Rain played spoilsport as the opening ODI between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe was called off after just 9.2 overs of play. Prior, constant downpour had postponed the beginning by near four hours with the game decreased to a 28-overs-a-side undertaking. At the point when the weather conditions at long last cleared, Afghanistan chief Hashmatullah Shahidi had no faltering to bowl thinking about the above conditions. For Afghanistan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz was controlled out of the series because of a Grade 2B quadriceps injury alongside a hard hip flexor injury, while Mujeeb Ur Rahman was refreshed from the series. Zimbabwe, in the mean time, gave presentations to left-hand player Ben Curran and left-arm seamer Newman Nyamhuri. Shahidi's choice to field was justified with both Azmatullah Omarzai and Fazalhaq Farooqi getting heaps of development both off the contribute and the air. It was an extreme commencement for Curran, who was beaten by Farooqi's away development in the opening over. He got off the imprint in global cricket with a clasp to profound fine leg, yet batting was continuously going to stay an undertaking. Tadiwanashe Marumani got Zimbabwe's limit counter running with a flawless cover drive off Farooqi yet was scattered by a peach of an in-scoop from Omarzai that saw his center shaft straightened. Brian Bennett, the most noteworthy run-scorer in the previous T20I series, then fell first ball to Omarzai with Mohammad Nabi clutching a sharp opportunity to one side at second slip. Dion Myers moved several drives away yet was caught before the stumps when he misread an AM Ghazanfar carrom ball and remained back. Omarzai then, at that point, eliminated Curran in the eighth over, who went for a glimmering drive, just to convey a thick external edge to the wicketkeeper. Three balls later, it was Sean Williams' chance to leave. He hung his bat out to a more full length ball from Omarzai just to get a thick edge to Ikram Alikhil. The floodlights were turned on right all along and when downpour showed up two balls into the 10th over, it was draperies for the game. Indeed, even in his short exploded, Omarzai made an imprint taking 4 for 18 out his four overs. The second ODI will be played at a similar setting on December 19.