Pakistan’s fast bowler Naseem Shah made history once again by winning his team in the last over against Afghanistan. In this way, Pakistan has won two matches in the series of three ODI matches against Afghanistan.
Chasing Afghanistan’s target of 301, Pakistan needed 11 runs to win in the last over with Shadab Khan and Naseem Shah at the crease.
Fazlul Haq Farooqui came once again to bowl the last over, who also bowled the last over of the match during the Asia Cup 2022, and only Naseem Shah was present in front. Who made his team win by hitting two sixes.
However, this time Fazalul Haq Farooqui started the last over in a ‘controversial’ manner and before bowling the first ball of the over, he ran out Shadab Khan who was trying to go on strike (Monked of the Past).
Neither Shadab nor the commentators were happy to be dismissed like this. At that time Pakistan had lost nine wickets and Afghanistan needed only one wicket to win.
Naseem Shah took Farooqui’s first ball for a boundary to reach the target of seven runs. No run could be scored on the next ball. On the third ball of the over, Naseem Shah took a run and on strike came Haris Rauf who hit a shot on the leg side on which the Pakistani batsmen managed to score three runs.
Naseem Shah came to the crease again and at that time Pakistan needed three runs to win. After a long negotiation, when Farooqui got the ball again, Naseem Shah tried to play an aggressive shot which touched the edge of the bat and crossed the boundary line near the keeper.
Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first in the second match of the three-match ODI series and have set Pakistan a target of 301 runs to win thanks to the fine batting of openers Rehmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran.
Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and elected to bat first on Thursday, while Rahmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on 227 runs for the first wicket partnership.
Garbaz scored 151 runs and Zadran scored 80 runs.
In reply, Pakistan’s openers Fakhar Zaman and Imamul Haq gave the team a slightly better start than in the previous match and the first wicket fell for 52 runs when Fakhar Zaman was dismissed for 30 runs.
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After him, Babar Azam came to the crease, who returned to the pavilion without scoring a run in the first ODI. But in this match, Babar Azam once again showed his class and managed to score a half century.
Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq made a partnership of 118 runs for the second wicket and strengthened their grip on the match, but this grip did not last long and Babar-e-Azam got out after scoring 53 runs while Imam-ul-Haq got out after playing an innings of 91 runs. happened
In such a situation, Pakistan’s batting suddenly started showing some aggressive style, due to which the series of wickets started falling and Afghanistan got a chance to come back into the match.
Afghanistan took full advantage of this opportunity and took the Pakistani batsmen on the back foot.
On this occasion, Shadab Khan was the only batsman from Pakistan who managed the innings and took the match to the end. He played an innings of 48 runs which included three fours and one crucial six.
In the first match of the ongoing three-match series in Sri Lanka, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 142 runs. The third and final match of the series between the two teams will be played on August 26.
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