Both Afghanistan and South Africa are on a tour of UAE from 18 September to 22 September 2024 for their three ODI series. Where a series of three ODI matches was to be played between these two teams at Sharjah Cricket Stadium UAE. Out of which two matches of this ODI series have been played.

After losing their first match, South Africa made two big changes in the team in their second match. As the first change, they brought Temba Bavuma in place of their young batsman Jason Smith. And Temba Bavuma was given the captaincy of the team in place of Aiden Markram, who was the captain of the first ODI match. And South Africa made their second change in their bowling camp. Where they brought young leg break spinner bowler Nqaba Peter in place of Andile Phehlukwayo in this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa.

 In both the matches played between Afghanistan and South Africa, Afghanistan has won by a big margin over South Africa. Afghanistan lost only four wickets while chasing the 106 runs scored by South Africa in their first ODI match. And won by 6 wickets. In their 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match, Afghanistan won the toss and batted first and scored 311 runs losing only four wickets. And then South Africa came out to chase and was all out after scoring just 134 runs in 34.2 overs.

And Afghanistan also won a big victory by 177 runs in their 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match. Now both these teams will play their last match also at Sharjah Cricket Stadium UAE on Sunday, 22 September. Where the South African team will struggle in their last match with the aim of saving their honor. And Afghanistan, on the other hand, will go with the aim of winning the series 3-0 or you can say that with the aim of clean sweep.

Afghanistan’s performance in the 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match of the ODI series

Afghanistan won the toss in their 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match and decided to bat first. And Rahmanullah Gurbaz and young batsman Riaz Hasan came on the field as Afghanistan’s openers. And gave a good start to their team. Where they did not lose a single wicket for 17 overs. But then on the third ball of the 18th over, young batsman Riaz Hasan was clean bowled by Aiden Markram. And Riaz Hasan could score only 29 runs in 45 balls for his team with the help of a four and a six. And Afghanistan lost their first wicket at a team score of 88 runs.

Now Rahmat Shah came on the field to support Gurbaz. And played a half-century innings while batting brilliantly. But on the third ball of the 35th over, Afghanistan lost their second wicket at a team score of 189 runs. And this time South African fast bowler Nandre Burger clean bowled Gurbaz.  And ended the 101-run partnership between Gurbaz and Rahmat Shah in 102 balls. Gurbaz played a brilliant century innings for his team, scoring 105 runs in 110 balls with the help of 10 fours and three sixes in this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa.

After Gurbaz was out, Azmatullah Omarzai from Afghanistan’s camp came to the field to support Rahmat Shah. But this pair could not stay on the field for long. And on the third ball of the 40th over, Rahmat Shah was stumped by South Africa’s wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne on the ball of Nqaba Peter.

And Rahmat Shah played a half-century innings of 50 runs in 66 balls with the help of two fours in this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa. Now all-rounder Mohammad Nabi from Afghanistan’s camp came to the field to support Azmatullah Omarzai. But by then Azmatullah Omarzai had increased his batting speed while scoring his half-century. And then in the first ball of the 47th over, Mohammad Nabi gave his catch to South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma.

And then Afghanistan’s famous all-rounder Rashid Khan came to the field to support Azmatullah Omarzai.  And both of them remained unbeaten for the entire 50 overs. And took their team to a huge score of 311 runs. In which Azmatullah Omarzai, batting aggressively, scored 86 runs in 50 balls with the help of five fours and six sixes in this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa. Rashid Khan, supporting him, scored 6 runs in 12 balls.

Performance of South African team in the 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match of ODI series

South Africa’s team came out to chase the 311 runs made by Afghanistan. Captain Temba Bavuma himself and South African young player Tony de Zorzy came on the field as openers. And gave a good start to their team. And they had scored 68 runs in 11 overs without losing a single wicket. And then the condition of the match seemed like this.

That this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match could go in any side. But on the last ball of the 14th over, captain Temba Bavuma gave his catch to Mohammad Nabi. And in this way Azmatullah Omarzai took this first important wicket for his team. And South Africa’s first wicket fell at the team score of 73 runs. And Temba Bavuma scored 38 runs in 47 balls for his team with the help of four fours and a six.

Then after the captain was out, it seemed as if South Africa’s team started losing wickets in quick succession. After captain Temba Bavuma was out, Reeza Hendricks came to the field from South Africa’s camp to support Tony de Zorzy. And soon on the fifth ball of the 18th over, Ikram Alikhil caught Tony de Zorzy. And this time Rashid Khan took South Africa’s second wicket at the team score of 85 runs in this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa.

Then Aiden Markram came to the field to support Reeza Hendricks. And soon on the third ball of the 23rd over, Nangeyalia Kharote clean bowled Reeza Hendricks. And South Africa’s third wicket fell at the team score of just 98 runs.

Soon the same thing happened again, in the very next over, on the third ball of the 24th over, Tristan Stubbs also gave his catch to Mohammad Nabi on Rashid Khan’s ball. And returned to the pavilion after scoring only 5 runs in 6 balls. And after that, South Africa’s young wicketkeeper batsman Kyle Verreynne came to the field to support Aiden Markram. But no one was able to stay on the field.

And then in the same way, Aiden Markram contributed 21 runs in 30 balls for his team, Kyle Verreynne contributed 2 runs in 2 balls, Wiaan Mulder contributed 2 runs in 7 balls, Bjorn Fortuin contributed zero runs in 3 balls, Nqaba Peter contributed 5 runs in 25 balls, Nandre Burger contributed 1 run in 4 balls, and Lungi Ngidi contributed 3 runs in 5 balls for his team.

And the entire South African team was all out after scoring only 134 runs in 34.2 overs.  And Afghanistan won its 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match also with a huge margin of 177 runs.

Outstanding performers from both teams in the 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match

In this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match, no player from South Africa’s team performed anything special. While Afghanistan’s young bowler, left arm spinner Nangeyalia Kharote took four wickets for 26 runs in just 6.2 overs. And Afghanistan team’s batting all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai also took one wicket for 17 runs in three overs.

While Afghanistan team’s opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 105 runs in 110 balls with the help of 10 fours and three sixes. And Afghanistan team’s super hero Rashid Khan once again waved the flag of his bowling and bowled economically in his 9 overs, giving only 19 runs with an economy of 2.1. And took five wickets. And also became the “Man of the Match” of this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match of the series.

Some historical records broken by Afghanistan in the second ODI match of this series

Birthday boy and player of the match Rashid Khan took 5 wickets for Afghanistan in this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa. And along with him, his team’s young bowler Nangeyalia Kharote also took four wickets for just 26 runs. But birthday boy Rashid Khan created history by performing like this. Because he was already among the players who performed so brilliantly on his birthday.

Rashid Khan has turned 26 years old since 20 September 2024. Rashid Khan is now in first place among the players who performed best on their birthday in ODIs. Who took 5 wickets for 19 runs in his 9 overs against South Africa in this 2nd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa.

On the other hand, if we talk about him, then Vernon Philander is in second place, who took four wickets for 12 runs against Ireland. While in the same order, Stuart Broad is in third place, who took 4 wickets for 44 runs against Australia. At the same time, Afghanistan created another history in their second ODI match.

Afghanistan won by a score of 177 runs, which was the first time in the history of Afghanistan.  This was the first time Afghanistan had won by such a big margin against any team. It was also the first time Afghanistan had defeated South Africa in any ODI series.