Afghanistan bowlers have done quite a good job but there batsmen failed to perform there duty. This is first time Pakistan have won so easily against Afghanistan. Still Pakistan need to be careful in next two matches as Afghanistan is an unpredictable team and they have the tendency to fight back in upcoming matches. Pakistani batting lineup also need to play with caution, if they continue to give such performance in next matches then result might not be in there favour.
Afghan batting has been in very poor shape for quite some time. Their bowlers are very popular across the various franchise T20 leagues. But for some unknown reason, they don't even have a single quality batsman. Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmanullah Gurbaz have featured in a few franchise leagues, but these players are inconsistent. Ideally, given that Afghanistan is being gifted with such talented bowlers (Rashid, Noor, Mujib.etc), they should be able to perform well in ODI cricket. But everytime, their poor batting is costing them matches.
Because definitely a bad performance from Afghanistan. They were not even able to play out 20 overs let alone 50. They were not able to form any meaningful partnerships. And it is definitely hard to do when you do not have even a single 20+ score. So it was very easy for Pakistan to win the match.
At first, I thought the target of only 202 was probably not going to be enough. But the way Afghanistan performed in that match, I am not sure if 150 is going to be enough for Pakistan to actually defend successfully.
Anyway, I hope that Afghanistan will be able to perform better from the next match. I think Afghanistan should bat 1st because they have a really good bowling lineup and they can feel confident while defending.