After the T20 format, the Afghanistan cricket team is now defeating big teams in ODIs as well. This time the South African team became its victim. Afghanistan has started the 3-match ODI series against South Africa with a win. With this, Afghanistan has defeated the African team for the first time in the history of ODI cricket. In this match, Afghanistan bowled brilliantly, due to which South Africa had to face a big defeat.

Afghanistan defeated South Africa for the first time

In this match being played between the two teams, South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be completely wrong. South Africa batted first in this match and was all out after scoring 106 runs in 33.3 overs. After this, Afghanistan achieved this target in 26 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. With this, Afghanistan managed to defeat the team for the first time in any international match.

The bowlers won the match

For Afghanistan, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Allah Ghazanfar bowled very lethally in the powerplay. Fazalhaq Farooqi took 4 wickets. Whereas, young bowler Allah Ghazanfar took 3 wickets for 20 runs in 10 overs. The team's star bowler Rashid Khan also bowled brilliantly and sent 2 batsmen to the pavilion for 30 runs in 8.3 overs. On the other hand, while chasing the target, Gulbadin Naib scored the highest unbeaten 34 runs and Azmatullah Umarzai remained unbeaten after scoring 25 runs.

A very special day for Afghanistan cricket

Before this match, a total of 5 international matches were played between the two teams. South Africa won all these matches. But this time Afghanistan changed history. Earlier, these two teams had come face to face only during the World Cup in ODI format. In the 2019 World Cup and 2023 World Cup, there was a 1-1 match between the two teams. But South Africa won on both occasions. At the same time, both teams have faced each other thrice in T20, where Afghanistan has lost every time.