World Cup 2023, Afghanistan: England faced a repeat of 2015 history as the defending champions suffered possibly the biggest upset in World Cup history. Afghanistan gave an incredible performance and defeated England by 69 runs.
ENG vs AFG: Ended the losing streak of 14 matches :-
Afghanistan has finally managed to break its 14-match losing streak with its biggest win ever in international cricket.
This is only Afghanistan’s second win in the World Cup after their first appearance in 2015. Earlier, Afghanistan had defeated Scotland by one wicket in Dunedin.
Great start by Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran :-
Afghanistan team’s openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave a great start after Buttler won the toss and came to bat first.
Gurbaz faced the fast bowlers bravely and scored a dashing half-century. Afghanistan scored 100 runs in just 76 balls. England finally tasted their first success in the 17th over when Adil Rashid dismissed Zadran for 28.
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Gurbaz angry after being run out, Brook was England’s last ray of hope :-
Rahmanullah Gurbaz was very close to scoring a World Cup century but was completely disappointed after being run out by David Willey. Gurbaz, who was out on 80 runs, was angry and while returning to the pavilion, his bat fell on the boundary rope and a chair.
After this, Afghanistan could not make any big partnership and England all out Afghanistan for 284 runs on the last ball of the last over.
After this, England, who came to bat, kept losing their wickets at regular intervals. Harry Brook was the only one in the England team who kept the ray of hope alive but then Brook also could not understand Mujeeb’s carrom ball and lost his wicket. After this, Rashid Khan took the last two wickets and thus Afghanistan defeated England by 69 runs in the biggest upset in World Cup history.
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