Pakistan won the Toss and elected to bat first. Babar Asam made 74 , Abdulla Shafique made 58 , Shadab Khan and Ifthikar Ahmed made 40 each and Pakistan made 282 for loss of 8 wickets. Afghan bowlers Noor Ahmad got 3 wickets, Naveen ul Haq got 2 wickets, Mohammad Nabi and Azmatulla Omarzai got 1 wicket each.
In reply Afghanistan were solid they were always on top of their batting. Ramanulla Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave a good opening stand for the first wicket. Ramanulla was 65 and 2nd wicket was Ibrahim Zadran 87. Afghanistan won the game by 8 wickets. It is a comprehensive win.
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