Temba Bavuma's South Africa crushed Afghanistan in the match to register a dominant 107-run victory at the National Stadium in Karachi.
South Africa batted first in the match and ended up with a score of 315/6 on the board. The credit for this goes to the quartet of Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, and Aiden Markram, as all of them scored over 50 runs in the innings.
Defending the total, Kagiso Rabada picked up a three-wicket haul, and he was well supported by others, and South Africa bowled out Afghanistan for 208 in 43.3 overs.
We were then clinical with the ball too, closest to one of our best performances - Temba Bavuma
"Clinical performance. We took the brave decision to bat first not knowing about the wicket. We were then clinical with the ball too, closest to one of our best performances. The wicket looked a lot different to what we are used to in Pakistan."
"The batters fronted up and we managed to get a good score. There were a lot of cracks and we expected some variable bounce, it was a bit tricky at times," Temba Bavuma said.
South Africa decimated Afghanistan in their previous ODI as well
The last ODI match between Afghanistan and South Africa was held on September 22, 2024. After losing the first two ODIs of the three-match series, South Africa bounced back strongly in the third match against Afghanistan and clinched a 7-wicket victory in Sharjah.
Lungi Ngidi (2/22), Andile Phehlukwayo (2/17), and Nqabayomzi Peter (2/22) looked threatening, while Bjorn Fortuin (1/44) chipped in as well.
Chasing 170, South Africa’s batters started off cautiously. Temba Bavuma (22 off 28) and Tony de Zorzi (26 off 31) provided a decent start before Aiden Markram (69 off 67) and Tristan Stubbs (26 off 42) finished off the game.
Markram looked brilliant, hitting four fours and three sixes in his unbeaten knock, while Afghanistan’s bowlers struggled to apply pressure, with only Fareed Ahmad (1/17), Mohammad Nabi (1/37), and Ghazanfar (1/38) being among the wickets.
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