Afghanistan beat South Africa by 177 runs in the second ODI.
The year 2024 has been the best year in the cricket history of the Afghanistan team so far. Afghanistan has now taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series after winning the second match of the three-match ODI series against South Africa by 177 runs. Afghanistan has succeeded in winning the ODI series against the fourth full member team of the ICC in this ODI. Earlier, they had won the ODI series against Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Ireland. In the second ODI match of the series played at the Sharjah ground, while Rahmanullah Gurbaz was the hero of victory for the Afghanistan team with the bat, Rashid Khan was seen with the ball.
Afghanistan registered their biggest win by a margin of runs in ODIs
In the second match of this ODI series played at Sharjah ground, Afghanistan team batting first scored 311 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 50 overs. In this, Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 105 runs, while Omarzai scored an unbeaten 86 while Rahmat Shah scored 50 runs. In response, South African team was all out after scoring 134 runs in 34.2 overs and had to face a huge defeat of 177 runs. This is also Afghanistan’s biggest win in terms of runs in their ODI history.
Afghanistan’s biggest ODI win by run margin
- 177 runs – vs South Africa (Sharjah, 2024)
- 154 runs – vs Zimbabwe (Sharjah, 2018)
- 146 runs – vs Zimbabwe (Sharjah, 2018)
- 142 runs – vs Bangladesh (Chattogram, 2023)
- 138 runs – vs Ireland (Sharjah, 2017)
South Africa’s 5th biggest defeat by runs margin in ODIs
The South African team has shown a very poor performance in the first two matches of this ODI series, in which their batsmen have disappointed the most. The team was not able to bat for the full 50 overs in both the matches. The defeat by 177 runs in the second ODI has also become the 5th biggest defeat of the South African team in terms of run margin in ODIs.
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