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Rashid Khan bowls Ryan Burl out after heated exchange

Sports TV's Sharjah clip shows an umpire separating the pair, then an animated send-off from the Afghanistan bowler.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 90,241 views a day, 29 times a normal first day on this channel (3,106).

An aggressive exchange of words, with Ryan Burl losing his cool #AFGvsZIM | M9T1HAn aggressive exchange of words, with Ryan Burl losing his cool #AFGvsZIM | M9T1H

The umpire steps between Ryan Burl and Rashid Khan, but their exchange has already stretched beyond the end of the over. Burl gestures toward the bowler; Rashid has words of his own. Sports TV's short highlight turns a passage of Afghanistan-Zimbabwe cricket into a tense encounter with a wicket at its finish.

The clip has drawn more than 62,000 views in its first 12 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for Shorts.

It begins with Burl defending a delivery and Rashid staring him down. As the exchanges continue, the commentators interpret the Afghanistan leg-spinner's behavior as an attempt to frustrate the batter. The edit also pairs Rashid blowing a kiss with Burl watching from the dugout, before showing the dismissal: Rashid bowls him out and follows it with an animated celebration and pointing send-off.

This is part of a broader burst of interest in Sports TV's cricket coverage. Its live broadcast and full highlights of the third T20 international at Sharjah are also drawing much larger audiences than usual for their respective formats. Alongside them, the channel's Hong Kong Sixes coverage includes Afghanistan-Australia final highlights and the Oman-Pakistan Plate final, both making faster starts than its regular highlights typically do.

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The facts
Channel
Sports TV
Subscribers
2,530,000 ▲ 40,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
81,392,661
Channel views, pace per day
17,914,568 (on a normal day: 8,108,681)
Video published
November 1, 2026
Video views so far
62,146 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
90,241

The numbers

The Burl-Rashid clip is well ahead of Sports TV's usual Shorts start. The match broadcast and full highlights are also running above their own usual first-day pace.

the video's first day
usual first day here
3,106
this video
90,241
subscribers
2,530,000
▲ 40,000 in the last 7 days
total views
1,211,829,648
views per day
17,914,568
typical day: 8,108,681
the video
views
62,146
likes
1,385
comments
21
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
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3,210,000
Spanner
3,070,000
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2,530,000
Tennis TV
2,170,000
As of November 2, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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