Overview
- Afghanistan posted 180/6 after electing to bat, built on Ibrahim Zadran's 52 and Rahmanullah Gurbaz's 39.
- Mujeeb ur Rahman took 4-20 and Azmatullah Omarzai 3-29 to bowl Zimbabwe out for 127 in 16.1 overs.
- Zimbabwe collapsed to 30-5 before Tinotenda Maposa (32) and Brad Evans (24) offered brief resistance; captain Sikandar Raza took 3-20.
- The win gives Afghanistan a 1-0 lead in the three-match series and ends a five-match T20I skid, according to Rashid Khan.
- The series stays in Harare with the next games scheduled for Friday and Sunday.