3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match was played on 22 September 2024 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE. Afghanistan made three changes in their team in this third match. In which, as the first change, batting all-rounder Abdul Malik got a chance in the team in place of young batsman Riaz Hasan.

And in two more important changes, the Afghanistan team gave place to young bowlers Fareed Ahmad Malik and Naveen Zadran in place of bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi and all-rounder Rashid Khan. While making only one change in the South African team, the African team brought back Andile Phehlukwayo in place of Nandre Burger in this 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa.

In their final and 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match, Afghanistan won the toss and batted first and could only score 169 runs in 34 overs. And South Africa’s team easily won the match by scoring 170 runs in 33 overs by losing only three wickets. However, South Africa had lost the series in its second match itself. And in this third match, they came on the field to save their honor.

And Afghanistan’s team won the series 2-1 even after losing their third ODI match. Despite Afghanistan losing the third match, the “Man of the Match” in this match was given to Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Because Afghanistan’s opener batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored the highest 89 runs in this 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match among both the teams.

Performance of the Afghanistan team in the final or 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match of the series

Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. And Rahmanullah Gurbaz and young batsman Abdul Malik came on the field as openers from the Afghanistan team. But they could not give a good start to their Bangladeshi team. And on the third ball of the 7th over, Abdul Malik was out LBW on the ball of Lungi Ngidi after scoring only 9 runs in 19 balls. South African bowlers performed brilliantly in this 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match after losing their first two matches.

And then Rahmat Shah came on the field to support Gurbaz. And on the fifth ball of the 9th over, Lungi Ngidi ran out Rahmat Shah on the team score of 38 runs. Now to support Gurbaz, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi himself came on the field from the Afghanistan camp. And he too did not perform well and was run out by Tristan Stubbs and Kyle Verreynne. While from the Afghanistan team, only opener batsman Gurbaz was still struggling for his team.

Now Azmatullah Omarzai came to the field after Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi was out. And then on the fourth ball of the 17th over, with the team score of just 79 runs, South Africa’s young fast bowler Nqaba Peter clean bowled Azmatullah Omarzai. Now wicketkeeper batsman Ikram Alikhil came to the field from Afghanistan’s camp. And after scoring just 4 runs in 9 balls, he too was run out by Captain Temba Bavuma.

After this, bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nabi came to the field to bat from Afghanistan’s camp. But in this 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match, apart from Afghanistan’s Gurbaz, no other player was able to stand in front of South Africa’s bowling. And then Kyle Verreynne took the catch of Mohammad Nabi on the ball of Bjorn Fortuin.

Now in this 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa, Afghan bowler Nangeyalia Kharote came to the field to support Gurbaz. But now the team’s opener batsman Gurbaz, who was standing from the beginning, lost his important 7th wicket on the second ball of the 28th over at the team score of 132 runs.

And Gurbaz gave his catch to Reeza Hendricks on the ball of Andile Phehlukwayo. And performing brilliantly, he scored 89 runs in 94 balls with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes for his team in this 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa.

After this, only Allah Ghazanfar was such a bowler batsman of Afghanistan, who scored 31 runs in 15 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes for his team. And the rest of the Afghan players could not perform anything special. And the Afghanistan team somehow faltered and got all out for 169 runs after playing 34 overs.

South Africa’s performance in the final or 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa match of the series

South Africa’s young batsman Tony de Zorzy and captain Temba Bavuma came on the field as openers to chase the 169 runs scored by Afghanistan. They gave a good start and scored 40 runs in 8 overs without losing any wicket. But in the very first ball of the 9th over, Afghanistan’s off-break spinner bowler Allah Ghazanfar clean bowled captain Temba Bavuma.

And captain Temba Bavuma returned to the pavilion after scoring just 22 runs in 28 balls with the help of 3 fours in this 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa. And then Reeza Hendricks came on the field to support young batsman Tony de Zorzy from Afghanistan’s camp.

But it was not long before the captain was out. And immediately after him, on the last ball of the 12th over, South Africa’s young batsman Tony de Zorzy was out LBW by Mohammad Nabi at the team score of just 62 runs.  And Tony de Zorzy was out after scoring 26 runs in 31 balls with the help of 2 fours and a six.

Now, to support Reeza Hendricks, experienced batsman Aiden Markram from South Africa’s camp came to the field. But shortly after Aiden Markram arrival, Reeza Hendricks left him and returned to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs in 31 balls with the help of a four.

Because Reeza Hendricks gave his catch to wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil on the ball of Fareed Ahmad. And then deadly batsman Tristan Stubbs came to the field to support Aiden Markram. And together with Tristan Stubbs, Aiden Markram played a brilliant innings and made his team win by scoring 170 runs in 33 overs. In which Tristan Stubbs scored 26 runs in 42 balls with the help of a four and a six.

While Aiden Markram scored 69 runs in 67 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes in this 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa. Like its second match, Afghanistan could not perform anything special in batting or bowling in this third match.

Players who performed well from both teams in the 3rd ODI Afghanistan vs South Africa final match of the series

Now if we talk about Afghanistan’s players, then Afghanistan’s bowlers Allah Ghazanfar, Mohammad Nabi and Fareed Ahmad Malik all three took one wicket each for their team. While Afghanistan’s opener batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 89 runs in 94 balls. And was also the “Man of the Match” in this match.

Now if we talk about South Africa, then among South African bowlers Lungi Ngidi, Nqaba Peter and Andile Phehlukwayo took two wickets each for their team. While young bowler Bjorn Fortuin also took one wicket for his team. And South African batsman Aiden Markram performed brilliantly and scored 69 runs in 67 balls.