India vs Afghanistan ICC World Cup 2023 Highlights: India defeat Afghanistan by 8 Wickets
India won the match by defeating Afghanistan by 8 Wickets
Player of the Match: Rohit Sharma
India has won its second match of the ICC World Cup 2023 against Afghanistan. The victory came in the 35th over, as it chased down a total of 272 runs with eight wickets in hand. Rohit Sharma scored 131 runs in 84 balls, Ishaan Kishan scored 47 runs in 47 balls, Virat Kohli was not out at 55 (56), and Shreyas Iyer was not out at 25 (23).
Player of the Match: Rohit Sharma It was a good pitch to bat on, just backed myself to play my natural game. I knew once I got my eye in, the wicket was going to get easier for me. Something that I have been working on from a long time. It’s a special feeling to get a World Cup hundred. Really happy with that. Don’t want to think too much (scoring 7 hundreds in just three world cups), I don’t want to lose my focus. You need to make such things count. You gotta make it big. Some of it (the shots he plays) is premeditated. I let my instincts take over at times, sometimes it really works well. It’s my job to make sure to get those starts especially in run chases. That’s something I have done in the past and something I love doing. Sometimes it (attacking the bowlers) works, sometimes it doesn’t. Just need to keep doing it and keep putting oppositions under pressure going forward.
India vs Afghanistan Scorecard
Afghanistan Batting:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Ibrahim Zadran
Rahmat Shah 16(22)
Hashmatullah Shahidi 80(88)
Azmatullah Omarzai 62(69)
Mohammad Nabi 19(27)
Najibullah Zadran 2(8)
Rashid Khan 16(12)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 10(12)
Naveen-ul-Haq 9(8)
India Bowling:
Jasprit Bumrah 4/39(10)
Mohammed Siraj 0/76(9)
Hardik Pandya 2/43(7)
Thakur 1/31(6)
Kuldeep Yadav 1/40(10)
Ravindra Jadeja 2/38(8)
India Batting:
Rohit Sharma 131(84)
Ishan Kishan 47(47)
Virat Kohli 55(56)
Shreyas Iyer 25(23)
Afghanistan Bowling:
Fazalhaq Farooqi 0/50(6)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 0/64(8)
Naveen-ul-Haq 0/31(5)
Azmatullah Omarzai 0/34(4)
Mohammad Nabi 0/32(4)
Rashid Khan 2/57(8)