Afghanistan’s progress in cricket has been very rapid. This year is going to be a great year for Afghanistan. After defeating a strong team like Australia in the 2024 T20 World Cup, Afghanistan recently created new history by winning the ODI series against South Africa. Now Afghanistan has achieved a new feat, defeating Bangladesh in the first match of the ODI series.
In fact, the ODI series between Afghanistan and Bangladesh begins on October 6. Afghanistan worked wonders with ball and bat in the first ODI in Sharjah. Batting first, Afghanistan lost 4 wickets in 35 runs, but after that, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and veteran Mohammad Nabi were on pace to lead the team to 235 runs. played an important role.
Bangladesh is in bad shape
Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 52 runs while Mohammad Nabi scored 84 runs off 79 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. In this way, Afghanistan successfully handed the challenging target of 236 points to Bangladesh. Bangladesh chased the target and scored 120 runs after losing 3 wickets in 26 overs. Thereafter, Afghanistan handed the ball to young bowler Alaa Ghazamfar and the entire Bangladesh team was reduced to within the next 23 overs.
Allah Ghazanfar took a series of wickets for Bangladesh as soon as he got the ball. Gazanfar victimized 6 batsmen in 6.3 overs and scored 26 runs. The 18-year-old Afghan spinner thus created history. Allah Ghazanfar became the third youngest bowler to take 6 wickets in ODI cricket. Gazanfar completed this great feat at the age of 18 years and 231 days. He is the third youngest bowler after Waqar Younis and Rashid Khan.
Youngest bowler to take 6 wickets in ODI cricket
- Waqar Younis – 18 years and 164 days
- Rashid Khan – 18 years and 178 days
- Allah Ghazanfar – 18 years and 231 days
Not only that, Ghazinfar had the second-best bowling performance for Afghanistan in ODIs after Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan and Gulbadin Naib. Only Rashid Khan is ahead of him now. Bangladesh’s last seven wickets came within 11 runs. In this way, Afghanistan won by 92 runs despite scoring 235 runs. Afghanistan currently leads the three-match ODI series 1-0.
Afghanistan’s best bowling performance in ODIs
- 7/18 – Rashid Khan vs West Indies, Grosse Ile, 2017
- 6/26 – Allah Ghazanfar vs Bangladesh, Sharjah, 2024
- 6/43 – Rashid Khan vs Ireland, Greater Noida, 2017
- 6/43 – Gulbadin Naib vs Ireland, Belfast, 2019
- 5/17 – Mohammad Nabi vs Ireland, Sharjah, 2024
- 5/19 – Rashid Khan vs South Africa, Sharjah, 2024
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