{"id":428,"date":"2023-08-27T04:07:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T04:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistan-whitewash-afghanistan-in-odi-series\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T04:07:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T04:07:08","slug":"pakistan-whitewash-afghanistan-in-odi-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-whitewash-afghanistan-in-odi-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan whitewash Afghanistan in ODI series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD:<\/strong> Pakistan thrashed Afghanistan on Saturday in the final match of the series to complete a whitewash and rise to the number one spot in the one-day international (ODI) rankings.<\/p>\n

Chasing a target of 269 runs, Afghanistan were dismissed for 209 runs in 48.4 overs.<\/p>\n

Leg-spinner Shadab Khan was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers with figures of 3-42 in 10 overs.<\/p>\n

Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf and Shaheen Afridi claimed two wickets each.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Pakistan handed a target of 269 runs to Afghanistan after winning the toss and opting to bat first.<\/p>\n

Pakistan finished at 268-8 in 50 overs. Mohammad Rizwan (67) and Babar Azam (60) scored fifties for the Men in Green.<\/p>\n

Pakistan have already won the series 2-0 and will be looking to make a clean sweep in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where Afghanistan is hosting the series.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the match today, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam remarked that the first 10 overs would be tough.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will increase the pressure on the Afghan team by setting a huge target,\u201d he said, adding that four changes had been made to the playing eleven.<\/p>\n

He added that Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Wasim Jr are playing today in place of Usama Mir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Afghanistan suffered a blow when all-rounder Azmatullah Umarzai was ruled out of the third ODI match due to side strain.<\/p>\n

All-rounder Gulbadin Naib has been brought in to replace Azmatullah, the Afghanistan Cricket Board said.<\/p>\n

During the last match, both sides went head-to-head in an intense clash.<\/p>\n

The Men in Green continued their superb form, even as the match seemed lost at one point. However, Naseem Shah \u2014 who led Pakistan to a victory against the same opposition in Asia Cup 2022 \u2014 once again guided Pakistan to a thrilling victory in the last over, helping the side score the much-needed 11 runs off 6 balls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan thrashed Afghanistan on Saturday in the final match of the series to complete a whitewash and rise to the number one spot in the one-day international (ODI) rankings. Chasing a target of 269 runs, Afghanistan were dismissed for 209 runs in 48.4 overs. Leg-spinner Shadab Khan was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pakistantoday.com.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Pakistan-Cricket-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t