Pakistan beats Afghanistan by 1 wicket to seal the series.

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The 2nd ODI Match of the Afghanistan v Pakistan in Sri Lanka, 2023 was played today at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota. In which Pakistan beats Afghanistan by 1 wicket to seal the series.

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Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss and has powerful and strong start, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a double-century partnership of 227 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 227 runs in 39.5 over, Ibrahim Zadran dismissed after playing a very briliant half-century inning of 80 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 6 boundaires in just 101 balls, next batsman Mohammad Nabi came to bat and he good strike rotate with Rahmanullah Gurbaz, the second wicket has dismissed for 256 runs in 44.2 over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed after playing a very brilliant powerful cantury and a half-century inning of 151 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 14 boundaires in just 151 balls, next batsman Rashid Khan came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 3 balls as third wicket in last ball of the 45th over, the team score was 260 runs, next batsman Shahidullah Kamal came to bat and he also dismissed very quickly just for 1 run in 3 balls as fourth wicket in 46.2 over, the team score was 270 runs, followed by Hashmatullah Shahidi came to bat and he good strike rotate with Mohammad Nabi, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 294 runs in first ball of the final over, Mohammad Nabi dismissed for 29 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in 29 balls, next batsman Abdul Rahman came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 4 runs in 4 balls with Hashmatullah Shahidi, and Hashmatullah Shahidi played an unbeaten inning of 15 runs with the help of 2 boundaires in 11 balls. In this way, Afghanistan scored 300 runs for the loss of just 5 wicket in the stipulated 50 overs and set a strong target of 301 runs in front of Pakistan.

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Pakistani bowlers Shaheen Afridi took 2 wickets for 58 runs in his spell, Naseem Shah 1 wicket for 45 runs in 9 overs, Usama Mir 1 wicket for 61 runs in his spell, Shadab Khan was wicketless for 53 runs in his spell, Haris Rauf wicketless for 48 runs in 7 overs, and Iftikhar Ahmed also wicketless for 24 runs in 4 overs.

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Pakistan chasing 301 runs in the second inning achieved the target in fifth ball of the fianl over and won the match by 1 wickets. Pakistan started the inning very well, Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq came to start the inning and gave a good start with a half-century parntership of 52 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 52 runs in last ball of the 9th over, Fakhar Zaman dismissed for 30 runs with the help of 5 boundaries in 34 balls, next batsman Babar Azam came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 118 runs with Imam-ul-Haq, the second wicket has dismissed for 170 runs in 30.4 over, Babar Azam dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 53 runs with the help of 6 boundaires in 66 balls, next batsman Mohammad Rizwan came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly just for 2 runs in 7 balls as third wicket in first ball of the 34th over, the team score was 176 runs, followed by Agha Salman came to bat and good strike rotate with Imam-ul-Haq, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 208 runs in 37.3 over, Agha Salman dismissed for 14 runs in 15 balls, next batsman Usama Mir came to bat and he was dismissed without scoring in just 2 balls as fifth wicket in 37.5 over, the team score was 208 runs, next batsman Iftikhar Ahmed came to bat, after a few moments the sixth wicket also dismissed for 211 runs in 38.5 over, Imam-ul-Haq dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 91 runs with the help of 4 bouddaries in 105 balls, next batsman Shadab Khan came to bat and handled the inning with Iftikhar Ahmed, the seventh wicket has dismissed for 258 runs in 46.2 over, Iftikhar Ahmed dismissed for 17 runs in 24 balls, next batsman Shaheen Afridi came to bat and he was dismissed just for 4 runs in 5 balls as 8th wicket in 47.4 over, the team score was 272 runs, followed by Naseem Shah came to bat and he good strike rotate with Shadab Khan, the 9th wicket has dismissed for 294 runs in first ball of the final over, Shadab Khan dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 48 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in 35 balls, next batsman Haris Rauf came to ba and took the match to the victory with Naseem Shah, Naseem Shah played an unbeaten inning of 10 runs with the help of 2 boundaires in just 5 balls, and Haris Rauf also remians unbeaten for 3 runs in 1 ball. In this way, Pakistan chased the target after losing 9 wickets in 49.5 overs and won the match by 1 wicket and with this victory also seal the series.

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Afghanistani bowlers Fazalhaq Farooqi took 3 wickets for 69 runs in 9.5 overs, Mohammad Nabi 2 wickets for 46 runs in his spell, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 1 wicket for 45 runs in his spell, Abdul Rahman 1 wicket for 83 runs in his spell, and Rashid Khan was wicketless for 53 runs in his spell.

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Pakistani all-rounder Shadab Khan was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant inning and the end, played a infactful inning of 48 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in 35 balls, and also performed affordable bowling given 53 runs in his spell.
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