New Delhi, the ODI series is being played between the teams of Pakistan and Afghanistan before the start of the Asia Cup. The first match was played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, which Pakistan won by 142 runs. Imam-ul-Haq scored a brilliant half-century in this match. Pakistan team may have won this match but after the match it became a joke. The reason for this was Pakistan team’s poor fielding, the video of which was also going viral very quickly.
In fact, this mistake was committed by Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman in the first ODI. Naseem Shah came to bowl the fourth over from Pakistan. Pakistan had a great chance to take a wicket on the fourth ball of Naseem Shah. But he missed. In fact, Afghanistan’s Ikram Alikhil came to the non-striker’s end while running from the crease after stopping the ball with the bat. Fakhar Zaman managed to reach the ball and bowled it to Mohammad Rizwan. But Rizwan missed it. He could not run out.
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Meanwhile, Ikram Alikhal managed to reach the crease and avoided being run out. However, he could not score more runs. Only 4 runs came from his bat. At the same time, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, standing at the non-striker end, also showed understanding. Seeing that the ball was very close to the fielder, he thought it best not to take the run. Gurbaj scored a total of 18 runs in 47 balls. In which not a single boundary was included.
Pakistan was given a target of 202 runs.
Pakistan team made a good score based on the batting of Imam-ul-Haq and Shadab Khan. Normally scoring 202 runs in ODIs is not a big deal. But Pakistan’s bowlers prevented Afghanistan from doing so. Haris Rauf took 5, Shaheen Afridi 2, Naseem Shah 1 and Shadab Khan also took one wicket.
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Tags: Afghanistan vs Pakistan, Fakhr Zaman, Muhammad Rizwan, Pakistan Cricket Team
First published: August 24, 2023, 12:26 IST