Mohammad Shahzad leaves Virat Kohli behind to achieve this rare record

Afghanistan clinched the inaugural DeseretT20 championship hosted in UAE.

Mohammad Shahzad becomes the first player to score two fifties in one day. That’s a rare record indeed.

The competition had 8 teams including UAE, Afghanistan, Scotland, Netherland, Ireland, Oman, Hong-Kong and Namibia.

Number of fifties Mohammad Shahzad has scored in T20I knockout games, the most by any player. Virat Kohli has 3 fifties in 5 knockout innings while Shahzad smashed 4 fifties in 5 knock out innings.

The semi finals and finals were conducted on the same day and Afghanistan were emerged victorious in the finals after defeating Ireland by 10-wickets.