After the defeat, Gurbaz was gifted with a bat by Babar

Babarshabi gifting bat to Gurbaz: Twitter

 

 

Afghanistan Cricket Board and ICC also posted the picture on Instagram. Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz holds a Gray Nicholls bat. smile on face Babar Azam standing next to him.

Many may have guessed just by looking at the bat without seeing the caption. Babar played with Gray Nicholls bat, so did he gift his bat to Rahmanullah Gurbaz? The ICC's caption is clear, 'Babar Azam's gift. The spirit of cricket is alive and well.' The Afghanistan Cricket Board's post captioned the same tone, 'Thanks Babar Azam for the gift.'

Afghanistan beat Pakistan by 8 wickets yesterday in Chennai. Rahmanullah Gurbaz played an innings of 65 runs off 53 balls as Pakistan chased down 282 runs. After the match, Babar gave him his bat. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is seen in the picture wearing a t-shirt and trousers with the logo of the Afghanistan Cricket Board. Pakistan suffered a major blow to their hopes of reaching the semi-finals with a loss against Afghanistan. Babar Azam's team is fifth in the table with 2 wins and 3 losses in 5 matches. There are 4 matches left. What Pakistan has to do in the meantime. For Babar now every match is the final! 

Gurbazhabi lays foundation for Afghanistan's victory against Pakistan yesterday: ICC

Afghanistan's points in 5 matches are also 4. Hashmatullah Shahid's team defeated England and Pakistan. Afghanistan (-0.969) is sixth in the table behind Pakistan (-0.400) in net run rate.