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Afghanistan gained their second victory of the T20 World Cup group stage on Sunday as they thrashed Namibia by 62 runs in Abu Dhabi. Afghanistan batted first and made 160-5 with former captain Asghar Afghan bidding farewell with 31. They then held Namibia to 98-9 as seamers Hamid Hassan, making his first T20 international appearance in five years, and Naveen-ul-Haq both took three wickets. Naveen was named player of the match but presented his award to Asghar, the former captain who had announced on the eve of the game that he would retire after it. After current skipper Mohammad Nabi won the …