Pakistan vs Afghanistan LIVE: ICC Cricket World Cup result and reaction as minnows earn surprising win
Afghanistan defeat Pakistan by eight wickets to claim second victory of the tournament
Pakistan’s up-and-down Cricket World Cup campaign continued today as they were beaten by Afghanistan in Chennai. Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat first but his team failed to assert their dominance on the associate nation.
Afghanistan’s quartet of spin options restricted Pakistan to ones and twos while continuously taking wickets through the middle of the innings. Babar scored a fine 74 and some late innings hitting from Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed took the team to 282-7 at the halfway stage.
It seemed to be a challenging total but the Afghanistan batters made light work of it. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on 130 for the first wicket with both openers scoring over 50 before being dismissed. Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi then combined through the middle overs, taking advantage of loose bowling and poor fielding to guide the team over the line with an over to spare.
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Pakistan vs Afghanistan
48.4
Wide Azmatullah Omarzai to Iftikhar Ahmed. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Khil.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
48.3
SIX! Azmatullah Omarzai to Iftikhar Ahmed. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long off for 6 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
48.3
Wide Azmatullah Omarzai to Iftikhar Ahmed. Short, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Khil.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
48.2
Azmatullah Omarzai to Shadab Khan. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed to backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ur Rahman.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
48.1
Azmatullah Omarzai to Iftikhar Ahmed. Yorker, outside off stump on the front foot Steer, to point for 1 run, fielded by Zadran.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
47.6
Naveen-ul-Haq to Shadab Khan. Slower ball short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, mis-fielded by Nabi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
47.5
Naveen-ul-Haq to Iftikhar Ahmed. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Zadran.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
47.4
Naveen-ul-Haq to Iftikhar Ahmed. Slower ball short, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Khil.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
47.3
FOUR! Naveen-ul-Haq to Iftikhar Ahmed. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
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