Afghanistan Vs South Africa 2nd Odi 20 September 2024

2nd ODI • Sharjah Cricket Stadium • Sharjah

Afghanistan

311/4 (50)

South Africa

134 (34.2)

AFG won by 177 runs

Info

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Date & Time

20 Sep, 05:30 PM IST

Venue

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Match

2nd ODI,

Afghanistan tour of South Africa in United Arab Emirates

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahmad Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan), Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afghanistan), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Richie Richardson (West Indies)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bat

Pitch Report

- It's absolutely roasting in the middle. This is pitch number 2 and it looks rock hard. There is less grass on this surface and there will be less pace. Farooqi uses the conditions to his favour after he didn't he get any swing in the first ODI. I don't find any difference on this surface to the first game. For the spinners, the ball will keep low just like it did in the first ODI. South Africa need to play sweeps and slog sweeps to open scoring options. Powerplay can be tricky and once you go through that phase, this wicket is a good to bat on

1st Innings

224Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

77.34Avg SR

2nd Innings

191Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

75.09Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

1- 2

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Afghanistan

South Africa

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Wiaan Mulder

SA . ALL

52 Runs

1 Match

Azmatullah Omarzai

AFG . ALL

25 Runs

1 Match

Hashmatullah Shahidi

AFG . BAT

16 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Fazalhaq Farooqi

AFG . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

Allah Ghazanfar

AFG . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Rashid Khan

AFG . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

R Khan

F Farooqi

Expert Team 2

A Markram

T Stubbs

Venue Details

Sharjah Cricket Stadium

1st Innings

224Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

77.34Avg SR

2nd Innings

191Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

75.09Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

62%Bat First Bowl First38%

Team Batting First

54%Wins Losses46%

Recent Matches on venue

1st ODI • Sep 18 • Afghanistan tour of South Africa in United Arab Emirates

AFG 107/4 (26)

SA 106/10 (33.3)

AFG won by 6 wickets

vs live score

3rd ODI • Mar 12 • Afghanistan vs Ireland in UAE

AFG 236/9 (50)

IRE 119/10 (35)

AFG won by 117 runs

vs live score

1st ODI • Mar 7 • Afghanistan vs Ireland in UAE

AFG 310/5 (50)

IRE 275/8 (50)

AFG won by 35 runs

vs live score

5th ODI • Feb 19 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

AFG 241/9 (50)

ZIM 95/10 (32.1)

AFG won by 146 runs

4th ODI • Feb 16 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

AFG 135/0 (21.1)

ZIM 134/10 (38)

AFG won by 10 wickets

3rd ODI • Feb 13 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

AFG 158/4 (27.3)

ZIM 154/10 (34.3)

AFG won by 6 wkts (135b rem)

2nd ODI • Feb 11 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

AFG 179/10 (30.1)

ZIM 333/5 (50)

ZIM won by 154 runs

1st ODI • Feb 9 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

AFG 333/5 (50)

ZIM 179/10 (34.4)

AFG won by 154 runs

3rd ODI • Dec 10 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

AFG 177/10 (48.2)

IRE 180/5 (38)

IRE won by 5 wkts (72b rem)

2nd ODI • Dec 7 • Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

AFG 220/10 (45.2)

IRE 271/9 (50)

IRE won by 51 runs

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Afghanistan

South Africa

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

AFG

1- 2

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

236

Average Score

220

339/6

Highest Score

382/5

107/4

Lowest Score

83/10

0 1 0 0 1 0

Over 32

Runs: 2

W 1 2 1 0 0

Over 33

Runs: 4

0 W 0 0 1 0

Over 34

Runs: 1

2 W

Over 35

Runs: 2

All Overs

Commentary

That is all we have from this match as Pragadeesh, Arya Sekhar Chakraborty, Rajarshi Das and I, Lavil Saldanha take your leave. Do check Sportskeeda for the latest news and live match commentaries. We hope you enjoyed our coverage and look forward to seeing you all soon. SEE YA!

Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain, Afghanistan): Congratulations to the nation on the series win. We are playing South Africa for the first time in a series and have won the first two games. All the performances were good. Gurbaz started the innings well, he stitched a partnership with Rahamat and we asked Azmat to continue from there on. South African openers did well but I know that my spinners with deliver. Rashid, Nangeyalia and Nabi did well. He (Rahmat Shah) looks good as of now and we hope he is okay and fit for the next game. (A message for the Afghan people in Pashto)

Temba Bavuma (captain, South Africa): I think for the openers it is the job to lay the foundation. Tony and I laid the foundations and wickets fell at regular intervals and not a lot to learn from this game. Overall a poor showing. You have got to be as positive as you can, not a lot of time between Sunday. We need to step up in batting, with bowling we need to pick up ten wickets. Omarzai in the middle put us under pressure and was a reason to get them to the score. Gurbaz is a quality batter, he got in and played a big knock. One of me or Tony should have stayed for long in the middle

Rashid Khan has been adjudged Player Of The Match for his five-wicket haul! Here's what he has to say: Five-for after a long time, got a hamstring, had it a month before as well. Bit unlucky, try my best to stay on the ground, try to contribute to the team as much as I can. Big opportunity as well to win the series against a big team, my contribution needed to be the key, so I had to go and stay there till the end. I really enjoy bowling with youngsters, like Nangyal. Whenever we bowl together we have those conversations, lots of ideas to share with, even in the nets. The beauty of it is that they follow what they receive, and they listen and learn. They deliver, too, the way Nangyal did today. Good to see youngsters coming up and showing their talent in a big stage against South Africa. We had a big opportunity to win a series against South Africa, the love for this game pushes you to play. I thought I am able to play, able to bowl, able to stay on the field till the end. Good job done by the physio as well.

Afghanistan beat South Africa by 177 runs and took an unassailable series lead of 2-0 in the 3-match ODI series

South Africa: 134 all out (34.2 overs)
Temba Bavuma: 34(47b) | Tony de Zorzi: 31(44b)
Rashid Khan: 5/19 (9 overs) | Nangeyalia Kharote: 4/26 (6.2 overs)

Afghanistan showed that the win in the first game was not by chance as they trounced them again and sealed the series. They didn't give South Africa an inch, and now they will be upbeat heading into the series finale, where they will be looking to give a run to the players who didn't get a chance on this tour.

Chasing 311 at a venue where 285 was the highest total chased was always going to be a tall ask and South Africa started off nicely, scoring 73 for the first wicket. It looked like Bavuma and de Zorzi could take the game but Azmatullah dismissed Bavuma, becoming the only pacer to pick up a wicket for Afghanistan in this contest. From then on, it was Rashid Khan and Nangayalia Kharote who ran the show. Between them, the pair picked up nine wickets, with the birthday boy Rashid Khan picking five of them as Afghanistan completed a comprehensive win over the Proteas.

South Africa will be kicking themselves for not doing enough with the bat in hand. The middle-order collapse cost them the game as barring Aiden Markram, none of them could stay for a long time and succumbed to the pressure of the required run rate or to some really good deliveries. Let us now go down and here what the captains and the Player of the Match have to say.

34.2 Nangeyalia Kharote to Lungi Ngidi, TIMBER! And that is that - Afghanistan will claim the ODI series! Kharote spears this on a length around off stump, Ngidi looked to have a big heave across the line on one knee, was nowhere near making contact, and had his stumps re-arranged. As clinical a performance as they come from the hosts!

Lungisani Ngidi b Nangeyalia Kharote 3 (5b, 0x4, 0x6)

34.1 Nangeyalia Kharote to Lungi Ngidi, just past Rashid at first slip! On a length on middle, this one turns away from Ngidi, who looked to turn this towards the leg side and got a leading edge. Collects a brace

A wicket stands between Afghanistan and a series win. They will look to get the job done as soon as possible and let the celebrations begin in the dressing room

overs

132 /9 score

runs

Nandre Burger *

1 (4)

Lungi Ngidi

1 (3)

Rashid Khan

5 /19

33.6 Rashid Khan to Nandre Burger, on a length on off stump, Burger lunges forward and blocks

33.5 Rashid Khan to Lungi Ngidi, full and wide of off, carved towards deep cover for a single

33.4 Rashid Khan to Lungi Ngidi, fuller, wide of off stump, Ngidi eases this towards cover off the front foot

33.3 Rashid Khan to Lungi Ngidi, flung in on a length outside off, Ngidi strode forward looking to defend, was beaten

Lungi Ngidi, RHB, is the last man in the middle

WISHING YOU A VERY H.A.P.P.Y BIRTHDAY, RASHID KHAN! The birthday boy delivers the perfect return gift for his side and picks up the ninth wicket to fall here!

33.2 Rashid Khan to Aiden Markram, BOWLS HIM! FIVE FOR RASHID KHAN! He flings this one in on a length around middle and off, Markram was well back trying to cut, ran out of room. The ball sneaks through, takes a bit of pad, probably, and clips the leg stump.

Aiden Markram b Rashid Khan 21 (30b,1x4,0x6)

33.1 Rashid Khan to Aiden Markram, on a length on off stump, Markram stands tall and blocks this

Kharote strikes with his third of the match, helping Afghanistan inch even closer to a historic win

overs

131 /8 score