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'World Cup ka pehla upset'- Fans react as Afghanistan beat defending champions England by 69 runs in ODI World Cup 2023

In response, England did not get the start they were looking for. They lost their opener Jonny Bairstow early on in the innings with the defending champions struggling at 3/1.

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Afghanistan beat England by 67 runs, as Hashmatullah Shahidi's side upsets the defending champions in their fourth match at the Arun Jaitely Stadium, New Delhi. England won the toss and elected to field first. Afghanistan were off to a flyer as opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran scored 100 runs in just 12.4 overs. They stitched a partnership of 114 runs before the latter was dismissed by Adil Rashid. Gurbaz continued to fire and was looking in sensational form. At one stage it was looking at a 300-plus score, at the Arun Jaitely Stadium, New Delhi. 

But wickets kept on falling, as the Afghan middle order again failed to live up to the expectations and they git crumbled from 122/2 to 190-6. At the end spinning duo Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman scored some vital runs and they were able to post a defendable score of 284 runs before being bowled out. 

England bowlers made a good comeback towards the end of the innings. Adil Rashid and Liam Livingstone made sure the Afghans struggled to score runs. The former was the pick of the bowlers as he picked up three wickets. Livingstone picked only one wicket but was the most economical bowler for his side. 

Afghanistan bowlers create havoc in Delhi

Being put into bat first opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz made sure to score runs from the top of the order. As the wicket-keeper batter was the highest run-getter for his side scoring 80 runs of 57 balls, hitting 8 fours and 4 sixes. Ikram Alikhil made his debut and took the opportunity with both hands and made 58 off 66 balls. Rashid and Mujeeb scored 23 and 28, respectively. They scored 284 runs in 49.5 overs. 

In response, England did not get the start they were looking for. They lost their opener Jonny Bairstow early on in the innings with the defending champions struggling at 3/1. Wickets kept on falling at regular intervals. Harry Brook was the only batter who could get past 50 runs as the batter was dismissed by Mujeeb for 66 runs leaving them 168/8. The spinners of Afghanistan have been sensational picking three wickets in his 10 overs. Towards the end, the bowlers fought but they were bundled out for 21 runs.  

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