The Pakistan cricket team defeated Afghanistan 3-0 in the ODI series and regained the world number one ranking in the ODI. It should be noted that the Pakistan cricket team will play live from Colombo this afternoon in connection with the Asia Cup 2023. Will reach Multan. Pakistan is scheduled to play its first Asia Cup match against Nepal on August 30 in Multan. Nepal cricket team will also reach Multan from Karachi. Afghanistan cricket team will reach Lahore by commercial flight on the morning of August 28. Afghanistan cricket team will come from Colombo to Lahore. The teams of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will reach Lahore by chartered flights on the night of September 1. Asia Cup matches are scheduled on September 3, 5, and 6 at Gaddafi Stadium.
Pakistan had the lead in the three-match series before the start of the third match where the Pakistani cricket team won by 142 in the first match and by one wicket in the second match after a thrilling contest. In the third match of the series, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 268 runs for the loss of 8 wickets thanks to the half-centuries of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan.
In pursuit of the target, the Afghanistan team lost 7 wickets for only 97 runs and Mujeebur Rehman’s half-century off 26 balls could not save the Afghanistan team from defeat. With the success of this match by 59 runs, Pakistan also completed a 0-3 clean sweep in the series and at the same time, the national team once again became the world number one in the ODI rankings. The national team has performed very well in ODI cricket over the past year, where after a 0-3 whitewash in the series against the West Indies and the Netherlands, the national team also went 1-2 in the series against New Zealand. Was successful. After that, after winning 1-4 in the five-match series against New Zealand, Pakistan has also swept Afghanistan. Prior to the start of the ODI series between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Australia was leading the ODI rankings with 118 points and Pakistan’s points at that time were 115.8.
However, after the clean sweep in this series, Pakistan’s rating points have become 118.48 and it has become the world number one, while the Australian team is at the second place in the ODI ranking with 118 points and the Indian team is at the third place with 113 points. .
It should be noted that in the first one-day match between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the national team not only defeated Afghanistan but also achieved a unique record. Despite scoring less than 205 in the first innings of the first ODI match, the biggest victory was achieved, which is a record of its kind. In the first match of the series, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 142 runs, the biggest win by any team after scoring less than 205. It should be noted that in 2018, Zimbabwe were bowled out for 198 runs by South Africa. He was defeated by 120 runs. It should be remembered that in the first one-day match of the Pak-Afghan series, the national team won by defeating Afghanistan by 142 runs. In the match played in Hambantota, Pakistani captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first. Chasing a target of 202 runs, the entire Afghanistan team was bowled out for 59 runs in the 20th over. In the second match of the series, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by one wicket after an interesting contest. In the second match, Pakistan achieved the target on the last wicket in 49.5 overs thanks to the important innings of Naseem Shah. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be the best, the Afghan team scored 300 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. The Afghan openers started the innings cautiously and played strokes all around the wicket after being set, giving the team a good start of 227 runs. Afghan opener Rahmanullah Garbaz played a brilliant innings of 151 runs and fell victim to Shaheen Afridi, Rahmanullah Garbaz’s innings included 3 sixes and 14 fours while the other opener Ibrahim Zadran scored 80 runs and fell victim to Osama Mir. Apart from them, Mohammad Nabi 29, Rashid Khan 2 and Shahidullah were out by making one run, captain Heshmatullah Shahidi 15 and Abdul Rehman remained not out with 4 runs. On behalf of Pakistan, Naseem Shah got one wicket by giving 45 runs in 9 overs, Osama Mir got one wicket by giving 61 runs in 10 overs, Haris Rauf got 48 runs in 7 overs and Shadab Khan got 53 runs in 10 overs. gave In pursuit of the target of 301 runs, the openers of the national team also adopted a cautious approach and contributed 52 runs to the team, Fakhar Zaman was bowled by Fazal Haq Farooqui on an individual score of 30. Captain Babar Azam came who along with Imamul Haq brought the team’s score to 170 runs, Babar also became a victim of Fazal Haq, he played an innings of 53 runs. Pakistan’s batting line looked troubled, Aghasulman got out after scoring 14 runs, Mohammad Rizwan also scored only 2 runs, Imamul Haq also got out after scoring 91 runs, on this occasion Shadab Khan played an aggressive innings and scored 48 runs off 35 balls. However, Minkad got out on the first ball of the last over.
In the last minute, Naseem Shah once again played the winning innings, he scored a valuable 10 runs and snatched the victory from the hands of Afghanistan. On behalf of Afghanistan, Fazal Haq Farooqui got 3 outs, Mohammad Nabi got 2 outs, Mujeebur Rehman and Abdul Rehman got out one each.
Shadab Khan was given the player of the match award.
It should be noted that last year in the match against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup, Naseem Shah had won the match with the help of two sixes for Pakistan. The six-marker was a thrilling one-wicket victory.
