2nd ODI Pakistan & Afghanistan
Afghanistan's dream of victory is again dashed, Pakistan win by one wicket
Pakistan team achieved the target of 301 runs given by Afghanistan in the last over. Naseem Shah once again became a wall in front of Afghanistan. Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah scored 11 runs in the last over. Chasing the target, Pakistan got off to a good start where Fakhar Zaman and Imamul Haq added 52 runs, but Fakhar Zaman, who scored 30 runs on that score, was bowled by Fazal Haq Farooqui. Same batsman, same bowler, same last over, Naseem Shah repeats history as a batsman On the second wicket, opener Imam-ul-Haq was joined by captain Babar Azam and both tried to stabilize their team's position by making a good partnership of 118 runs. After Babar Azam was caught out by Fazal Haq Farooqui on a total of 170, Afghanistan's bowlers began to control the Pakistani batsmen. Mohammad Rizwan was run out for 176 after scoring 2 runs while his next batsman Salman Ali Agha was caught out for 208 off the ball of Mohammad Nabi after scoring 14 runs. In the same over, Mohammad Nabi caught out Usama Mir, who came up to bat for experience. At the other end, Imam-ul-Haq reached a total of 91 and was caught out by Mujeeb-ur-Rehman's spinning ball. Thus, the national team lost 6 wickets for a total of 211. In the closing moments, Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed put on a crucial partnership of 47 runs and steered the team towards victory. Iftikhar Ahmed got out after scoring 17 runs, Shadab Khan continued his efforts to reach the target and first made a partnership of 14 runs with Shaheen Afridi and then 24 runs with Naseem Shah in the last over at a distance of 11 runs at the non-striker's end. Out. Shadab played a smoky innings of 48 runs. In the last over, Naseem Shah once again became a wall in front of Afghanistan. He first hit a four, then made a single after which Haris Rauf scored 3 runs and then Naseem Shah hit a four to make Pakistan victorious. It should be noted that last year in the Asia Cup, Naseem Shah scored 11 runs in the last over. At that time, Fazal Haq Farooqui was the only bowler in front of him, who bowled the last over even today. Shadab Khan was declared the best player of the match for his excellent batting performance in the closing moments of the match. Earlier, Afghanistan set Pakistan a target of 301 runs to win, thanks to a great opening partnership of 227 runs by openers Rahmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran. It should be noted that Afghanistan has crossed the 300 mark for the first time against Pakistan in ODI cricket. In this match being played in Hambantota, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Openers Rehmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran vindicated the decision for their captain where the Pakistani bowlers looked helpless and a marathon partnership of 227 runs was established between the two. Ibrahim Zadran played an innings of 80 runs, while Rahmanullah Garbaz was dismissed for 151 runs. Despite the dismissals of both the openers, the experienced Muhammad Nabi maintained his average of runs and played a crucial innings of 29 runs in the closing moments to take his team to a total of 300 for the loss of 5 wickets. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi took two wickets while Naseem Shah and Usama Mir took one wicket each. Talking after the toss, Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam said that the wicket looks good for batting, he will try to bat best in the match. Babar Azam said that there has been no change in the team in this match. Shahbaz Sharif called Shaheen, Haris and Naseem the best bowling attack in the world On this occasion, the captain of the Afghan team said that he will try to make a comeback. Will enter the field keeping the target of 260 runs in mind.
Pakistan Team
In this match, Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan, Osama Mir, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf were included in the Pakistan team. In the second ODI match, Afghanistan team was led by Heshmatullah Shahidi. It should be remembered that in the first one-day match on August 22, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 142 runs by showing disastrous bowling. Haris Rauf was named Man of the Match for his devastating bowling performance.
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