Just another day and another thrilling fixture is going on. The third and fourth spot of the top 4 positions is still empty. Teams are fighting for this. On November 7, Australia and Afghanistan are locking horns at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Both are strong contenders for the third and fourth spots. This was a thrilling match. While batting first, Afghanistan made history.
History by Afghanistan Team:
Afghanistan is a new team in the World Cup tournament. The team made their World Cup debut in 2015. After that, they are going well in the tournament. In this edition of the World Cup, they started with a low. They were losing consecutive matches. They then made a remarkable comeback. After that, they won matches and became a contender for the top 4 stages.
But in today’s match against Australia, they made a historic record. After winning the toss, Afghanistan was batting first. Afghan batter Ibrahim Zadran played an unbeaten knock of 129 runs in 143 balls. That was a magnificent knock. He registered the highest World Cup score from Afghanistan’s side. Before that, Afghan batter Samiullah Shinwari scored 96 runs in 147 balls against Scotland in the World Cup 2015.
Excellent innings by Ibrahim:
Afghanistan is in good form. On November 7, they are locking horns with Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It is a thrilling match. After winning the toss, Afghanistan batted first. Ibrahim Zadran started well. In the 44th over, he completed his maiden World Cup century in 131 balls. He played an unbeaten knock of 129 runs in 143 balls. He smashed 8 boundaries and 3 over-boundaries with a strike rate of 90.21. In this inning, he showed perfect aggression. His inning has a perfect blend of class, talent, and responsibility.
In this tournament, he is in great form. Against Pakistan, he played a knock of 87 runs. That was the third-highest score by an Afghan batter in the World Cup. He is just 21 years old and became the fourth-youngest-century scorer in the tournament. He also completed 1000 ODI runs against Pakistan. This was the fastest by an Afghan cricketer.
His innings was the backbone of Afghanistan’s inning. He held the innings by playing this excellent knock. After 50 overs, they ended on 291/5. In the second innings, Afghanistan started well. Afghan bowler Naveen-ul-Haq is on fire. He took two big wickets. He sent back star Aussie opener Travis Head on 0. Then he picked up Mitchell Marsh on 24 runs. In the 6th over, Australia is on 43/2.
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