Haris Rauf took a careerbest fivewicket haul to give Pakistan a thumping run victory in the first oneday international in Sri Lankas Hambantota on Tuesday . The victory gives Pakistan a lead in the threematch series with the remaining matches in Colombo on Thursday and Saturday .
Raufs shattering in . overs forced Afghanistan to their secondlowest ODI totals of in a staggering . overs after Pakistan were bowled out for in . over . Afghanistan’s lowest ODI total is against Zimbabwe in Sharjah in all ODIs . Pakistan lost opener Fakhar Zaman off the fourth ball of the match for two before Rahman dismissed Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in his first spell .
The yearold dismissed world number one batter Babar Azam for a thirdball duck . Nabi took and Rashid Khan took the wickets of Ikram Alikhil four top scorer Rahmanullah Gurbaz Mohammad Nabi seven Rashid . Rashid chipped in with a wicket to finish with figures of .
seven and Agha Salman seven and Iftikhar Ahmed in quick succession . Naseem Shah added an invaluable run stand with the ninth wicket stand of with Shadab Khan . The remaining remaining matches are on Saturday and Saturday. The remaining matches will take place in Sri Lanka and Sunday respectively .
The final match is on November 30 and November 30. The series is scheduled to take place at Colombo and November 28. The final two matches are scheduled to be played on November 28 and November 29. The match is scheduled for November 29 and November 27.
The last of the series is in Colmore and November 18. The teams are scheduled for September 28. Pakistan and November 8.
