Following a thumbing victory against Afghanistan in the first One Day International (ODI), Pakistan will again be battling against them at Hambantota on Thursday – PTV Sports Live.
The Super Cola Cup three-match ODI series 2023 between Pakistan and Afghanistan kicked off on Tuesday.
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Pakistan vs Afghanistan Head-to-Head in ODIs:
Team | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Win % |
| Pakistan | 2012-2023 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100 |
| Afghanistan | 2012-2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
In the first ODI, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. However, top batters struggled early on as Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam had lost their wickets for a total score 7. Fakhar went for 2 while Babar had his first duck in ODIs after July 2019.
In the middle order, Aghan Salman also failed to make an impact and could score only 7 runs.
However, the opener Imam Ul Haq injected some stability into the Pakistan innings and scored 61 runs. He along with Mohammad Rizwan (21 runs), Iftikhar Ahmed (30 runs), and Shadab Khan (39 runs) built brief partnerships.
Imam Ul Haq’s 61 runs in the first ODI helped him to move up one place to third in the latest ICC ODI batter rankings.
Excellent knock by @ImamUlHaq12 in tough circumstances 🙌
He scores his 17th ODI half-century 💫#AFGvPAK pic.twitter.com/R0pjeRPMIY
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 22, 2023
Later Naseem Shah also contributed with bat and scored 18 runs.
Pakistan were bowled out for 201 in 47.1 overs.
For Afghanistan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman took 3 wickets whereas Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan picked up 2 wickets each. Fazalhaq Farooqi and Rahmat Shah also grabbed 1 wicket each.
Though Afghanistan had to achieve a modest target of 202 runs in 50 overs but it turned out to be a nightmare for them. The entire team was bowled out for just 59 runs, which was their second lowest score against any team in ODIs.
None of the Afghan batters could manage to survive fiery spells of Pakistani quicks.
Afghanistan’s lowest scores in ODIs:
- 58 against Zimbabwe in 2016
- 59 against Pakistan on August 22, 2023
- 63 against Scotland in 2015
Haris Rauf took a five-wicket haul for 18 runs, and now he has moved up seven places to a new career-high rating and 36th place overall in the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings.
Shaheen Shah Afridi took 2 wickets whereas Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan grabbed 1 wicket each.
One for the record books 🤩
Special performance from the boys 🙌#AFGvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/kd2C1MJtHO
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 22, 2023
