afghanistan cricket team
A three-match ODI series was organized between Afghanistan and South Africa. Afghanistan won this series 2-1. It was a big thing for Afghanistan cricket that they defeated the top ranked team in the ODI series. This is a big setback for South Africa cricket. It will take a long time for their team to recover from it. South Africa won only one match in the series. They won the last match by 7 wickets. Let us tell you that this was the first time when an ODI series was being organized between the two countries.
In the third match against Afghanistan, South Africa’s bowlers showed teamwork and after that their batsmen also performed brilliantly. It was very important for South Africa to win this match, because they would not have wanted a clean sweep against Afghanistan. South Africa’s bowling was a big problem during this series, but in the third match they performed brilliantly.
how was the match
In this match played against South Africa, the Afghanistan captain won the toss and decided to bat first. During this, South Africa started well with bowling and strengthened their hold in the match by taking two wickets in the first 10 overs. However, even after losing two quick wickets, Rahmanullah Gurbaz kept his team’s innings under control and kept scoring runs continuously from one end. He hit a boundary after every few balls and did not let his team’s run rate stop.
Gurbaz was playing strongly at one end, but he did not get support from any other batsman from the other end. The special thing about this match was that 8 batsmen of Afghanistan scored in single digit. Gurbaz played a brilliant innings of 89 runs in 94 balls in this match. Due to his innings, Afghanistan scored 169 runs in this match. Gurbaz could have completed a century in this match as well, but he missed it by 11 runs.
The run chase was not easy
South Africa got a target of just 170 runs to win this match. Which their team achieved by losing three wickets in 33 overs. However, South Africa was in a very difficult situation in this match too, they lost three wickets at a score of just 80. From here captain Markram and Tristan Stubbs handled the innings. The absence of Rashid Khan also proved beneficial for them as both batted in the middle overs without any worry.
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