Gurbaz, Ibrahim, Rahmat boss 283 chase in Afghanistan's first ODI win over Pakistan

8-0 or 7-1? Nah, we are not talking about that one. Coming into their fifth game of the 2023 World Cup, Afghanistan had not beaten Pakistan in an ODI in seven attempts. They had run them close on at least two occasions but had to suffer one heartbreak after another. But on probably the biggest stage of them all, Afghanistan finally managed to break the hoodoo. And they did it, in Chennai, by eight wickets chasing down 283 with six balls to spare, crafting their highest successful chase in ODIs in the process. A 'W' against Pakistan finally, and 1-7, too. It was also the highest successful chase against Pakistan in a World Cup game. Would it be a good idea for it to consider a resentful? Perhaps not after how Afghanistan treated Britain, not after the clinical way in which they pursued down the objective on Monday to move to 6th situation on the table. Batting first on a surface that didn't have a piece of turf, Babar Azam had no faltering in batting first. Babar and Abdullah Shafique's fifties upheld by superb appearances from Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan assisted Pakistan with posting an impressive 282 for 7. In answer, Afghanistan were turned on like men on a mission. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran posted a 130-run represent the initial wicket, with the two players scoring fifties. When they left, it was the turn for Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi to shepherd the pursuit and close it in 49 overs. Afghanistan's pursuit began an ideal note with Gurbaz picking Shaheen Shah Afridi to the fine-leg limit and Ibrahim driving Afridi through the covers three balls later. While Ibrahim swindled Hasan Ali, Gurbaz designated Haris Rauf, crushing him for four fours in his opening over as Afghanistan hustled to 60 after nine. While the limit scoring was immaculate, their running between the wickets was far and away superior. They were additionally helped by Pakistan's messy handling - they were out of control. It took Afghanistan simply 15.3 overs to break the 100-run mark. At that point, both Ibrahim and Gurbaz had raised their fifties. Pakistan's most memorable wicket just came in the 22nd over, when Afridi prompted a top edge off Gurbaz's cutting edge that was gobbled up by profound third. However, no frenzy stations. Rahmat came in, and quickly got to work in his typical enterprising style. Whenever there were a line of speck balls, Ibrahim or Rahmat broke the shackles with a limit. They added 60 off 74 for the second wicket before Ibrahim, battling with cramps, edged Hasan behind for 87. Any considerations of a breakdown, or even several fast wickets, were immediately closed somewhere near Shahidi and Rahmat. They added 96 unbeaten runs for the third wicket, not once giving Pakistan a sniff. The tranquility with which they approached their work was likely the most striking component of the pursuit. Also, Pakistan looked innocuous for the majority of the pursuit, the bowlers barely getting anything out of the surface. While Rahmat with five fours and a six stayed unbeaten on 77, Shahidi scored a 45-ball 48*. It was the commander who hit the triumphant runs, a force/flick off Afridi to start profound scenes in the hole. The principal innings was one of three lumps: Pakistan ruled the initial 15 overs; Afghanistan spinners had an extremely tight grip on the procedures for the following 25; Pakistan siphoned 91 runs in the last ten. What's more, that appeared to have given them the energy heading into the break. The contribute Chennai was a similar one utilized for India's initial game against Australia, so Afghanistan got Noor Ahmad for Fazalhaq Farooqi to make it four spinners in their XI. The move, basically for the initial 15 overs, appeared to have blown up. Pakistan moved to 56 for no misfortune in the initial ten overs, the best powerplay they have had in ten innings at the World Cup. There was another first - and second - that occurred in these ten overs: Abdullah Shafique hit two sixes. The first was Pakistan's most memorable after 1169 balls in powerplays this year. Pakistan had really dashed to their 50 in 7.4 overs with Naveen-ul-Haq and Mujeeb Ur Rahman both spilling runs. At this stage, Shahidi went to Mohammad Nabi and the veteran, through his viable varieties of speed and length, set a limit on the run-scoring. Azmatullah Omarzai profited from this at the opposite end when Imam-ul-Haq miscued a draw to short midwicket. Babar and Shafique took the innings forward with Shafique before long arriving at his second progressive fifty, off 60 balls. Be that as it may, when the ball got a piece more seasoned, and the surface slightly worn out, it began playing a couple of additional stunts. Between the sixteenth and the 31st overs, Pakistan could oversee two fours and a six and scored 61 runs while losing two key wickets. Noor struck both the telling blows. He previously took out Shafique lbw with a wrong'un and afterward eliminated Mohammad Rizwan. Babar took 69 balls to arrive at his fifty preceding tumbling to Noor for 74. At 206 for 5 toward the finish of 42 overs, Pakistan appeared to be missing the mark concerning a standard score. In any case, Iftikhar and Shadab changed the content. The two added 73 off only 45 balls, dismantling what was an unfortunate show at the demise by the Afghanistan bowlers. Eventually, however, the hitters came through.