Afghanistan defeated England by 69 runs

First upset in ICC World Cup 2023. Afghanistan defeated England by 69 runs. Chasing the goal, the English workforce scored 215 runs in 40.3 overs.

The English openers mightn’t give the workforce begin. England’s first wicket fell for 3 runs within the second over when Jonny Bristow scored 2 runs and was lbw off Fazlul Haq Farooqui.

Joe Root scored 11 runs on a complete rating of 33 within the seventh over and fell sufferer to Mujeebur Rahman. Within the thirteenth over, David Mullan scored 32 runs on a complete rating of 68 and was caught out by Mohammad Nabi.

Skipper Jos Buttler proved to be the visitor of 9 runs who was dismissed by Naveen-ul-Haq. Liam Livingstone scored 10, Sam Curran scored 10 and Chris Woakes scored 9 runs. Harry Brooke scored 66 and Adil Rasheed acquired out with 20 runs.

Within the match being performed on the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium in Delhi, the Afghanistan workforce scored 284 runs within the allotted 49.5 overs whereas batting first.

Nonetheless, Ibrahim Zadran returned to the pavilion following scoring 28 runs, the Afghan batsmen misplaced 2 extra wickets with a rise of simply 8 runs, Rahmat Shah was the visitor of three runs, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi solely 14, Azmatullah Umarzai 19, Mohammad Nabi 9, Rashid Khan scored 23, Mujeebur Rahman scored 28 runs.

Afghan opener Rehmanullah Garbaz performed an aggressive sport and took the English bowlers by storm, scoring 80 off 58 balls with the assistance of 8 fours and 4 sixes, whereas Ikram Ali Khel performed an innings of 58 runs with the assistance of three fours and a couple of sixes.

For England, Adil Rashid took 3 wickets, Mark Wooden took 2 wickets whereas Liam Livingstone, Reece Topley and Joe Root took one wicket every.

Earlier, England captain Jos Buttler received the toss and determined to area first.