| September 19, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Afghanistan has their first ODI win against South Africa. They won with ease as well against an inexperienced, but not so young South African side. SSouth Africa will be feeling that they have a lot of catching up to do. While they are filled with some new names, the old names too such as Aiden Markaram and Lungi Ngidi will be backed upon to contribute. For Afghanistan though, a feature was their pace bowling which was really good, helping them tie the South Africans down on a tough batting track.
Date: September 20th, 2024
Time: 5:30 AM IST
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium
The weather looks good with a lot of sun through the day and minimal chances of rain.
While Sharjah is known to have really small boundaries, the dryness and softness in the pitch has given bowlers a lot of support. There is a lot of movement and uneven bounce early on with batting second a better choice as batting can get better under lights.
Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markaram, Tristin Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne, Jason Smith, Wiaan Mulder, Aiden Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Riaz Hussain, Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Nangeyalia Kharote, Rashid Khan, Am Ghazanfar, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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Fazalhaq Farooqi
Afghanistan's left arm quick is showing a lot of improvement. He bowled really well in the first ODI with support from the pitch and his left-arm angle is allowing him to hit awkward lengths really well.
Lungi Ngidi
Lungi Ngidi started really well in the first ODI with the ball. He had a good new-ball spell but could not penetrate through the line-up with Afghanistan relatively under less pressure thanks to a smaller target. He is hitting good lengths though and that will be crucial as he looks to bring his side back to level.
South Africa are the more experienced side but the first ODI will give Afghanistan a lot of confidence. Experience though could keep South Africa in the middle and it will be interesting to see how both sides cope up.
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