The national cricket teams of Afghanistan and Pakistan faced each other in the first match of the ODI series . Pakistan won the toss and by choosing to bat, they set a target of 202 runs for Afghanistan in 47.1 overs. But the Afghan players could not complete the goal and gave up the game

The competition was held in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. Pakistan team bowled in the first half of this match and the best player of this team was "Imam-ul-Haq" who was able to score 61 runs from 94 balls.

Among the Afghan players, Mujibur Rahman had a better performance by taking three wickets from the opponent. The goal set by Pakistan in the 50-over tournament was not a big goal; But the Afghan players could not keep their wickets and were out of the game one after the other.

Azmatullah Omarzai was injured during the game and Rahmatullah Garbz made the highest run for Afghanistan, which was 18 runs. The Afghanistan team lost all their players in 19.2 overs, while they had made 59 runs, and were defeated by a difference of 142 runs.

The star of this game was Haris Rauf from Pakistan, who alone eliminated 5 Afghan players from the match.