Afghanistan needed their players to step up and produce a big performance to stay alive in the five-match T20I series, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman did just that. The first two played crucial hands at either end of the Afghanistan innings to help rack up a total of 189. The other two helped close out the team's first win of the series -
IRELAND VS AFGHANISTAN, 3RD T20I
Gurbaz, Najibullah and bowlers help Afghanistan stay alive in the series
Gurbaz completed a 31-ball half-century. © Getty
