Fiery pacer Haris Rauf led a day attack on Afghanistan with a career-best five-wicket haul to offer Pakistan a thumping 142-run victory within the first ODI in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota on Tuesday. Rauf’s shattering 5-18 in 6.2 overs compelled Afghanistan to their second-lowest ODI totals of 59 in a staggering 19.2 overs then Pakistan have been bowled out for 201 in 47.1 overs. The victory provides Pakistan a 1-0 govern within the three-match layout — the primary bilateral between the 2 countries — with the extra fits in Colombo on Thursday and Saturday.
Rauf carried at the destruction operate then fellow rapid bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi had got rid of Ibrahim Zadran (nought) and Rahmat Shah (nought) off successive deliveries within the 1/3 over.
It had develop into 3-4 when Naseem Shah brushed aside Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi, additionally with out scoring, sooner than passing the baton to Rauf to finish the rout.
Rauf grabbed wickets of Ikram Alikhil (4), supremacy scorer Rahmanullah Gurbaz (18), Mohammad Nabi (seven), Rashid Khan (nought) and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (4) to finish the rout.
Rauf’s earlier very best of 4-65 was once in opposition to England at Birmingham in 2021. Shaheen completed with 2-9.
Afghanistan’s lowest in all ODIs is 58 in opposition to Zimbabwe in Sharjah in 2016.
Previous Rahman was once Pakistan’s wrecker-in-chief.
The 22-year-old brushed aside global primary batter Babar Azam for a third-ball duck to complete with figures of 3-33, occasion Nabi took 2-34 and Rashid 2-42.
Simplest opener Imam-ul-Haq with a 94-ball 61, Shadab Khan (39) and Iftikhar Ahmed (30) introduced some resistance as Pakistan’s much-vaunted batting failed on a gradual Hambantota stadium sound.
Batting first then successful the toss, Pakistan misplaced opener Fakhar Zaman off the fourth ball of the contest for 2 sooner than Rahman brushed aside Azam and Mohammad Rizwan (21) in his first witchery.
Haq steadied the innings with a 5th wicket rise of fifty with Ahmed and any other 40 with Shadab sooner than Nabi brushed aside Haq and Ahmed in fast succession.
Haq’s seventeenth part century had most effective two limitations.
Ace spinner Rashid chipped in with the wickets of Agha Salman (seven) and Shaheen Shah Afridi for 2.
Shadab, who strike 3 limitations in his 50-ball knock, added a useful 35-run rise with Naseem (18 now not out) for the 9th wicket sooner than the utmost was once trample over.
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