A series of 3 ODIs is being played between Pakistan and Afghanistan. At the same time, on Thursday i.e. 24 August, the second ODI match of this series was played between the two teams. In this interesting match, the Pakistan team made a big counterattack in the last over and won by 1 wicket. Afghanistan may have lost this match in the last over, but the team of Afghanistan kept the Pakistani players sweating till the last moment with their brilliant performance.
In fact, in this match, the Afghanistan team, while batting first, set a good target of 300 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in front of the Pakistani team. For Afghanistan, opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored a blistering 151 runs hitting 14 fours and 3 sixes. On the other hand, Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam, scoring half-centuries from Pakistan, definitely helped the Pakistan team to reach the target in this match, but after the dismissal of both the players, the match seemed to be going out of Pakistan’s hands. Put. Coming out to bat in a difficult situation, Shadab Khan, along with his teammates, initially kept the scoreboard moving slowly and then changed gears and started batting fast. Shadab took this match till the last over with his excellent batting. However, the real thrill of this match was seen in the last over.
Actually, when the Pakistan team needed 11 runs to win in the last over. In such a situation, Shadab Khan, who was batting well, was standing on the non-striker. In such a situation, for Pakistan to win this match, it was necessary that Shadab Khan should bat as much as possible. So that Pakistan can win this match, that’s why Shadab wanted to come on strike at any cost. Meanwhile, Fazalhaq Farooqi, who came to bowl the last over for Afghanistan, was well aware that Shadab would be in a hurry to run away on this ball and something similar happened. As soon as Fazalhaq Farukhi ran to bowl, Shadab Khan went ahead of the non-striker’s crease before him. Taking advantage of this, Fazalhaq Farooqi got Shadab Khan run out. Shadab’s Makanding run out spread sensation all over the ground. After Shadab’s dismissal, there was silence in the Pakistani camp. In such a situation, after the run out of Shadab, the responsibility rested on the shoulders of Naseem Shah.
After this, Naseem Shah hit a four on Farooqui’s first legal ball. After this, not a single run was found on the second ball, then Naseem managed to take one on the third ball. However, Pakistan still needed 6 runs in 3 balls to win. While Afghanistan needed only one wicket to live. Meanwhile, Haris Rauf came on strike on the fourth ball and completed three runs on this ball. In such a situation, now Pakistan needed 3 runs in two balls, but on the fifth ball, Naseem broke the hearts of the Afghan players and fans by hitting a four. Along with this, Naseem also took revenge for Shadab Khan’s Makanding run out. After this victory, Pakistan is now 2-0 ahead in this series.
