In the World Cup 2023, Afghanistan on Monday defeated Pakistan by eight wickets thanks to the excellent performance of the batsmen, which is their first victory against Pakistan in ODIs.
Pakistan’s target of 283 runs was easily achieved by Afghanistan in the 49th over with the loss of just two wickets in Chennai, India.
Chasing the target, Afghanistan openers Rahmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave their team a brilliant start and the two batsmen put on 130 runs for the first wicket partnership.
Rehmanullah Garbaz scored 65 runs and was caught out by Shaheen Shah Afridi, while Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 87 runs.
Even after that, the Afghan batsmen did not give Pakistan a single chance to come into the match. After a good opening partnership by Afghanistan, Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah scored an unbeaten 96 runs for the third wicket partnership.
On behalf of Afghanistan, Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 48 runs and Rahmat Shah scored 77 runs and both were not out.
Ibrahim Zadran has been declared man of the match for playing an innings of 87 runs in the match.
Ibrahim Zadran said on this occasion that he gives the man of the match award to the people who are being sent back to their country Afghanistan from Pakistan.
He said that ‘I feel good for myself and my country and I want to give this award to the people who are being sent back to Afghanistan from Pakistan.’
In this match, when the Pakistan team entered the field for fielding, its bowlers were under pressure from the first ball. Pakistan’s fielding was weak in this match as well.
Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf could not give Pakistan a good start while the spinners also failed to stop the Afghan batsmen from scoring runs in the middle overs of the match.
On behalf of Pakistan, captain Babar Azam scored 74 runs, Abdullah Shafique scored 58 runs, Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 40 and 40 runs respectively. While on behalf of Afghanistan, Noor Ahmed took three wickets and Naveen-ul-Haq took two wickets. Seven Pakistan players were out.
In this match played at Chidambaram Stadium, Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first and informed that Shadab Khan has been included in the team again after being rested for one match.
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On behalf of Pakistan, Abdullah Shafiq and Imamul Haq started the innings confidently but Imamul Haq was caught out by Azmatullah for a total score of 56.
He scored 17 runs off 22 balls. Abdullah Shafiq then stayed at the wicket for a long time, scoring 58 off 75 balls before being lbw to Noor Ahmed.
Analysts before the match said that there is no grass on the pitch, so it is expected to help the spinners. Chennai’s wicket, however, has traditionally been considered helpful for spin bowlers.
It was very important for Pakistan to win this match to reach the next stage of the tournament. However, after this defeat, Afghanistan and Pakistan are equal on the points table and the difference between the two is only the run rate.
Pakistan cricket team has lost matches against Australia and India while it has won matches against Sri Lanka and Netherlands. On the other hand, Afghanistan have faced defeats against India, New Zealand and Bangladesh while they have managed to defeat Pakistan and England.
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2024-10-01 16:39:44
