Afghanistan

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (W)

Ibrahim Zadran

Rahmat Shah

Hashmatullah Shahidi (C)

Ikram Alikhil

Mohammad Nabi

Azmatullah Omarzai

Abdul Rahman

Rashid Khan

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Pakistan

Imam-ul-Haq

Fakhar Zaman

Babar Azam (C)

Mohammad Rizwan (W)

Iftikhar Ahmed

Agha Salman

Shadab Khan

Usama Mir

Shaheen Afridi

Naseem Shah

Haris Rauf

Abdullah Ahmadzai

Abdul Malik

Afsar Khan Zazai

Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar

Said Bahir Shah Mehboob

Bashir Ahmad

Bilal Sami

Darwish Abdul Rasooli

Fareed Ahmad Malik

Farmanullah Safi

Gulbadin Naib

Hashmatullah Shahidi

Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai

Imran Mir

Ismat Alam

Karim Janat

Khalil Gurbaz

Mohammad Ishaq Shirzad

Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil

Nangeyalia Kharote Khan

Noor Ahmad Lakanwal

Qais Ahmad Kamawal

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Rahmat Shah Zurmati

Rashid Khan Arman

Sediqullah Atal

Shahidullah Kamal

Sharafuddin Ashraf

Wafiullah Stanikzai Tarakhil

Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi

Zubaid Akbari

Syed Muhammad Abdul Samad

Abrar Ahmed

Mohammad Babar Azam

Faheem Ashraf

Faisal Akram

Muhammad Ghazi Ghori

Mohammad Hussain Talat

Khawaja Muhammad Nafay

Maaz Ahmad Sadaqat

Mohammad Nawaz

Mohammad Rizwan

Mohammad Wasim

Naseem Abbas Shah

Saad Masood

Sahibzada Farhan

Saim Ayub

Salman Ali Agha

Mohammad Salman Mirza

Shaheen Shah Afridi

Shamyl Hussain

Usman Khan

Usman Tariq

Cricket

Afghanistan v Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2023

Afghanistan vs Pakistan 1st ODI: Haris Rauf's maiden ODI fifer helped Pakistan beat Afghanistan by 142 runs

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Haris Rauf's fiery fifer helps Pakistan bundle out Afghanistan for lowly 59 after batters' flop show in Sri Lanka

AFG vs PAK 1st ODI: Pakistan fielders missed out on an easy run out opportunity to dismiss rookie Afghan batter Ikram Alikhil

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Watch: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan make a mess of easy run out as latter crashes into stumps

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam experienced an unexpected hiccup in his lead-up to the Asia Cup 2023. Facing Afghanistan in the first game of a 3-match ODI series in Hambantota, Azam was dismissed without scoring in the series opener, a crucial preparatory match before the much-anticipated Asia Cup kicks off on August 30.

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PAK vs AFG: Babar Azam begins Asia Cup preparations with a blip, gets dismissed for a duck in 1st ODI against Afghanistan

AFG vs PAK 1st ODI: Afghanistan's left-arm pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi dismissed Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman in the first over of the first ODI

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Watch: Mohammad Nabi gets angry at teammate for dropping Fakhar Zaman's catch in slips after grabbing it on rebound

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Morocco's football federation appealed to CAF regarding the incident during the AFCON final, citing the disruptions caused by the Senegalese players

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Batting great Virat Kohli has reached Bengaluru to join Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. 

Virat Kohli has reached Bengaluru ahead of IPL 2026. 

RCB will start their IPL 2026 campaign vs SRH.

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India's destructive batter Abhishek Sharma scored a total of 141 runs across 8 matches in the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.


Abhishek Sharma scored  141 runs in T20 World Cup 2026.

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Afghanistan vs Pakistan Stats

AFG vs PAK 1st ODI Stats - Hambantota (22 August 2023)

Match Stats

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MANHATTAN

Series Stats

Most Runs

Best Strike Rate

Most 4s

Most 6s

Most Wickets

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

AFG

174 Runs 3 Matches•3 Inns

Imam-ul-Haq

PAK

165 Runs 3 Matches•3 Inns

Babar Azam

PAK

113 Runs 3 Matches•3 Inns

Shadab Khan

PAK

90 Runs 3 Matches•3 Inns

Mohammad Rizwan

PAK

90 Runs 3 Matches•3 Inns

Ibrahim Zadran

AFG

80 Runs 3 Matches•3 Inns

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

AFG

68 Runs 3 Matches•2 Inns

Fakhar Zaman

PAK

59 Runs 3 Matches•3 Inns

Agha Salman

PAK

59 Runs 3 Matches•3 Inns

Iftikhar Ahmed

PAK

47 Runs 2 Matches•2 Inns

Mohammad Nabi

AFG

39 Runs 3 Matches•3 Inns

Shahidullah Kamal

AFG

38 Runs 2 Matches•2 Inns

Riaz Hassan

AFG

34 Runs 2 Matches•1 Inns

Mohammad Nawaz

PAK

30 Runs 1 Matches•1 Inns

Naseem Shah

PAK

28 Runs 2 Matches•2 Inns

News Updates

Haris Rauf's fiery fifer helps Pakistan bundle out Afghanistan for lowly 59 after batters' flop show in Sri Lanka

Watch: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan make a mess of easy run out as latter crashes into stumps

PAK vs AFG: Babar Azam begins Asia Cup preparations with a blip, gets dismissed for a duck in 1st ODI against Afghanistan

174 Runs

3 Matches•3 Inns

165 Runs

3 Matches•3 Inns

113 Runs

3 Matches•3 Inns

90 Runs

3 Matches•3 Inns

90 Runs

3 Matches•3 Inns

80 Runs

3 Matches•3 Inns

68 Runs

3 Matches•2 Inns

59 Runs

3 Matches•3 Inns

59 Runs

3 Matches•3 Inns

47 Runs

2 Matches•2 Inns

39 Runs

3 Matches•3 Inns

38 Runs

2 Matches•2 Inns

34 Runs

2 Matches•1 Inns

30 Runs

1 Matches•1 Inns

28 Runs

2 Matches•2 Inns