Pakistan faces defeat against Afghanistan

Pakistan faced humiliation at the hands of the Afghan team when the green shirts were defeated by eight wickets in a World Cricket Cup match at Chennai on Monday.

Opting to bat first, Pakistan scored 282 runs for six  wickets in the allocated 50 overs.

In reply, the Afghan team chased the score in 49th over for the loss of just two wickets.

Batting Pakistan side: 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

Afghanistan side: 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