In the 3rd ODI of the Pak vs Afg series, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan and Became the No.1 Team in the Icc ODI ranking. In the last ODI, Pakistan won by 59 runs.
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In the last ODI of the three-match series, Pakistan set Afghanistan a target of 269 runs to win.
Pakistan Innings
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat in the third and final ODI in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Batting first in the allotted 50 overs, the team scored 268 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.
On behalf of Pakistan, Mohammad Rizwan scored 67 runs, and Babar Azam scored 60 runs.
Apart from them, Agha Salman scored 38 runs, Muhammad Nawaz scored 30 runs, Fakhar Zaman scored 27 runs, Imamul Haq scored 13 runs, Saud Shakeel scored 9 runs, Shadab Khan scored 3 runs and Faheem Ashraf scored 2 runs.
On behalf of Afghanistan, Gulbuddin Naib got 2 wickets, Farid Ahmed 2 wickets, Fazal Haque Farooqui, Mujeebur Rehman, and Rashid Khan got one wicket each.
Afghanistan innings
Chasing 269 runs, the Afghanistan team collapsed for 209 runs in the 49th over.
Mujibur Rahman played an innings of 64 runs, Shahidullah scored 37 runs and Riaz Hasan scored 34 runs.
Rashid Khan scored 16 runs, Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 13 runs, Rehmanullah Garbaz scored 5 runs, Mohammad Nabi scored 3 runs, Ibrahim Zadran and Gulbuddin Naib scored zero runs.
On behalf of Pakistan, Shadab Khan sent 3 players to the pavilion, Shaheen Afridi, Faheem Ashraf, and Muhammad Nawaz took 2, 2 wickets.