India defeated Afghanistan by 8 wickets
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| India defeated Afghanistan by 8 wickets |
In the ninth match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup 2023, India defeated Afghanistan by 8 wickets.
Playing first at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, Afghanistan set India a target of 273 runs which Rohit Sharma's XI achieved in the 35th over. Rohit Sharma's century in the World Cup, many records were broken With this victory, India has moved one place above Pakistan in the points table, with New Zealand at first, India at second, Pakistan at third and South Africa at fourth. The highlight of the Indian innings was the brilliant partnership of 156 runs by the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan. Ishan Kishan became a victim of Rashid Khan by scoring 47 runs, during which he hit 2 sixes and 5 fours.
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| Rohit Sharma's century in the World Cup, many records were broken |
On the second wicket, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli established a partnership of 49 runs, the Indian captain returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 131 runs off 84 balls, he was also dismissed by Rashid Khan. Zaka Ashraf announced the good news of the early release of Indian visas for cricket fans Rohit Sharma hit 5 sixes and 16 fours during his innings, holding several records during this innings, including the fastest century by an Indian in a World Cup. Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 55 and Shreyas Iyer on 25 runs, Rohit Sharma was named Man of the Match for his excellent performance in the match. Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 272 runs for 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Heshmatullah Shahidi 80, Azmatullah Omar Zai 60, Ibrahim Zadran 22 and Rahmanullah Garbaz scored 21 runs from the Afghan team. From Afghanistan, Mohammad Nabi 19, Rashid Khan and Rahmat Shah 16, 16 while Najeebullah Zadran got out with 2 runs while Mujeebur Rehman 10 and Naveen ul Haq remained unbeaten with 9 runs. India's Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets and Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets while Kuldeep Yadav and Shardal Thakur took 1 and 1 Afghan players.
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