Afghanistan has given India a target of 273 runs in the NDA World Cup 2023. Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The team scored 272 runs losing 8 wickets in 50 overs.
In reply, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are at the crease from India. After 23 overs, the team has scored 194 runs at the loss of one wicket. Rohit scored a century on 63 balls, he hit 5 sixes in the innings.
Ishaan was out after scoring 47 runs. He was caught out by Rashid Khan.
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Rohit became the first player to score 7 World Cup centuries
Rohit Sharma scored a century on 63 balls against Afghanistan. He became the first player in the world to score 7 centuries in the ODI World Cup. He broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar, who has 6 centuries in 44 innings. Rohit had scored one century in 2015 and 5 centuries in 2019. This is the 31st century of Rohit’s ODI career.
In terms of most centuries in ODI, he left behind Australia’s Ricky Ponting, who has 30 centuries to his name. Rohit reached third place in terms of most centuries. Sachin Tendulkar is at first position (49 centuries) and Virat Kohli is at second position (47 centuries).
Rohit had also completed his fifty in 30 balls only. He scored a century on 63 balls. He became the player for India to score a World Cup century in the fewest balls. He broke the 40-year-old record of Kapil Dev, who had scored a century on 72 balls against Zimbabwe. Ishaan was out after scoring 47 runs.
Ishan Kishan, who came to open with Rohit Sharma, scored 47 runs. He was dismissed by Rashid Khan. Ishaan made a partnership of 156 runs with Rohit.
India’s fast start in the first powerplay
Rohit Sharma gave India a fast start in the first 10 overs of the innings. He made a fifty and took India’s score to 94 runs in 10 overs. There was a century partnership between Rohit and Ishaan in the 12th over itself. Rohit Sharma became the sixer king of international cricket.
Rohit Sharma became the sixer king of international cricket by hitting his third six in the innings against Afghanistan. Including all three formats, Rohit had 556 sixes. He broke the record of Chris Gayle of West Indies, who had hit 553 sixes in 453 matches.
Rohit has hit 77 sixes in T-20, 182 in Test and 297 sixes in ODI. Rohit also completed 1000 ODI runs in this innings, he achieved this record in 19 innings. He became the fastest Indian to do so.
This is how India’s wicket fell…
First (Ishan Kishan- 47 runs): Rashid Khan bowled the fourth ball of the 19th over with a good length on the leg stump. Ishaan got caught at covers. The score at this time was 156.
Read the first innings from here…
4 bowlers of India took wickets
Jasprit Bumrah took maximum 4 wickets from India, Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets. Whereas Kuldeep Yadav and Shardul Thakur got 1 success each. Apart from Hashmatullah and Azmatullah, no batsman from Afghanistan could cross the 25-run mark.
4 important wickets for Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets. He got opener Ibrahim Zadran caught out in the 7th over. Then he took 2 wickets in the 45th over of the innings, after getting Najibullah Zadran caught out, he LBWed Mohammad Nabi. Bumrah ended his spell by taking the wicket of Rashid Khan in the 49th over. He gave 39 runs in 10 overs.
Shahidi played captaincy innings
Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi took charge of Afghanistan after the early fall of three wickets. He made a century partnership with Azmatullah and took the team’s score beyond 200 runs. Shahidi played an inning of 80 runs, he was LBW on the ball of Kuldeep Yadav. Omarzai-Shahidi took charge of Afghanistan, made a century partnership.
After losing 3 wickets for 63 runs, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai took charge of Afghanistan. Both took time and made a century partnership. Omarzai became the victim of Hardik Pandya and the partnership between the two broke. Both made a partnership of 121 runs on 128 balls. Omarzai scored 62 runs.
After being set, Azmatullah Omarzai hit 3 against Kuldeep and a six against Jadeja. He was out after scoring 62 runs. He was made LBW by Hardik. Afghanistan suffered 2 setbacks at 63 runs.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rahmat Shah took Afghanistan in charge after losing the wicket of Ibrahim Zadran in the powerplay. But both the players were out in consecutive overs. In the 13th over, Hardik Pandya sent Gurbaz to the pavilion, while in the 14th over, Shardul LBWed Rahmat Shah. Average start for Afghanistan in the first powerplay.
After winning the toss and coming to bat, Afghanistan team made an average start. The team scored 48 runs losing one wicket in 10 overs. Ibrahim Zadran became the victim of Jasprit Bumrah after scoring 22 runs. This is how Afghanistan’s wickets fell…
First (Ibrahim Zadran- 22 runs): Jasprit Bumrah got caught by wicketkeeper KL Rahul on the fourth ball of the 7th over. At this time the score was 32 runs.
Second (Rahmanullah Gurbaz- 21 runs): Hardik Pandya bowled the fourth ball of the 13th over a bouncer. Gurbaz went to pull, but Shardul Thakur took an excellent juggling catch at fine leg position. At this time the score was 63 runs.
Third (Rehmat Shah- 16 runs): Shardul Thakur bowled the first ball of the 14th over with a swinger on good length. Rahmat became LBW. At this time the score was 63 runs.
Fourth (Azmatullah Omarzai- 62 runs): Hardik Pandya bowled the second ball of the 35th over on a good length. Ajmat went to cut, but was bowled. At this time the score was 184 runs.
Fifth (Hashmatullah Shahidi – 80 runs): Fourth ball of the 43rd over, Kuldeep Yadav bowled a good length on the middle stump. Shahidi became LBW. At this time the score was 224 runs.
Sixth (Najibullah Zadran – 2 runs): Jasprit Bumrah bowled the second ball of the 45th over slower outside the off stump. Najibullah was caught by Virat Kohli at extra covers. The score at this time was 229 runs.
Seventh (Mohammed Nabi- 19 runs): Bumrah bowled the last ball of the 45th over of good length on the leg stump. Mohammad Nabi became LBW. The score was 235 runs.
Eighth (Rashid Khan- 16 runs): The first ball of the 49th over, Bumrah bowled a slower short pitch outside the off stump. Rashid Khan was caught by Kuldeep Yadav at deep point. The score at this time was 261 runs. No change in the Afghan team, Team India gave a chance to Shardul
The visiting team entered without any changes, while Shardul Thakur got a chance in place of Ravichandran Ashwin in the Indian team. Shubman Gill could not even play today’s match due to dengue. In his place, Ishan Kishan became a part of the playing-11 for 2 consecutive matches.
Playing eleven of both the teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad. Siraj.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqui.
