ENG vs AFG World Cup Match : Afghanistan has made a historic win against the defending world champions, England in the ICC World Cup 2023. The Afghan spinners dominated the match, thrashing England by 69 runs.

Afghanistan's emphatic win is the first major upset of the ICC World Cup 2023. World cricket powerhouse England was all out for 215 runs while chasing Afghanistan's target of 285 runs. This was Afghanistan's first victory over England in World Cup history. , making it an important victory.

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Spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan were the stars for Afghanistan, with both players taking three wickets each. The spin attack played a key role in England's collapse, with all the spinners together taking a total of eight important wickets. Afghanistan's opening batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz was the top scorer for his team, scoring a quickfire 80 runs.

Chasing the target of 285 runs, England got off to a bad start as the top order struggled against Afghanistan's spinners. Key batsmen including Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Jos Buttler and Liam Livingstone failed to lead the team to victory. When the score reached just 117 runs, England had lost half of their wickets. By the time England reached 138, they had lost six wickets, further increasing the dominance of Afghanistan's spin bowlers.

Middle order batsman Harry Brook tried to bring England back into the match by scoring 66 runs. However, England's hopes of victory ended when Mujeeb Ur Rahman dismissed him in the 35th over. Due to this the England team lagged further behind and could score only 215 runs. Spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan took three wickets each, while Mohammad Nabi took two wickets. Naveen Ul Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqui took one wicket each.

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In the first innings, Afghanistan's opening pair Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran made a century partnership and scored 114 runs before the first wicket fell. Gurbaz performed brilliantly and demonstrated his power by hitting a six off Chris Woakes in the third over. Unfortunately, the partnership ended when Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed for 28 runs and Afghanistan's wickets continued to fall. Despite this, Afghanistan set a strong target of 285 runs.

Ikram Alikhil, who came to bat at number six, played an important role for Afghanistan by scoring 58 runs, while Mujeeb Ur Rehman and Rashid Khan made valuable contributions in the lower order. For England, Rashid took three wickets, and Mark Wood took two, Sam Curran, Joe Root and Liam Livingstone took one wicket each.

Afghanistan achieved a historic World Cup victory over England and demonstrated the team's ability to cause major upsets on the world cricket stage.

Superfast News Coverage By YuvaPatrkaar.com Team

Publish Date : October 15, 2023

Posted By Ravi Kumar

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