Upset defeat to defending champions, Afghanistan's successful attack on England in Delhi, historic World Cup win
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Despite the success of the Afghan attack against the defending champions England in the World Cup cricket tournament, the hot favorite team faced a coup set defeat.
Despite the success of the Afghan attack against the defending champions England in the World Cup cricket tournament, the hot favorite team faced a coup set defeat. The Afghan team made history with the victory and got their first win. Failing to reply for 284, the team was bowled out for 215. The magic of Afghan spinners spoke loudly. Player of the match Mujibur Rahman scored 28 runs off 16 balls and got three wickets by giving 51 runs.
Rashid Khan took three catches for 37 runs and also scored 23 runs. Harry Brooks 66, David Mullan 32 and Adil Rashid 20 were the prominent batsmen from the English team. The English team did not start well. Jonny Bairstow scored three runs and was lbw off Fazlul Haq Farooqui. Mujibur Rahman bowled Jurot for 11 runs. David Mullan scored 32 runs off 39 balls and was caught off the ball of Mohammad Nabi. Jose Buttler scored 9 runs and became a victim of Naveen-ul-Haq. Dangerman Livingstone was left lbw by Rashid Khan for ten runs. The biggest blow to England's hopes of winning the match came when Harry Brook became Mujeeb's third wicket after scoring 66 off 61 balls.
Before Afghanistan started the innings, Rahmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran made a partnership of 114 runs in just 16 overs for the first wicket, Rahman's style was very aggressive. This partnership ended when Ibrahim, who scored 28 runs off Adil Rashid, took an easy catch. Rahmat Shah, who played his 100th ODI, became Adil Rashid's second wicket by scoring just 3 runs. On the very next ball, Rehmanullah Garbaz was run out trying to take a dangerous run. He scored 80 runs. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Umarzai took the score to 152, on the same score Azmatullah took an easy catch on the boundary.
Joe Root bowled the Afghan captain to give his team their fifth win while Mohammad Nabi could only score 9 runs. In the final overs, Afghan spinners Rashid Khan and Mujeebur Rehman played a responsible game along with Ikram Ali Khel. Adil Rashid took 3 wickets, Mark Wood took 2 wickets for England.
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