Afghanistan created history by beating South Africa for the first time in any format. The team bowled out South Africa for 106 runs in the first ODI played at Sharjah on Wednesday. After that, the target was achieved by losing 4 wickets in 26 overs.
From Afghanistan, fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui took 4 wickets, Allah Ghazanfar 3 and Rashid Khan 2 wickets. In batting, Gulbuddin Naib scored 34 runs and Azmatullah Omarzai scored 25 runs which led the team to an easy win. With this, Afghanistan has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series.
Afghanistan's historic victory Afghanistan defeated South Africa for the first time in all three formats. Earlier 3 T-20s and 2 ODIs were played between the two teams. South Africa won all of them. Afghanistan now changed history and defeated South Africa.
Rashid Khan took 2 wickets from Afghanistan.
Avenged the T20 World Cup defeat The two teams last met in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup on June 26 this year. Then South Africa bowled out Afghanistan for 56 runs. Sa. Africa won that match in just 9 overs. Afghanistan have now leveled the score and dismissed South Africa for 106 runs in the ODI. Then won the match in just 26 overs.
Wayne Mulder scored a fifty South Africa got off to a poor start after winning the toss and batting first. The team lost 7 wickets on the score of 36 runs. Tony DeGeorge scored only 11, Kyle Varian 10 and Reza Hendricks scored only 9. 3 batsmen could not even open the account, while captain Aidan Markram managed to score only 2 runs.
After this Wayne Mulder scored a fifty and took the team past 100 runs. Bourne Fortune scored 16 runs with him. Andre Berger scored a run, while Lungi Ngidi was unable to open the account either. The team could score only 106 runs in 33.3 overs.
Fazalhaq Farooqui took 3 wickets in the powerplay itself.
Farooqui's 4 wickets Fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui took 4 wickets for 35 runs from Afghanistan. Off-spinner Allah Ghazanfar took 3 wickets for just 20 runs. While Rashid Khan took 2 wickets for 30 runs. A batter was run out.
Afghanistan also got off to a bad start Chasing a target of 107 runs, Afghanistan lost 3 wickets for 35 runs. Riyaz Hasan could score only 16 runs and Rahmat Shah only 8 runs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz could not even open his account. The team's score only crossed 50 runs while captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was also dismissed for 16 runs.
Afghanistan lost 4 wickets for 60 runs.
Omarzai-Gulbadin crossed the victory mark Azmatullah Omarzai and Gulbuddin Naib took charge of Afghanistan after losing 4 wickets at a score of 60 runs. Both took the team past 100 runs to win in 26 overs. Omarzai remained unbeaten after scoring 25 runs and Naib remained unbeaten after scoring 34 runs. Bourne Fortune took 2 wickets from South Africa. While Aidan Markram and Lungi Engidi had a 1-1 success.
Another ODI on September 20 Along with the win in the first ODI, Afghanistan has also taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. The second match of the series will be played in Sharjah on September 20. Then the third match will be played in Sharjah on September 22.
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