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PAK vs AFG Highlights 2nd ODI: Ahead of the Asia Cup 2023, the Pakistan cricket team is playing a three-match ODI series against Afghanistan. Babar Azam’s team, who registered a big win in the first match, made the air tight in the second ODI. In this thrilling match, Pakistan won by just 1 wicket in the last over. The hero of this match was Shadab Khan, who played a brilliant innings of 48 runs in the final moments to give the team victory. Afghanistan scored 300 runs batting first in this match, this score was achieved by Pakistan with 1 wicket and 1 ball to spare.
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Winning the toss and electing to bat first, the pair of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave the Afghanistan team a strong start and added 227 runs for the first wicket. This was the second highest partnership for any wicket for Afghanistan. The first blow to the team came in the form of Zadran, who was shown the way to the pavilion by Usma Mir on a personal score of 80.
After losing the first wicket in the 40th over, Afghanistan were under pressure to score more runs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was dismissed on a personal score of 151 under this pressure. Gurbaj played this inning with the help of 14 fours and 3 sixes in the same number of balls. Gurbaz also became the first Afghanistan player to score a century against Pakistan and his score is the highest by any wicketkeeper against the team. Nabi was Afghanistan’s third highest run-scorer after Zadran and Garbaz, scoring 29 runs during the period. Afghanistan managed to score 300 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Shaheen Afridi took the most 2 wickets from Pakistan.
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Chasing this score, the pair of Imam-ul-Haq (91) and Fakhar Zaman got the team off to a flying start and put on 52 runs in 9 overs for the first wicket. Captain Babar Azam, who came to bat after Fakhar’s dismissal, also scored a half-century and played an innings of 53 runs. Babar and Imam shared a partnership of 118 runs for the second wicket.
As soon as Babar got out, Pakistan’s gun momentum hit a brake and the team started collapsing like cards. From 170 for 1 in the next 8 overs, Pakistan’s score was reduced to 211 for 6. The players of Afghanistan made a strong comeback in the meantime. At one point it looked like the match was in Afghanistan’s hands, but then Shadab came in and played an important role in the 48-run innings victory.
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The last over of Pakistan’s innings was also very dramatic. Fazlhaq Farooqui ran out Shadab at the non-striker end on the very first ball, which added to the excitement of the match, but Naseem Shah hit two fours in this over to seal the win for the team.