AFG vs SA 1st ODI: Afghanistan scripts history with first ever ODI win over South Africa
Afghanistan scripts history by beating South Africa by 6 wickets, Fazalhaq Farooqi and 18-year-old sensation Allah Mohammad Ghzanfar starred as Afghanistan beat South Africa for the first time in any format in international cricket.
New Delhi: Afghanistan scripts history by beating South Africa by 6 wickets, Fazalhaq Farooqi and 18-year-old sensation Allah Mohammad Ghzanfar starred as Afghanistan beat South Africa for the first time in any format in international cricket.
Having won the toss, South Africa opted to bat first most productive to be jolted by Farooqi’s early strikes. The left-arm pacer came visiting the wicket to account for Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram early on. He added the wicket of Tony de Zorzi ahead of Ghazanfar worked his magic on the middle-order, putting off Tristan Stubbs and debutant Jason Smith for ducks within the same over. South Africa, reduced to 29/5, soon crumbled to 36/7 as Ghazanfar snared the wicket of Kyle Verreynne and Andile Phehlukwayo succumbed to a run-out.
Despite an extraordinarily good start with the ball, Azmatullah Omarzai and Gulbadin Naib’s unbeaten fifth-wicket stand guided Afghanistan to a historic triumph.
It is Afghanistan’s first win in six matches across formats against the Proteas. Recently, they'd been bowled out for 56 against South Africa within the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
With this win, Afghanistan now have registered victories against all teams but India and Nepal (most productive one match played) in as a minimum one in the whole formats.
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