A brilliant bowling display propelled Afghanistan to their first win over South Africa in international cricket at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. Fazalhaq Farooqi and 18-year-old sensation Allah Mohammad Ghzanfar starred as Afghanistan beat South Africa by six wickets. Having won the toss, South Africa opted to bat first, only to be jolted by Farooqi's early strikes. The left-arm pacer came around the wicket to account for Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram early on.


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He added the wicket of Tony de Zorzi before Ghazanfar worked his magic on the middle-order, dismissing Tristan Stubbs and debutant Jason Smith for ducks in the same over. South Africa, reduced to 29/5, soon crumbled to 36/7 as Ghazanfar snared the wicket of Kyle Verreynne and Andile Phehlukwayo succumbed to a run-out.


A fighting half-century from Wiaan Mulder, helped with a handy knock from Bjorn Fortuin, took South Africa to triple figures, but with just 106 on the board, they faced a stiff ask to keep Afghanistan away from a win.


Despite a good start with the ball, Azmatullah Omarzai and Gulbadin Naib's unbeaten fifth-wicket stand guided Afghanistan to a historic triumph. (AFG VS SA Free Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Afghanistan vs South Africa 2nd ODI match live In India)


AFG vs SA 2nd ODI Dream11 Team Prediction


Wicket-Keepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil


Batter: Reeza Hendricks


All-Rounders: Nangeyalia Kharote, Wiaan Mulder and Azmatullah Omarzai


Bowlers: Naveed Zadran, AM Ghazanfar, Nandre Burger, Rashid Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqi


Captain: Naveed Zadran


Vice-Captain: Nangeyalia Kharote


AFG vs SA Squads


South Africa (SA) Squad: Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma, Lizaad Williams, Jason Smith, Aiden Markram, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lungi Ngidi, Bjorn Fortuin, Ottneil Baartman, Kyle Verreynne, Tony de Zorzi, Wiaan Mulder, Nandre Burger, Tristan Stubbs, Andile Simelane and Nqabayomzi Peter


Afghanistan (AFG) Squad: Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rahmat Shah, Fareed Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Nangeyalia Kharote, Abdul Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Riaz Hassan, Bilal Sami, Naveed Zadran and AM Ghazanfar


This is Afghanistan's first win in six matches across formats against the Proteas. Recently, they had been bowled out for 56 against South Africa in the semi-finals of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. With this win, Afghanistan now have registered victories against all teams but India and Nepal (only one match played) in at least one of the formats. (With ANI Inputs)