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‘Be ready Pakistan’ – Fans react to England losing to Afghanistan by 69 runs in ODI World Cup 2023

Afghanistan shocks the cricketing world by beating England by 69 runs during the ODI World Cup 2023 tournament in New Delhi on Sunday to claim their first win of the campaign

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Afghanistan stunned cricket fans around the world on Sunday after beating defending champions England by 69 runs. It was one of the greatest wins in recent times in front of a jam-packed crowd in New Delhi.

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This was the second loss for England in three games during the ODI World Cup 2023 tournament. Having lost to New Zealand to open the tournament, England roared back with a 137-run win over Bangladesh.

Afghanistan on the other hand had lost both their games of the tournament so far. Bangladesh had won by 7 wickets in Dharamshala, while India beat the Afghans by 8 wickets in New Delhi.

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Having been set a target of 285 to win the English batters were all at sea against an inspired Afghan bowling attack. Fazalhaq Farooqi began by getting rid of Bairstow for 2. This was followed by Mujeeb crashing into Joe Root’s stumps for 11, while Dawid Malan fell for 32 to Mohammad Nabi.

Naveen Ul Haq then dealt England a huge blow when he had Jos Buttler out bowled for just 9. Rashid Khan then showed his class to claim the wicket of Liam Livingstone for ten. Nabi struck again when he had Sam Curran caught in the slips for ten.

Harry Brook was the only English batter to put up a fight scoring 61-ball 66 runs with a six and 7 hits to the fence. That fightback was ended by Mujeeb when he had Brook caught behind the wicket. Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, and Reece Topley tried to delay the inevitable. Rashid Khan got the crowd going when he bowled Mark Wood for 18 to give his team their biggest win.

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Earlier put into bat first, Afghanistan managed to score 284 runs from 49.5 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (80) and Ikram Alikhil (58) were the top scorers for the Afghans. Adil Rashid was the pick of the English bowlers with 3/42 from his 10 overs. England will next play South Africa in Mumbai on the 21st while Afghanistan will take on the Kiwis next on the 18th of October in Chennai.  

Here’s how fans reacted –

 

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