The Pakistani team secured an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series by winning the second game of the three-game ODI series against Afghanistan by one wicket in exciting fashion. In the second ODI, the Pakistan team’s fast bowler Naseem Shah said again that he likes to hit against Afghanistan. In the final over, when the team needed 11 runs to win, Naseem gave the Pakistan team an exciting victory by hitting two fours in the first ball.
In the second game of the ODI series, the Pakistani team had the goal of winning 301 runs. The Pak team had scored 290 runs in 49 overs, losing 8 wickets in the process. Early in the final over, Shadab Khan was defeated by Afghan bowler Fazhallak Farooqui. By this point, Shadab had scored 48 runs in 35 balls.
From here, Naseem Shah hit a four on the first ball and put on a great performance with the racquet. After that, the second ball remained a point. Haris Rauf came on to attack after scoring a run on the third ball. When Haris scored three runs on the fourth ball, Naseem was again put on strike. On the fifth ball of the over, which touched the outside edge of Naseem’s racquet, the ball crossed the third man’s boundary line and the Pakistan team won the game by one wicket from one ball.
This is the brilliant and absolute conclusion of the 2nd ODI against Afghanistan. Naseem Shah, who throws glows and takes the last wicket for Pakistan, is a brilliant love story. #PakistanCricket #PakvsAfg #ShaheenAfridi #imamulhaq #NaseemShah pic.twitter.com/z80eGwCE1h
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When Imam-ul-Haq went for goal in that game for the Pakistan team, he scored 91 points and captain Babar Azam also played an important innings with 53 runs. On the other hand, Farooqi won three wickets while Mohammad Nabi won two wickets in bowling from Afghanistan.
As for the Afghan team’s innings in this game, the opening pairing of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran played a very important role. There was a great partnership of 227 runs for the first wicket between the two. Gurbaj played a brilliant inning of 151 runs in this match of his fifth century ODI career. And Zadran also scored 80 runs. The Afghan team managed to get the score of 300 runs in a loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs.
