India beats Afghanistan by 8 wickets in 9th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

The 9th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 was played yesterday between India vs Afghanistan at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. In which India beats Afghanistan by 8 wickets.

TOSS- Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat.

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Afghanistan Innings- Afghanistan batted first after winning the toss, and started the inning not very well, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran came to start the inning, and the first wicket was dismissed for just 32 runs in 6.4 overs, Ibrahim Zadran was dismissed just for 22 runs in 28 balls, next batsman Rahmat Shah came to bat and played well with Rahmanullah Gurbaz, the second wicket has dismissed for 63 runs in 12.4 overs, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed after scoring 21 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaries in 28 balls, next batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi came to bat, meanwhile the third wicket also dismissed for 63 runs in first ball of the 14th over, Rahmat Shah dismissed for 16 runs in 22 balls, followed by Azmatullah Omarzai came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 121 runs with Hashmatullah Shahidi, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 184 runs in 34.2 overs, Azmatullah Omarzai dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 62 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 2 boundaries in 69 balls, next batsman Mohammad Nabi came to bat and he good strike rotate with Hashmatullah Shahidi, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 225 runs in 42.4 over, Hashmatullah Shahidi dismissed after playing a very brilliant half-century inning of 80 runs with the help of 1 six and 8 boundaires in 88 balls, next batsman Najibullah Zadran came to bat and he was dismissed just for 2 runs in 8 balls as sixth wicket in 44.2 over, the team score was 229 runs, followed by Rashid Khan came to bat, after a few moments the 7th wicket also dismissed for 235 runs in last ball of the 45th over, Mohammad Nabi dismissed for 19 runs in 27 balls, next batsman Mujeeb Ur Rahman came to bat and played well with Rashid Khan, the 8th wicket has dismissed for 261 runs in first ball of the 49th over, Rashid Khan dismissed for 16 runs in 12 balls, followed by Naveen-ul-Haq came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 9 runs in 8 balls with Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman also remains unbeaten for 10 runs in 12 balls. In this way, Afghanistan scored 272 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs and set a target of 273 runs for India.

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Indian bowlers- Jasprit Bumrah performed very brilliant bowling took 4 wickets just for 39 runs in his spell, Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets for 43 runs in 7 overs, Kuldeep Yadav 1 wicket for 40 runs in his spell, Shardul Thakur 1 wicket for 31 runs in 6 overs, Mohammad Siraj was wicketless for 76 runs in 9 overs, and Ravindra Jadeja also wicketless for 38 runs in 8 overs.

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India Innings- India chasing 273 runs in the second inning achieved the target very easily for losing just 2 wickets in the last ball of the 35th overs and won the match by 8 wickets. India started the inning very strongly Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a century and a half-century partnership of 156 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 156 runs in 18.4 overs, Ishan Kishan dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 47 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 5 boundaries in 47 balls, next batsman Virat Kohli came to bat handled the inning and played a brilliant partnership of 49 runs with Rohit Sharma, the second wicket has dismissed for 205 runs in 25.4 over, Rohit Sharma dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick powerful century inning of 131 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 16 boundaries in just 84 balls, followed by Shreyas Iyer came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Virat Kohli, Virat Kohli played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century and a victory inning of 55 runs with the help of 6 boundaries in just 56 balls, and Shreyas Iyer also played an unbeaten inning of 25 runs with the help of 1 six and 1 boundary in 23 balls. In this way, India chased the target very easily for the loss of just 2 wickets in just 35 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.

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Afghanistani bowlers- Rashid Khan took all 2 wickets for 57 runs in 8 overs, apart from this all are wicketless, Mujeeb Ur Rahman was wicketless for 64 runs in 8 overs, Fazalhaq Farooqi wicketless for 50 runs in 6 overs, Naveen-ul-Haq wicketless for 31 runs in 5 overs, Mohammad Nabi wicketless for 32 runs in 4 overs, and Azmatullah Omarzai also wicketless for 34 runs in 4 overs.

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PLAYER OF THE MATCH- Indian batsman Rohit Sharma was selected as the player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick powerful century inning of 131 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 16 boundaries in just 84 balls.
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