AFG vs SA: Stats Preview ahead of the 2nd Afghanistan vs South Africa ODI at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
AFG vs SA 2nd ODI Approaching Milestones: Afghanistan stunned South Africa in the first game of the three-match ODI series as they thrashed them by six wickets to make a statement. This was the first time in history when the Afghanistan cricket team won a game against the South Africa cricket team across the formats. But can they do it again? That will be a big question when these two teams will face each other in the second game. This match will take place on Friday at Sharjah International Stadium.
Afghanistan's bowling unit has varities, and they will come into the game as the favorites. The pitch in Sharjah will help their bowlers more than South Africa. So, that will leave the Proteas to make some changes to their plans. South Africa will be keen to bounce back and level the series. Meanwhile, there are some key records and milestones which can be achieved in the second AFG vs SA ODI clash at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Afghanistan vs South Africa 2nd ODI: Approaching ODI Records and Cricket Milestones ahead of the ODI at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
73 - Stand-in captain Aiden Markram is just 73 runs short of completing 6,000 international runs. He will be the 16th South African to do so.
62 - Reeza Hendricks has 938 runs in 35 ODIs and needs 62 runs to complete 1000 ODI runs for South Africa.
2 - Fazalhaq Farooqibowled a superb spell of 4/35 in the first game. Now, he is just two wickets away from completing 50 ODI wickets. He will be the only sixth Afghan bowler to do so.
53 - Mohammad Nabi is on the verge of completing 3500 ODI runs. He needs only 53 runs and will become second from his country to do so.
4 - Afghanistan's all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai needs four more wickets to complete 50 international wickets in his career.
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4 - Mohammad Nabi has hit 106 sixes in 50-over cricket. He needs four more sixes to go past Ben Stokes' tally of 109 ODI sixes.