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Rashid Khan, the star player of Afghanistan cricket team, is currently counted among the best all-rounders in the world. Rashid Khan has created history in the second match of the 3-match ODI cricket series between South Africa and Afghanistan. He has broken a 17-year-old record in ODI cricket. Rashid Khan performed brilliantly in the match, due to which Afghanistan registered the biggest win ever in the history of ODI cricket.
Rashid Khan breaks Vernon Philander's record
Rashid Khan took 5 wickets for 19 runs in the second ODI against South Africa. He targeted South African batsmen Aiden McCrum, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verane, Vian Mulder and Tony DeGeorge. The special thing is that this day (20 September) was also Rashid Khan's birthday. He performed brilliantly on his birthday. Rashid Khan also made the record of best performance in an ODI match on his birthday. Earlier this record was in the name of Vernon Philander who took 4 wickets for 12 runs against Ireland in 2007.
Afghanistan registered the biggest win in ODI history
In this match, Afghanistan defeated South Africa by a margin of 177 runs. This is Afghanistan's biggest win in ODI cricket in terms of runs. Earlier, Afghanistan's biggest win in terms of runs was by 154 runs, when it defeated Zimbabwe in 2018. With this win, the Afghanistan team has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the ODI cricket series against South Africa.
How was the result of the match?
This match between Afghanistan and South Africa was played at Sharjah International Stadium in UAE. In this match, Afghanistan won the toss and batted first and scored 311 runs with the help of Rahmanullah Gurbaz's century (105 runs). Chasing the target, the South African team was all out for just 134 runs. Earlier, Temba Bavuma and Tony de George gave South Africa a great start and shared a 73-run partnership for the first wicket. But after this, Rashid Khan and Nangelia Kharote took the remaining wickets of South Africa for just 61 runs.