Crew India beat Afghanistan by eight wickets in match quantity 9 of the 2023 ODI World Cup on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday, October 11. Afghanistan gained the toss and opted to bat first within the sport. Nevertheless, the Indian bowlers got here up with a formidable effort to limit Afghanistan to 272/8.
Jasprit Bumrah starred with 4/39, whereas Hardik Pandya claimed 2/43 as Afghanistan fell in need of posting a aggressive rating. Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi top-scored for his aspect with 80 off 88 balls, whereas Azmatullah Omarzai contributed 62 off 69 deliveries. Nevertheless, the others didn’t chip in as Afghanistan misplaced momentum in the direction of the tip of their innings.
Chasing 273, Rohit Sharma performed a sensational knock because the Males in Blue received over the road in 35 overs with eight wickets in hand. The Indian captain smashed a number of data in his 131 off solely 84 balls.
Rohit added 156 for the primary wicket with Ishan Kishan (47 off 47). Virat Kohli (55* off 56) and Shreyas Iyer (25* off 23) then mixed to take India house.
India’s subsequent match will likely be towards arch-rivals Pakistan
Having conquered the Afghanistan problem, the Males in Blue will subsequent face arch-rivals Pakistan within the much-hyped 2023 World Cup encounter on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The marquee match will likely be performed on Saturday. It will likely be a day-night encounter, which is able to start at 2:00 PM IST.
India have by no means misplaced a World Cup match to Pakistan within the ODI World Cup. The 2 sides have confronted one another seven occasions beginning 1992 and the Males in Blue have emerged victorious on every event. Their final encounter within the ODI World Cup was in Manchester throughout the 2019 version. India beat Pakistan by 89 runs [DLS method] as opener Rohit contributed an excellent 140.
Each India and Pakistan are undefeated within the 2023 World Cup to date. The hosts started their marketing campaign with a six-wicket win over Australia on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on October 8. They eased to their second triumph towards Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Pakistan had their nervous moments of their World Cup opener towards the Netherlands in Hyderabad. Nevertheless, they ended up registering victory by a complete margin of 81 runs.
Babar Azam and firm created historical past on the identical venue, chasing down 345 towards Sri Lanka – the best profitable chase within the historical past of the ODI World Cup. The win was engineered by superb tons of from Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique.
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