Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in 22nd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
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The 22nd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 was played yesterday between India vs New Zealand, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Dharamsala. In which Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets.
TOSS- Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat.
Pakistan Innings- Pakistan batted first after winning the toss and started the inning very well, Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq came to start the inning, and gave a brilliant start with a half-century partnership of 56 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 56 runs in first ball of the 11th over, Imam-ul-Haq dismissed for 17 runs in 22 balls, next batsman Babar Azam came to bat and handled the inning with Abdullah Shafique, the second wicket has dismissed for 110 runs in 22.3 over, Abdullah Shafique dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 58 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 75 balls, next batsman Mohammad Rizwan came to bat and he was dismissed just for 8 runs in 10 balls as third wicket in 24.4 over, the team score was 120 runs, followed by Saud Shakeel came to bat and played well with Babar Azam, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 163 runs in last ball of the 34th over, Saud Shakeel dismissed for 25 runs in 34 balls, next batsman Shadab Khan came to bat and handled the inning with Babar Azam, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 206 runs in 41.5 over, Babar Azam dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 74 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaires in 92 balls, next batsman Iftikhar Ahmed came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 73 runs with Shadab Khan, the sixth wicket has dismissed for 279 runs in second ball of the final over, Iftikhar Ahmed dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 40 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 27 balls, followed by Shaheen Afridi came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 3 runs in 3 balls, and Shadab Khan was dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 40 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in 38 balls as 7th wicket in final ball of the inning, the team score was 282 runs. In this way, Pakistan scored 282 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs and set a target of 283 runs in front of Afghanistan.
Afghanistani bowlers- Noor Ahmad performed very brilliant bowling took 3 wickets just for 49 runs in his spell, Naveen-ul-Haq 2 wickets for 52 runs in 7 overs, Mohammad Nabi 1 wicket for 31 runs in his spell, Azmatullah Omarzai 1 wicket for 50 runs in 5 overs, Rashid Khan was wicketless for 41 runs in his spell, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman also wicketless for 55 runs in 8 overs.
Afghanistani Innings- Afghanistani chasing 283 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing just 2 wickets in the last ball of the 49th over and won the match by 8 wickets. Afghanistani started the inning very strongly, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a century partnership of 130 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket was dismissed for 130 runs in first ball of the 22nd over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 65 runs with the help of 1 six and 9 boundaries in just 53 balls, next batsman Rahmat Shah came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 70 runs with Ibrahim Zadran, the second wicket has dismissed for 190 runs in 33.3 over, Ibrahim Zadran dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 87 runs with the help of 10 boundaries in 113 balls, followed by Hashmatullah Shahidi came to bat handled the inning and played unbeaten victory inning of 48 runs with the help of 4 boundaries in just 45 balls with Rahmat Shah, and Rahmat Shah also played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 77 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 84 balls. In this way, Afghanistan chased the target very easily for the loss of just 2 wickets in 49 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
Pakistani bowlers- Hasan Ali got 1 wicket for 44 runs in his spell, Shaheen Afridi 1 wicket for 58 runs in his spell, Haris Rauf was wicketless for 53 runs in 8 overs, Usama Mir wicketless for 55 runs in 8 overs, Shadab Khan wicketless for 49 runs in 8 overs, and Iftikhar Ahmed also wicketless for 27 runs in 5 overs.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Afghanistan batsman Ibrahim Zadran was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant powerful half-century inning of 87 runs with the help of 10 boundaries in 113 balls.
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