ZIM vs AFG LIVE: Rahmat Shah, bowlers star as Afghanistan register convincing 60-run win over Zimbabwe in 1st ODI

ZIM vs AFG LIVE Score: Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan 1st ODI Live: Rahmat Shah hit 94 and Mohammad Nabi took four wickets as Afghanistan beat host Zimbabwe by 60 runs in the first of three one-day internationals on Saturday. Follow ZIM vs AFG LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.

ZIM vs AFG LIVE: Rahmat Shah, bowlers star as Afghanistan register convincing 60-run win over Zimbabwe in 1st ODI

Afghanistan hasn’t lost an ODI series against the Zimbabweans in five contests since the first meeting in 2014, and underlined its status as series favourite with a dominant performance at Harare Sports Club. The Afghans totaled 276-5 before bowling out the host for 216.

Shah and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi were cautious at the start of their partnership then lashed out after reaching their half-centuries. They shared 181 for the third wicket.

Shah dominated pace and spin and was comfortable at the crease while cracking seven fours and three sixes from 120 balls in a man-of-the-match effort.

Shahidi scored 88 from 104, including 13 boundaries.

Both fell to Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani, who took 4-52 on his return to international cricket after a stint as a practice bowler for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.

ZIM vs AFG LIVE: Rahmat Shah, bowlers star as Afghanistan register convincing 60-run win over Zimbabwe in 1st ODI

In pursuit, Zimbabwe was unable to form meaningful partnerships.

Afghanistan offspinner Mohammad Nabi was the chief tormentor with 4-34 as Zimbabwe failed to sustain a late fight led by allrounder Sikandar Raza, who went out leg before on 67 to Rashid Khan.

Afghanistan scorecard

Batsmen	R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK)	17	31	1	1	54.84
c CR Ervine b Tanaka Chivanga
Ibrahim Zadran	5	18	0	0	27.78
c & b B Muzarabani
Rahmat Shah	94	120	7	3	78.33
c RW Chakabva b B Muzarabani
Hashmatullah Shahidi (C)	88	104	13	0	84.62
c DT Tiripano b B Muzarabani
Mohammad Nabi	10	7	1	0	142.86
c M Shumba b B Muzarabani
Najibullah Zadran	3	4	0	0	75.00
Not out
Rashid Khan	39	17	4	2	229.41
Not out
Extra	20 (b 5, w 13, nb 1, lb 1)
Total	276/5 (50)
Yet To Bat	Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Blessing Muzarabani	9	0	52	4	5.78
Tendai Chatara	10	2	61	0	6.10
Tanaka Chivanga	7	0	41	1	5.86
Donald Tiripano	5	0	26	0	5.20
Wesley Madhevere	6	0	22	0	3.67
Ryan Burl	6	0	24	0	4.00
Sikandar Raza	7	0	44	0	6.29

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Ibrahim Zadran	1-21	6.4
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	2-38	10.5
R Shah	3-219	44.3
Hashmatullah Shahidi	4-232	46.1
Mohammad Nabi	5-234	46.3

Zimbabwe scorecard

Batsmen	R	B	4S	6S	SR
Innocent Kaia	39	78	3	0	50.00
lbw b Mohammad Nabi
Regis Chakabva (WK)	1	5	0	0	20.00
c Najibullah Zadran b Fazalhaq Farooqi
Craig Ervine (C)	30	40	5	0	75.00
c & b Azmatullah Omarzai
Wesley Madhevere	11	21	1	0	52.38
c & b Mohammad Nabi
Sikandar Raza	67	78	6	1	85.90
lbw b Rashid Khan
Milton Shumba	5	12	0	0	41.67
c Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Mohammad Nabi
Ryan Burl	13	18	1	0	72.22
b Mohammad Nabi
Donald Tiripano	15	15	2	0	100.00
b Rashid Khan
Tendai Chatara	8	17	1	0	47.06
c Mohammad Nabi b Fazalhaq Farooqi
Blessing Muzarabani	10	11	1	0	90.91
b Farid Malik
Tanaka Chivanga	0	5	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	17 (b 1, w 9, nb 0, lb 7)
Total	216/10 (50)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Fazalhaq Farooqi	9	1	41	2	4.56
Fareed Malik	9	2	27	1	3.00
Azmatullah Omarzai	6	0	24	1	4.00
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	6	0	43	0	7.17
Rashid Khan	10	0	39	2	3.90
Mohammad Nabi	10	0	34	4	3.40

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
RW Chakabva	1-5	2.1
CR Ervine	2-66	14.5
W Madhevere	3-91	21.1
I Kaia	4-104	27.2
M Shumba	5-124	31.6
RP Burl	6-164	39.2
Sikandar Raza	7-196	43.4
DT Tiripano	8-203	45.2
B Muzarabani	9-216	48.1
TL Chatara	10-216	49.6