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Canada Global(Web News) In the first upset of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, Afghanistan defeated the defending champion England by 69 runs in a one-sided match.
England’s batting line-up failed miserably against Afghanistan, being bowled out for 215 in pursuit of a target of 285, with Harry Brooke leading the charge with 66. This was the second World Cup win in Afghanistan’s history, previously Afghanistan played 17 World Cup matches, losing 16 and winning only one. On Sunday, the match between England and Afghanistan was played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, in which England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and put Afghanistan into bat. Invited.
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Afghanistan team batted first and got all out after scoring 284 runs in the last over, Garbaz scored 80 runs and Ikram scored 58 runs. The match was won while the Afghan team had to face defeat in both the matches.
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Afghanistan’s innings started brilliantly against England, opener Rehmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran shared a partnership of 114 runs for the first wicket, but then Ibrahim was dismissed by English bowler Adil Rashid for 28 runs. Also, after scoring 3 runs, the new batsman Rahmat Shah was also a victim of Adil Rashid, while Rahmanullah Garbaz was also run out after scoring 80 runs, Azmatullah Umarzai scored 19 runs and was dismissed by Livingstone.
However, Ikram Ali supported the team by playing an innings of 58 runs, besides Rashid Khan scored 23 runs and Mujeebur Rahman scored 28 runs. Thus, the entire Afghanistan team was bowled out for 284 runs in 49.5 overs. On behalf of England, Adil Rasheed took 3 wickets and Mark Wood took 2 wickets.