KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 61 runs in their first one-day international match on Saturday.
Afghanistan batted first and scored 276 runs in the 50 overs game for the loss of five wickets.
Rahmat Shah made 94, Hashmatullah Shahidi 88 and Rashid Khan contributed 39 runs.
Zimbabwe failed to chase the target and lost all their wickets for 216 runs and lost the match to Afghanistan by 61 runs.
Mohammad Nabi took four wickets, Rashid Khan two, Fazlullah Farooqi two, Farid Malik and Azmatullah Omarzai also clinched one wicket each.
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