ICC Cricket WC 23 : Afghanistan Beat England By 69 Runs, Creates History

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Anuj Khare

Afghanistan on Saturday crushed the defending champions by 69 runs, in what is the greatest upset in the World Cup up to this point. Pursuing an objective of 285 runs, Britain are out at 215 runs in 40.3 overs.

Aside from Harry Creek (66) and Dawid Malan (32), no other English player could figure out how to remain in front of Afghan hitters.

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Earlier, Afghanistan were all out for 284 against reigning champs Britain in their ICC World Cup match at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhion Sunday. England won the throw and was selected to bowl.

Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz top-scored for Afghanistan with a 57-ball 80 preceding being run out while his initial accomplice, Ibrahim Zadran, contributed 28 in a first-wicket organization of 114 in quite a while.

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Jos Buttler, England Captain, says: " It was disheartening, having won the throw and chose for bowl. Missing the principal ball down the leg side kind of established the vibe. Congrats to them, they defeated us today."

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Afghanistan is a team that has quickly ascended through the positions of global cricket. With a variety of capable twist bowlers and imposing hitters, they can possibly convey disturbs and offer areas of strength for the opposition. Players like Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi are supposed to assume crucial parts in team's methodology to challenge more settled groups.