Afghanistan created history, restricted South Africa to 106: First win over African team in all three formats, won the first ODI by 6 wickets
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The South African team made its lowest score against Afghanistan.
Afghanistan has created history by defeating South Africa for the first time in any format. On Wednesday, in the first ODI at Sharjah ground, the team bowled out South Africa for 106 runs. Then they achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 26 overs.
Afghanistan’s fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi took 4 wickets, Allah Ghazanfar took 3 wickets and Rashid Khan took 2 wickets. In batting, Gulbadin Naib scored 34 and Azmatullah Omarzai scored 25 runs to give the team an easy win. With this, Afghanistan took a 1-0 lead in the 3 ODI series.
Afghanistan’s historic win Afghanistan defeated South Africa for the first time in all three formats. Earlier, 3 T-20 and 2 ODIs were played between the two teams. South Africa won in all of them. Afghanistan has now changed history and defeated South Africa.
Rashid Khan took 2 wickets for Afghanistan.
T20 World Cup defeat equalised The two teams last faced each other in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup on 26 June this year. Then South Africa had all-out Afghanistan for 56 runs. South Africa then won the match in just 9 overs. Afghanistan now settled the score and all-out South Africa for 106 runs in the ODI. Then they won the match in just 26 overs.
Wayne Mulder hits fifty South Africa had a very bad start after winning the toss and batting first. The team lost 7 wickets at a score of 36 runs. Tony De Georgi could score only 11 runs, Kyle Varian 10 and Reeza Hendricks 9 runs. 3 batsmen could not even open their account, while captain Aiden Markram could score only 2 runs.
Wayne Mulder then hit a fifty and took the team past the 100-run mark. Born Fortune scored 16 runs with him. Nandre Berger scored one run, while Lungi Ngidi could not even open his account. The team could only score 106 runs in 33.3 overs.
Fazalhaq Farooqui took 3 wickets in the power play itself.
4 wickets for Farooqi Fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi from Afghanistan took 4 wickets for 35 runs. Off-spinner Allah Ghazanfar took 3 wickets for just 20 runs. While Rashid Khan took 2 wickets for 30 runs. One batsman was also run out.
Afghanistan also had a bad start Chasing the target of 107 runs, Afghanistan lost 3 wickets for 35 runs. Riaz Hasan could score only 16 runs and Rahmat Shah 8 runs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz could not even open his account. The team’s score had just crossed 50 runs when captain Hasmatullah Shahidi was also out after scoring 16 runs.
Afghanistan had lost 4 wickets at the score of 60 runs.
Omarzai-Gulbadin took them to victory After losing 4 wickets at the score of 60 runs, Azmatullah Omarzai and Gulbadin Naib took charge of Afghanistan. Both of them took the team past 100 runs and won the match in 26 overs. Omarzai remained unbeaten on 25 and Naib on 34. Born Fortune from South Africa took 2 wickets. While Aiden Markram and Lungi Ngidi got 1-1 wickets.
2nd ODI on September 20 With the victory in the first ODI, Afghanistan has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3 ODI series. The second match of the series will be played in Sharjah on 20 September. Then the third match will be played in Sharjah on 22 September.
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