Satisfying its monster executioners label in the continuous version of the ICC World Cup on Monday, Hashmatullah Shahidi’s men cavorted beyond a hapless Pakistan at the Mama Chidambaram Arena.
Babar Azam’s men experienced another difficulty as Afghanistan gave the 1992 title holders its third loss of the continuous competition at the Chepauk. Since losing to has India in the high-voltage experience, Pakistan have battled to dominate a match at the One Day Global (ODI) World Cup.
Babar’s patient knocks lifts Pakistan to 282
Losing star opener Imam-ul-Haq for inexpensively, stayed enthusiastic about posting a difficult all-out with Babar and Shafique driving the charge. Captain Babar crushed a coarse 50 years to put Pakistan nearly a colossal aggregate. Babar scored 74 off 92 balls while Shafique contributed with 58 off 75.
Giving Pakistan a late thrive, center request players Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed controlled Pakistan to 282-7 out of 50 overs. Shadab scored two limits in his 38-ball 40.
Noor Ahmad grabs career-best figures
On a spin-friendly Chepauk pitch, Afghanistan opted to field four slow bowlers against Pakistan. with Noor Ahmad overshadowing superstar Rashid Khan. The 18-year-old left-armer bagged the crucial wickets of Shafique, Babar and Mohammed Rizwan (8) to prevent team from scoring big at Chepauk. Ahmed bowled 10 overs and leaked 49 runs against Babar and Co.
Lightning Strikes Twice
Proceeding with his noteworthy disagreement with the India World Cup, Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a fast-fire thump of 65 (53) to put Shaheen Shah Afridi and Co. under the siphon at Chepauk. Combining efforts with an on-tune Gurbaz, opener Ibrahim Zadran smacked 10 limits in his engaging knock of 87 off 113 balls to place Afghanistan in the driving seat.
Placing a gouge in Babar and Co. semi-last expectations at the World Cup, Rahmat Shah and captain Shahidi controlled Afghanistan to a staggering eight-wicket prevail upon Babar’s men.