Cricket World Cup In the match to be played in New Delhi in 2023 Afghanistan in the history of ODI cricket England made history by defeating the first by 69 runs.
Before today, the teams of England and Afghanistan had met only twice in ODI cricket. During the 2015 World Cup, England defeated Afghanistan by nine wickets and in the 2019 World Cup, England defeated Afghanistan by 150 runs.
In this match to be played on Sunday, England decided to field first after winning the toss, then the Afghanistan batsmen started scoring runs with confidence, ignoring England’s strong bowling attack.
Rehmanullah Garbaz scored 80 runs off just 57 balls while his companion Ibrahim Zadran scored 28 runs. Afghanistan completed 100 runs in the first wicket partnership and thus Afghanistan had to take their first loss for 114 runs.
After the first wicket, the batsmen of Afghanistan could not play and the wickets of Afghanistan continued to fall at intervals.
Ikram Ali Khel played a spirited innings of 58 runs to take Afghanistan past 200 and thanks to Rashid Khan’s 23 runs and Mujeebur Rahman’s 28 runs, the Afghanistan team was able to set England a defendable target of 285.
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On behalf of England, Adil Rashid took three wickets for 42 runs, while Mark Wood took two wickets.
When the England batsmen started, they suffered their first loss for just three runs when Jonny Bairstow scored two runs and was hit by Fazal Haq Farooqui.
After Joe Root was dismissed for 33, England’s batsmen looked under pressure and kept losing wickets in an attempt to score runs.
At a total of 117, half of England’s strong batting line-up returned to the pavilion and the subsequent batsmen continued to get out in an unsuccessful attempt to play openly.
The entire England team scored runs, with Harry Brooke being the top scorer with 66 runs.
On behalf of Afghanistan, Mujeebur Rahman and Rashid Khan were the most successful bowlers with three wickets each. Mujeebur Rahman was declared the best player of the match.
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2024-10-05 02:07:24