Afghanistan vs Pakistan | 2nd ODI | Hambantota | 24 August, 2023 | Afghanistan Innings

[RidiculousMan]

Pitch looks better than the last one. No double pace. Afghanistan should look to get 260-270 here and their spinners generally are good enough that they can take the pitch equation out somewhat. We should expect a good contest as well.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Gurbaz Sixer

 

[mominsaigol]

Gurbaz Sixer

Why is chacha bowling? Why not agha salman?

 

[Omer2002]

chacha is better than salman...the amount of spin in the wicket the game is over already.

 

[Champ_Pal]

These commentators are cringy. Talking nonsense nonstop.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Good to see Afghanistan playing for their pride. They should post 250+ here and the match is theirs to lose.

There is good assistance for spinners too.

 

[Shafi]

Naw, Babar masterclass coming today

Babar always fail under pressure and quality spin bowling. Either Mujib or Rashid will get his wicket. I hope I'm wrong

 

[SamNJ]

Afghans need to show some desperation here. This is a dead wicket. Nothing less than 275 is safe.

 

[Rana]

Afghans need to show some desperation here. This is a dead wicket. Nothing less than 275 is safe.

Jee sir we play Rashid Khan like Lara plays Kaneria

 

[SamNJ]

Jee sir we play Rashid Khan like Lara plays Kaneria

Wo akela kya kar lega. Their pacers can be plundered.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Seems really flat the curators have done a good job the 1st ODI pitch was awful to bat on

 

[Ahmed216]

Good to see Afghanistan playing for their pride. They should post 250+ here and the match is theirs to lose.

There is good assistance for spinners too.

What form of assistance? Don't think there's much spin and ball is coming on to the bat nicely.

 

[mominsaigol]

Jee sir we play Rashid Khan like Lara plays Kaneria

Babar will score 100 today. Highlight this comment for when I am right.

 

[Cric1234]

The best bowling attack has failed to take a wicket against Afghanistan.

 

[Cric1234]

Zadran is scoring boundaries now.

 

[imshally81]

Need to change in bowling...

 

[Shafi]

This is the problem with our bowling. None of our bowlers use intellect to overcome difficult situation.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Maybe the pitch is good to bat on

 

[Ahmed216]

Are we in trouble?

 

[IAJ]

What is happening here? Better wicket than last one or poor bowling/good batting?

 

[Adi_62945]

lumber one bowling attack

 

[Adi_62945]

This bowling attack is only good in patches and low key matches. Against top teams and in big matches, all bowlers look like a cat be it vs india in t20 wc last year, vs england in t20 wc final or vs srilanka in asia cup final

 

[RidiculousMan]

Two negative points for Pakistan so far.

- Easy singles being given.
- No real threat by the spinners in the middle overs.

Salman didn't bowled as well, which I find odd.

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Irrespective of the flat wicket. This is brilliant comeback from being bowled out for 59. Well done to the openers.

 

[PakPremi]

Very sensible batting by Afghan batsmen on pitch not offering bowlers much this far, it may change later with light.

 

[Shafi]

Babar should never be a captain. This guy cannot handle pressure. He is even bit worse than Misbah who kept follow the script regardless the pitch or match situation.

 

[Fazzy321]

How can a pitch change so much in 2 days? Or is it just good batting from Afghanistan?

 

[Firebat]

What a comeback from 59/10

 

[Adi_62945]

One thing is common in both the teams is the unpredictability.

 

[Devadwal]

How is the pitch guys ? Looking at the scoreboard it's must be a flat

 

[Shafi]

Usama needs to go. This guy was as bad as before. No wonder Inzamam dropped him after 1 match.

 

[Ahmed216]

Never felt Gurbaz is so good. What a knock!
Pakistan under the pump and Afghanistan well n truly on top

 

[Shafi]

One thing for sure this team can never win big tournaments. None of our players are consistent enough to win 3-5 matches even against weak team.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Easy chase coming….

 

[Shafi]

Never felt Gurbaz is so good. What a knock!
Pakistan under the pump and Afghanistan well n truly on top

He was not that good. Our players fly in the moon after 1 good performance. A loss can bring back our players down to the ground.

 

[Devadwal]

Rauf taken to cleaner

 

[Adi_62945]

Babar clueless as ever and waiting for nature luck

 

[Major]

loving the display of batting by the Afghans.

 

[Devadwal]

18 run from rauf over .

 

[Ahmed216]

Rauf of old

 

[Vikram1989]

The more the Rauf bowls, the more the robotic bowling.He will be plundered against Aus,Eng in those tiny stadiums in wc.

 

[Fazzy321]

Line and length of bowlers has been so bad this match. Looks like bowlers took it easy after last match

 

[MenInG]

The confused professor look

 

[Adi_62945]

The worst part is that they will play lord rana faheem in next match

 

[mominsaigol]

Everyone relax, batting is yet to come and trust me you'll be suprised by our batting today.

 

[ZaidTR]

chacha will make this a test match with dot balls. So my advice to Babar is bring Chacha last.

 

[Major]

someone tell rameez, spinners bowled very less ovr in lst game, what an idiot

 

[zains_rulez]

That's irritating to see not a single wicket

 

[Fazzy321]

chacha will make this a test match with dot balls. So my advice to Babar is bring Chacha last.

Look at Chacha strike rate for ODI first

 

[ZaidTR]

loving the display of batting by the Afghans.

May Allah keep them away from Evil eye eyes of Misbah Tuktuk

 

[ZaidTR]

Look at Chacha strike rate for ODI first

strike rate again lol buddy look at his recent performance.

 

[Devadwal]

This is 2nd highest opening partnership for afganistan in odi ever. 256 is highest

 

[Major]

Gurbaz is a atter from Islambad united btw. loving the phainty pakistan is getting

 

[mominsaigol]

This is 2nd highest opening partnership for afganistan in odi ever. 256 is highest

Looks like they'll surpass 256 soon

 

[Ahmed216]

Gurbaz is a atter from Islambad united btw. loving the phainty pakistan is getting

Why are u loving it? Can u explain

 

[mominsaigol]

Looks like they'll surpass 256 soon

Never mind

 

[Devadwal]

Finally wicket for Pakistan

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Good stuff from Usama Mir. Keep it full and eventually they'll hit straight.

 

[Fazzy321]

strike rate again lol buddy look at his recent performance.

30(41), 94(72) and 28(22). So what were you saying?

 

[Major]

Why are u loving it? Can u explain

no i dont have to explain. i can support any team i want

 

[Adijazz1706]

Still hoping for Gurbaz 200 here, would be the funniest thing I've seen from 59 AO to 1 guy getting 200 )

 

[Rana]

So who had an issue with me saying Gurbaz is better than Rizwan?

 

[Major]

The president is here at one down, hopefully the Afghans can get 350

 

[Major]

So who had an issue with me saying Gurbaz is better than Rizwan?

both are different kind of batters. Gurbaz has struggled to be consisstent

 

[Adijazz1706]

Will take a miracle to stop Afghanistan getting 300 which will be the 1st time ever against Pakistan IIRC

 

[Rana]

both are different kind of batters. Gurbaz has struggled to be consisstent

Rizwan has been spoon fed and protected

 

[Ahmed216]

Afghanistan will win this by a fair margin it seems. I am really not lovin it

 

[Adijazz1706]

9 overs of pace after this over wasted here

 

[Major]

Nabi wasted the over, should had launched a few

 

[Adijazz1706]

Afghanistan will win this by a fair margin it seems. I am really not lovin it

Unlikely Pakistan batters will love this pitch particularly Fakhar

 

[Major]

what is nabii doing

 

[Major]

pathetic from nabi.

 

[Major]

lovely cut by gurbaz

 

[PakPremi]

Rizwan has been spoon fed and protected

Grbaaz 100s are against minnows apart from today.

 

[Devadwal]

Afghanistan now need to accelerate ,320 should be Target in their mind

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Nabi looks like he is old enough to be Gurbaz's dad

 

[Devadwal]

Rashid is better hitter then nabi

 

[cricenjoyer]

Simple pitch. Easy win for Pakistan incoming

My prediction, hundreds for Fakhar and Rizwan with Iftikhar scoring the winning runs

 

[MenInG]

Nabi looks like he is old enough to be Gurbaz's dad

No ageist jokes please... am very sensitive to those.

 

[Champ_Pal]

Gurbaz looks a lot like Yunis Khan. Brilliant innings today.