After stunning England eight days ago, the ninth-ranked Afghans celebrated only their third ever win at the World Cup.
: Afghanistan created another big upset at the Cricket World Cup as it thumped struggling Pakistan by eight wickets on Monday to win two games at the same edition of the tournament for the first time., the ninth-ranked Afghans celebrated only their third ever win at the World Cup, the other coming against Scotland in 2015 in their first appearance.
Pakistan, which won the toss and elected to bat, made 282-7 against a spin-heavy quartet with captain Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafique scoring half centuries.Credit:“They hurt us,” Babar said. “We had a good total, but in the bowling we were not up to the mark. All credit to the Afghanistan team, the way they played. We couldn’t take wickets in the middle overs and our bowlers didn’t hit the right lengths – especially spinners.
The pace trio of Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf couldn’t strike early and let Gurbaz and Zadran score at a brisk pace in the powerplay. Babar’s watchful 92-ball knock gave Pakistan an ideal platform to launch in the death overs through the power-hitting of Iftikhar Ahmed, who made 40 off 27 balls with four sixes and two fours as Shadab Khan also contributed a meaningful 40.
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