane.

As Gurbaz was carried disconnected the pitch, laughter could beryllium heard from the backmost of the commentary box.

"I person ne'er seen this before. I'm atrocious I've seen a batch of things connected a cricketing tract earlier but I person ne'er seen this before," 3rd commentator Tom Moody said.

But determination was inactive immoderate interest for the 20-year-old close hander.

"I cognize we're laughing a small astatine this but this could beryllium thing rather superior - let's anticipation it's not," Gavaskar said.

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