Longest over in T20I history: Naveen Ul Haq bowled an over of 13 balls

Longest over in T20I history: The first match of the three-match T20 series between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan was played in Harare on Wednesday, 11 December. In this match, the host team made a big upset by defeating Afghanistan. Although this match was very exciting, but during Zimbabwe's innings, Afghan bowler Naveen Ul Haq did something that shocked everyone.

Naveen Ul Haq bowled 13 balls in one of his overs in this match. Out of these 13 balls, 6 balls were wide and 1 was a no ball. Naveen bowled four wide balls at once. The video of this 13-ball over is becoming very viral on social media. This incident is from the 15th over of Zimbabwe's innings. Before this over, the match was in Afghanistan's control.

List of longest overs in T20I history

1. Luwsanzundui Erdenebulgan - 14 Tot Balls (Japan v Mongolia)
2. Thinley Jamtsho - 14 Tot Balls (Bhutan v Maldives)
3. Kouakou Wilfried - 14 Tot Balls (Ivory Coast v St Helena)
4. Naveen-ul-Haq - 13 Tot Balls (Zimbabwe v Afghanistan)
5. Idriss Tchakou - 13 Tot Balls (Cameroon v Lesotho)

• Afghanistan's team, which went on a tour to Zimbabwe, had to face defeat in the first T20I match. Batting first, Afghanistan's team scored 144 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. In response, Zimbabwe's team had a bad start while chasing the target. By the 14th over of the game, the team had scored 88 runs for the loss of 2 wickets and needed 57 runs in the last 6 overs. At this time it seemed that this match was in Afghanistan's bag, but Naveen Ul Haq made such a mistake after which the course of the match changed.
• Naveen Ul Haq came to bowl the 15th over of the innings in the match and in this over he conceded 19 runs by bowling 6 wides and a no ball. Captain Sikandar Raza was present in front of him. Naveen bowled a no ball on the third ball of the over, taking advantage of which Sikandar hit a four.
• Then to avoid the blow of free hit, Naveen bowled 4 wide balls one after the other. He had to bowl 8 times to bowl the first two legal balls. Finally, Sikandar hit a four on the free hit and scored 2 runs on the no ball. However, Sikandar was again caught out by Gurbaz.
• Naveen bowled 4 times including a wide to bowl the last 3 balls and thus it took him 13 balls to complete one over.

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Naveen Ul Haq bowled an over of 13 balls

A 13 BALL OVER BY NAVEEN UL HAQ. ? pic.twitter.com/m2gX43vkKs

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) December 11, 2024

Naveen Ul Haq started that over with a wide ball. After this, he gave one run on the first ball and the second ball was a no ball, on which a four was hit. Then the next ball was a free hit, here Naveen Ul Haq was under a lot of pressure. To avoid a big shot on the free hit ball, the fast bowler bowled four consecutive wides. However, he still could not escape. As soon as Naveen changed the side and came, Sikandar Raza hit him a four in front.

On the very next ball, Naveen definitely took the wicket of Sikandar Raza, but by the end of the over, he bowled another wide ball. In this way, this over became of 13 balls. There is a lot of discussion on social media about this over of Naveen Ul Haq.

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