Afghanistan beat South Africa for the first time in international cricket as they won the first ODI of the three-match series in Sharjah while India began their home Test season against Bangladesh in cloudy Chennai on Thursday. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on September 19.

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Afghanistan impresses with dominant bowling as South Africa crumbles for 106 in ODI series opener.

:Afghanistan earned a first-ever One Day International victory over a depleted South Africa when they romped to a comfortable six-wicket triumph in the first game of the three-match series in Sharjah on Wednesday.South Africa, who have rested several regular players for the series and were without ill captain

17-year-old Allah Ghazanfar and left-arm pacer Falazhaq Farroqi ran through the South Africa batting attack on Wednesday, September 18. The fast bowlers first bowled out SA for their 5th lowest ODI total and then held their nerve to clinch a historic ODI win in Sharjah.

Afghanistan carved out six-wicket victory over inexperienced South Africa on Wednesday in the first one-day international of their three-match series. Fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi and 18-year-old off-spinner AM Ghazanfar dominated the top-order to mark an impressive start for Afghanistan in its maiden bilateral ODI series against South Africa, which crumbled…

The in-form pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi bowled a memorable spell in the powerplay and youngster Allah Gazanfar picked his maiden international wickets to bowl out South Africa to their joint-seventh lowest ODI total of 106 bowling first.

South Africa were bundled out for their fifth-lowest ODI total as Afghanistan manged to get them all-out for the first-time ever in white ball cricket. Farooqi and Ghazanfar shared seven wickets between them.