{"id":16001,"date":"2023-10-23T21:38:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T21:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=16001"},"modified":"2023-10-23T21:38:49","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T21:38:49","slug":"afghanistan-thrashes-pakistan-in-the-icc-cricket-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2023\/10\/afghanistan-thrashes-pakistan-in-the-icc-cricket-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan thrashes Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – Afghanistan put on a superb batting and bowling display to hand Pakistan a stunning eight-wicket defeat in the Cricket World Cup on Monday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Chasing a 283-run target, Afghanistan were lifted by Ibrahim Zadran (87), Rahmat Shah (77 not out) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65) as they scored 286-2 in 49 overs.<\/p>\n

Pakistan had made 282-7 in their 50 overs with 74 from skipper Babar Azam and 58 from opener Abdullah Shafique but the total did not prove tough enough for a clinical Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi, with a 45-ball 48 not out, hit the winning boundary as Afghanistan improved upon their highest ODI chase of 274 against the UAE in Dubai in 2014.<\/p>\n

The win is Afghanistan\u2019s first-ever over Pakistan in eight ODIs and came eight days after their shock victory over defending champions England in Delhi, reported AFP.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis win tastes nice,\u201d said Shahidi. \u201cThe way we chased was very professional and the way we did that will help us going into our other games now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are playing quality cricket. We have always had belief and at the start of the tournament I told my team I wanted to make it a historic one for our country and our people. We did that against England and now today against Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The defeat leaves Pakistan\u2019s World Cup campaign in disarray with three defeats in five games and a formidable South Africa to face at the same venue on Friday.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Afghanistan\u2019s campaign is slightly revived with two wins in five matches and struggling Sri Lanka as their next opponents in Pune on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat really hurt us. We got a good total. Our bowling is not up to the mark,\u201d said Pakistan skipper Azam.<\/p>\n

Pakistan were sloppy in the field as they conceded easy boundaries with openers Zadran and Gurbaz taking their side to 100 in the 16th over.<\/p>\n

The pair put on 130 by the 22nd over and it was only a miscued shot from Gurbaz off Shaheen Shah Afridi that brought Pakistan their first wicket.<\/p>\n

Gurbaz hit nine boundaries and a six in his 53-ball knock while Zadran scored 10 boundaries off 113 deliveries before handing a catch behind off Hasan Ali with 93 still needed.<\/p>\n

Rahmat and Shahidi ensured Afghanistan did not collapse.<\/p>\n

Rahmat hit five fours and two sixes in his 84-ball stay at the crease.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Azam hit a stylish half-century to guide his team to a fighting total after he won the toss and batted first.<\/p>\n

Azam\u2019s 92-ball knock was complemented by Shafique\u2019s 75-ball 58 while Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed scored a valuable 40 runs apiece.<\/p>\n

On a spin-friendly Chidambaram Stadium pitch, Afghanistan fielded four slow bowlers with 18-year-old left-armer Noor Ahmad grabbing a career best 3-49 on his World Cup debut.<\/a><\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – Afghanistan put on a superb batting and bowling display to hand Pakistan a stunning eight-wicket defeat in the Cricket World Cup on Monday. Chasing a 283-run target, Afghanistan were lifted by Ibrahim Zadran (87), Rahmat Shah (77 not out) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65) as they scored 286-2 in 49 overs. Pakistan had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,984,388,6,7,178],"tags":[12,85,177,996],"class_list":["post-16001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-sport","category-afghanistan","category-headline","category-pakistan","tag-afghanistan","tag-cricket","tag-pakistan","tag-world-cup"],"views":70,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16003,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions\/16003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}