After winning the first ODI match against South Africa, the Afghanistan team is ahead and they set a great target in the second match of the series today. Afghanistan scored 311 runs in the first innings today and lost 4 wickets. Today's batting performance was excellent by the batsmen of the Afghan team.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 105 for a brilliant century and Azmatullah Omarzai is still unbeaten with 86 off 50 balls. Azmatullah Omarzai has put in an excellent batting performance, the way he batted, if he could have played some more time, he could have set a bigger target.
Anyway, if the South African team cannot meet the target of 311 runs in today's match, then they will definitely lose the match and lose the series.
Afghanistan players were very confident today after winning the first match. Moreover, Afghanistan players are in good form. Every player in Afghanistan's top order batted very responsibly. Afghanistan collected 311 runs losing only 4 wickets. Afghanistan's batsmen manage to collect a descent. But the pitch is batting friendly. So if Afghanistan's bowlers don't bowl well, there is no chance of Afghanistan winning.
Gurbaz scored a maximum of 105 runs in this match. But I would say the most important innings was played by Azmatullah Omarzai. Omarzai was unbeaten with 86 runs from just 50 balls.
South Africa lost the first match. Today they will try their best to win by any means. The two openers got off to a very good start. South Africa managed to collect 57 runs in 11 overs. If the top order plays well, South Africa have a chance to win.