Afghanistan collected a challenging score in their second match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium in India on Wednesday.
Batting first, Afghans scored 272 runs in 50 overs losing 8 wickets.
Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi scored the highest 80 runs off 88 balls and middle-order batter Azmatullah Omarzai scored 62 runs from 69 balls.
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah bagged 4 wickets while Hardik Pandya got 2 wickets.
Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Afghanistan Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
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