Chennai
\nAfghanistan pulled off their second major shock of the Cricket World Cup on Monday when they sent Pakistan crashing to an eight-wicket defeat.
\nChasing 283 to win, Afghanistan rode on the back of impressive innings from Ibrahim Zadran (87), Rahmat Shah (77 not out), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65) and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi (48 not out) to reach their target with six balls to spare.
\nAfghanistan, who stunned defending champions England earlier in the tournament, and Pakistan both now have two wins and three losses from their five group games.
\nAfghanistan came into the game with one win from four matches while 1992 champions Pakistan had lost their last two following back-to-back opening wins.
\nEarlier, skipper Babar Azam and opener Abdullah Shafique put up half centuries before Afghanistan\u2019s teenage leg spinner Noor Ahmad struck twice to put the brakes on Pakistan\u2019s progress.
\nContributions of 40 runs each from Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan propelled Pakistan\u2019s total above 280, rescuing the Green Team from a minor collapse during the middle of their innings when they found themselves four down at 163 runs.
\nBy the end of the first innings, Pakistan scored 282 at the loss of seven wickets.
\nThe national team, with two wins and as many defeats in the previous four games, brought in Shadab Khan replacing fellow spinner Mohammad Nawaz who was ruled out with illness.
\nAfghanistan, who have just one win from four matches, named left-arm spinner Noor Ahmad in place of fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi.
\nPakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imamul Haq, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf
\nAfghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveenul Haq, Noor Ahmad
\nUmpires: Paul Reiffel (AUS) and Rod Tucker (AUS)
\nTV umpire: Chris Gaffaney (NZL)
\nMatch referee: Richie Richardson (WIS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chennai Afghanistan pulled off their second major shock of the Cricket World Cup on Monday when they sent Pakistan crashing to an eight-wicket defeat. Chasing 283 to win, Afghanistan rode on the back of impressive innings from Ibrahim Zadran (87), Rahmat Shah (77 not out), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65) and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi (48 not out) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-363553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n