ZIM vs AFG, 3rd ODI: Afghanistan's AM Ghazanfar Creates ODI History By Taking Five-For Against Zimbabwe

ZIM vs AFG, 3rd ODI: Afghanistan's star bowler AM Ghazanfar created a huge record as he became the first bowler to have taken lots of five-fors in 50-over formats as a young teenager. He achieved this milestone during the 3rd ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare on Saturday.

Last month, he also became the fifth youngster to have taken a five-for at just 18 years of age. He registered figures of 6.3-1-26-6 against Bangladesh in Sharjah and thus helped the team win the match by 92 runs.

The other bowlers who have taken a five-for in this format as teenagers are- Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Waqar Younis, Rashid Khan, Gulshan Jha, Wasim Akram, Aftab Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Aaqib Javed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mustafizur Rahman, Abdul Razzaq, Shariz Ahmed, and Saqlain Mushtaq.

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Ghazanfar rattles Zimbabwe in Harare

While bowling first, Afghanistan skittled the hosts out for just 127 runs in 30.1 overs on the back of Ghazanfar's brilliant performance. The youngster registered figures of 10-0-33-5 and thus gave the Zimbabwe batters a hard time.

Ghazanfar dismissed batters like Joylord Gumbie, Ben Curran, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, and Newman Nyamhuri.

Except for Sean Williams, who scored a gritty knock of 60 runs off 61 balls, in which he had smashed six fours and three sixes, and except him all the other Zimbabwe batters failed to perform.

Ghazanfar has taken 21 wickets in the 50-over format till now at an economy rate of 4.05. He might not have represented Afghanistan in the shortest format yet, but in T20 league cricket he has taken 29 wickets after playing in 16 matches and that also includes two four-fers.

By making a dream start to his international career, Mumbai Indians also roped in Ghazanfar for a whopping amount of Rs 4.80 crore.