Gurbaz’s 150 helps Afghanistan to hit highest-ever total against Pakistan in 2nd ODI

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HAMBANTOTA – Rahmanullah Gurbaz showed impressive performance with bat as his 151-runk knock helped Afghanistan to built a highest-ever total of 300 runs against Pakistan in second being played ODI at Hambantota, Sri Lanka.

Gurbaz and his opener partner Ibrahim Zardarn built a record partnership against the Team Green as the latter scored 80 off 101 balls before being removed by Usama Mir. 

Shaheen Afridi managed to sent Gurbaz packing, restricting the Afghan team from setting tougher target to chase. Mohammad Nabi made 29 runs while Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 15 as Afghanistan set 301 runs target for Pakistan. 

Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first.

Babar Azam-led squad eyes extending gains in second ODI against Afghanistan as Team Green thrashed Afghanistan by massive 142 runs in the first ODI.

As the bowler certainly did the job, Pakistan’s batting raised eyebrows as top players including skipper Babar Azam were bundled out for 201.

Pakistan dismissed nine players of the opponent team for 59 runs in 19.2 overs while one of the player retired hurt. Five Afghan batters were removed for duck while only two could enter the double-digit score.  Haris Rauf picked up five-fer. Shaheen Shah Afridi took two wickets while Naseem Shah and Shadab Khan claimed one wicket each. 

Afghanistan’s Mujeebur Rahman took three wickets while Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi claimed two wickets each as they bowled out Pakistan in 47.1 overs.

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Pakistan Squad

Imam ul Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf/Mohammad Wasim Jr.

Afghanistan Squad

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ikram Alikhil, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Abdul Rahman, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Pakistan vs Afghanistan second ODI Live Streaming

The match will be live telecast on PTV sports while several apps will also provide live scoring details to the cricket fans.

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