PAK vs AFG / Afghanistan piled on 59 runs by Haris's 'claws' - 5 batsmen out for 0

Afghanistan's batsmen once again disappointed the team and they had to face defeat in the first ODI against Pakistan on Tuesday. Afghanistan's bowlers did not allow Pakistan to score big after coming out to bat first. Pakistan's team could score only 201 runs in 47.1 overs. It seemed that the Afghanistan team would chase this score, but in front of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf, the Afghanistan batsmen were

Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 22, 2023, 10:40 PM

PAK vs AFG: Afghanistan's batsmen once again disappointed the team and they had to face defeat in the first ODI against Pakistan on Tuesday. Afghanistan's bowlers did not allow Pakistan to score big after coming out to bat first. Pakistan's team could score only 201 runs in 47.1 overs. It seemed that the Afghanistan team would chase this score, but in front of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf, the Afghanistan batsmen were seen struggling and the entire team lost the match by 142 runs after being bundled out for 59 runs in 19.2 overs.

Rauf took five wickets for 18 runs in 6.2 overs in which he also bowled two maiden overs. At the same time, Shaheen Shah Afridi gave nine runs in four overs with two maiden overs and earned two successes. Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan got one wicket each.

5 batsmen did not open account

Five batsmen of Afghanistan could not even open the account. On the fourth ball of the third over, Shaheen showed Ibrahim Zadran the way to the pavilion without opening the account. Shaheen again sent Rahmat Shah to the pavilion on the next ball. Captain Hasmatullah Shahidi also could not open the account and became the victim of Naseem Shah. Rauf opened his account by dismissing Ikram Alikhil and then continued to take wickets from here. The Afghanistan team could not recover from here again. Only two of his batsmen could reach double digits. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored the maximum 18 runs for the team. Azmatullah Omarzai scored 16 runs but he retired hurt.

Babar failed

Pakistan's bowlers showed a strong game but the batsmen of the team could not do anything special. Captain Babar Azam could not even open the account. Mohammad Rizwan also could not take his innings beyond 21 runs. Imam-ul-Haq definitely scored a half-century for the team but he could not find any support from the other end. Imam played an inning of 61 runs in 94 balls. Shadab Khan scored 39, Iftikhar Ahmed scored 30 runs. Mujeeb ur Rehman took three wickets for Afghanistan. Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan took two wickets each. Fazalhaq Farooqui and Rahmat Shah took one wicket each.