Pakistan vs Afghanistan Highlights, World Cup: AFG create history, defeat arch-rivals PAK by eight wickets

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: After making an economical start, Mujeeb has failed to contain the run flow, especially against Shafique. The batter first hammers him for a six over long-on, then gets a boundary towards the extra cover region.

The opening pair of Imam and Shafique also bring up the 50-run partnership. PAK 51-0 (8 overs)

Early bowling change as Mohammad Nabi, right-arm off break, is introduced in the attack and he starts with a one-run over. PAK: 39/0 (7 overs)

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Mujeeb bowls it bit short wide of the off stump and Imam cuts it gracefully for a boundary towards the third-man region.

Shafique then finished the over with another boundary as Mujeeb drags the length back and slid it down leg. However, Shafique make good use of the opportunity and pulls it behind square on the on-side for a boundary.

PAK: 38/0 (6 overs)

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Another tight over by Mujeeb Ur Rahman as two singles come in his over.

Meanwhile, Shafique goes bang, bang against Naveen in the next over as he hits the pacer for a boundary and follows it up with a maximum. PAK: 26/0 (5 overs)

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Abdullah Shafique joins the party as he hits Naveen-ul-Haq for a boundary. Naveen bowls it full and wide outside off stump and Shafique drives it elegantly through covers for a boundary. PAK: 13/0 (3 overs)

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Mujeeb Ur Rahman will share the new ball with Naveen and he starts with a tidy over as just three singles come in it. PAK: 8/0 (2 overs)

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq kick-off the proceedings. Naveen-ul-Haq leads the attack for Afghanistan.

Imam finishes the over with a boundary, a half-volley on leg-stump line and Imam whips it in front of square on the on-side for a boundary. PAK: 5/0 (1 over)

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: The players arrive in the middle for the pre-match rituals, action to start shortly.

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Pakistan make one change as Shadab Khan replaces Mohammad Nawaz, who Babar informed has fever after the toss.

Afghanistan, on the other hand, have fielded an extra spinner as Noor Ahmad comes in for Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bat.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: “A bit of a breeze today coming through the stands. 75m straight boundaries while the square sides are at 65 and 66m respectively. Not a lot of pace in this pitch and you can't hit through the line. Not a blade of grass and expect this pitch to spin. This could be the slowest pitch in this ground today.”

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Rashid Khan has managed to trouble Babar Azam and have dismissed the Pakistan skipper twice in 53 balls, conceding only 48 runs.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: A major concern for Pakistan has been their underwhelming performance by the spinners. Thy have the second worst average in this year's World Cup (78.50, picking up a wicket every 75.5 balls).

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: “The thing is - with spinners, there are only two or three of them playing a game. And it's the other eight as well that have to play the game so that's important. So, it's everybody's job, it's not just the spinners job to win games. There's batsmen who've got to put runs on the board or batsmen who've got to chase down a total.” - Jonathan Trott, Afghanistan head coach

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Salman Agha didn't play the previous match due to illness but was seen practicing on Sunday. It will be interesting to see if Pakistan field him in the XI.

Also out-of-form Shadab Khan was considered for the previous role but he can play a significant role in the clash at Chennai, given his all-round skills.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Imam ul Haq has enjoyed superb form against Afghanistan and averages 56.2 against them in the last five meetings.

In fact Rashid Khan has not dismissed him a single time in the 50-over format.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: As per an input on Cricbuzz, the match is all set to be played on Pitch number 5, where India and Australia played. While India easily dealt the Australian spin attack, Australia failed to resist the spin trio of Jadeja, Kuldeep, and Ashwin.

Dew is unlikely to have a major impact at the venue.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who generally operates with the new ball at least by what we saw in the Asia Cup and the ongoing World Cup, needs three more wickets to reach 100 ODI wickets. He'll be the third Afghanistan player to achieve the feat.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: “We have played four matches and we are 2-2. We are confident. We accept that we did not play well in the last two matches. We will have to perform up to the mark.” - Imam-ul-Haq ahead of Afghanistan encounter

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: A look at the points table ahead of PAK vs AFG.

Afghanistan: LWLLL

Pakistan: LLWWL

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: The two sides have met once in the showpiece event, which was in the previous edition held in England. Then both the sides had engaged in a low-scoring thriller, which Pakistan eventually won by three wickets.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: If we look at the head-to-head records, Afghanistan are yet to defeat Pakistan in ODIs.

The two sides have met seven times previously in the 50-over format.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh (Bangladesh won by six wickets)

Afghanistan vs India (India won by eight wickets)

Afghanistan vs England (Afghanistan won by 69 runs)

New Zealand vs Afghanistan (New Zealand won by 149 runs)