The strong England team lost to Afghanistan today, leaving their participation in the finals uncertain. Afghanistan recorded the most significant victory in cricket history, defeating England by sixty-nine runs. After winning the toss, the England captain invited Afghanistan to bat. But unexpectedly, the Afghan opening batters scored runs very fast. Here, Gurbaz, who batted very well, scored eighty runs. Sadran, who gave him valuable support, scored twenty-eight runs. The first wicket partnership between the two is 114 runs. Sadran helped build the innings by protecting his wicket when Gurbaz scored very quickly, but after Sadran’s dismissal, Afghanistan suffered a significant setback. Several of their wickets lost, and the scoring rate, which had been maintained until then, gradually declined. However, the middle-order batsman Ikram Alikil stayed at the wicket very defensively and tried to get enough total for the Afghan innings. He had scored fifty-eight runs when he was dismissed. In the end, the Afghan innings was limited to 284 runs.
In bowling, Adil Rashid took three wickets for 43 runs, and Mark Wood took two wickets for 50 runs for the England team.
Looking at the strong batters of the England team, it did not seem that difficult to score this total. But it was more challenging for them than they thought in front of the Afghanistan bowlers. Unfortunately, the dark shadows of defeat could be seen on the faces of England’s players when the strong batters were out early. This is the second victory achieved by Afghanistan in the World Cup series. Before, they had won one against the West Indies. But today, the Afghan team is in a strong position. They have many strong players who can challenge any team. Also, they have managed to get good stability nowadays. Afghanistan can be named as a team that can make a big revolution at any time in this World Cup.