Pakistan vs Afghanistan Last Over: Watch Video Highlights of Final Over As Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz Take PAK to Victory

Pakistan defeated Afghanistan in a must-win game of ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC), 2019 on June 29 at Headingley in Leeds. It was a very close encounter where the match went on till the last over. If Pakistan would have lost this game, they would have been knocked out of CWC 2019. Pakistan won this match by 3 wickets by chasing down the target of 228 runs in 49,4 overs. Imad Wasim was awarded the Player of the Match award for his fine knock of unbeaten 49 runs from 54 balls. The winning runs were hit by Imad who was well accompanied by Wahab Riaz who remained not out on 15 runs from 9 balls.  He also took two wickets and had a figure of 2/48 in 10 overs. Pakistan needed six runs from the final over and fans of both teams were on the edge of their seat biting nails, let us have a look on the final over drama below. The last over was bowled by Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib. Pakistan vs Afghanistan, ICC CWC 2019 Match Results and Report: Shaheen Afridi, Imad Wasim and Wahab Riaz Help PAK Win by 3-Wickets in Nail-Biting Encounter.

Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first. Afghan team batsmen completely struggled against the Pakistan bowling line up where they struggled to face pacers. Shaheen Afridi was the star bowler who took four wickets and had figures of 4/47 in 10 overs. From Afghanistan side, Asghar Afghan and Najibullah Zadran played a fine inning of 42 runs each. Wahab Riaz Bats With Fractured Finger to Help Pakistan Win a Crucial Match Against Afghanistan in CWC 2019.

Pakistan's Tense Final Over v Afghanistan | Afghanistan vs Pakistan | ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

In reply, Pakistan did not have a good start as they lost Fakhar Zaman in the first over. Pakistan was really struggling when they had Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan on the crease. However, they both controlled the inning and took the partnership near the target. But Pakistan should credit this win to Wahab Riaz who came out to bat in a pressure situation when three wickets were in hand. Riaz smashed a six to Rashid Khan to bring down the tally of 10 runs required from 10 balls. From there onwards, Pakistan played in a composed manner and crossed the line to keep their semi-final hope alive. Now Pak will have to defeat Bangladesh on July 5 at Lord's to enter into semis, provided England lose one of their coming matches against India or New Zealand.

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