The player whom IPL made a millionaire was seen roaming from city to city for each match. Sometimes this team and sometimes that team. 72 hours of his life passed like this. He has forgotten what rest is for 3 days. And, all that because he could play 4 matches. How was his performance in those 4 matches, before that it is important to know who is that millionaire player of IPL? We are talking about Afghanistan’s spinner Allah Ghazanfar. This 18-year-old player is the 5th youngest player in IPL history, who has been bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 4.8 crore for the 2025 season.
Allah Ghazanfar riding on two tournaments!
Now we know why Allah Ghazanfar’s cricket schedule was so busy that he had to play not just one or two but four matches in just 72 hours. Actually, Ghazanfar is riding on two tournaments these days. One which he is playing for his country’s team i.e. Men’s Under 19 Asia Cup and the other event is Abu Dhabi T10 League, where he is representing Team Abu Dhabi.
4 matches, 470 KM and 72 hours
Now know how he traveled 470 kilometers to play 4 matches? It started from 29th November i.e. Friday, when he played the first match of Under 19 Asia Cup on behalf of his country i.e. Afghanistan in Dubai. After playing that match, he directly traveled 140 kilometers to Abu Dhabi, where on 30 November i.e. Saturday evening, he played a match for Team Abu Dhabi in the T10 League.
After playing that match, he covered a distance of 165 kilometers and reached Sharjah, where he again played the Under-19 Asia Cup match for Afghanistan on 1 December. On December 1, he returned to Abu Dhabi after traveling a distance of 165 KM from Sharjah, where in the evening he played another match of Abu Dhabi T10 League. In this way, he traveled 470 kilometers and played 4 matches within 3 days.
Played 4 matches within 72 hours, how was the performance?
Now the question is, how was the performance of spinner Allah Ghazanfar in those 4 matches played within 72 hours? Allah Ghazanfar took 4 wickets in 2 matches of Under 19 Asia Cup. He took 2 wickets in 2 matches played in Abu Dhabi T10 League.