India Vs Afghanistan Cricket World Cup 2023 which happened at Arun Jaitley stadium in New Delhi on 11 Oct, 2023.
India wins the India Vs Afghanistan world cup 2023. Afghanistan was beaten by India by 8 wickets in their 2023 World Cup clash in Delhi on 11 October 2023.
Virat Kohli became a bit of a race as to whether he will get to his half century before India win the match back to back fifties for Kohli, a good supporting hand Shreyas and Ishan Kishan but the groundwork of this rather comfortable chase was laid by Rohit Sharma.
Before Rohit decided to single-handedly take the attack to opposition, India had only 13 from the first-three overs of their chase. Fazalhaq Farooqi had to be taken off the attack immediately after conceding 31 runs ,four boundaries and two sixes which is included in the space of just 10 balls. Naveen-ul-Haq and Azmatullah Omarzai met with similar fate after leaking a six and a four each in the next two. While it took Ishan Kishan nine balls the captain went past 1000 runs as he did the bulk of the scoring throughout his stay. India has 94 among which Rohit had made 76 by himself.
India skipper Rohit Sharma broke a 40-year old record as he scored the fastest century by an Indian in a World Cup as he led his team to a 8 wicket victory against Afghanistan. Virat Kohli also helped himself to a 50 in a batting friendly track and guided India home with a half century.
Its a record-breaking by captain Rohit Sharma with its flat wicket, Short boundaries and quick outfield by shattering 131 which sealed the fate of the game and India comes on second on the point table with its eight-wicket win. The captain Rohit Sharma became the highest six-hitter in international cricket surpassing Chris Gayle’s tally of 553, notched up India’s fastest World Cup century in 63 deliveries and overtook the famous cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most hundred in the global event (six). “Rohit Sharma awarded as the player of the match”
After this victory, India take on the next match with Pakistan.
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