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
40.2
Rashid Khan to Babar Azam. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Shahidi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
39.6
Noor Ahmad to Babar Azam. Googly back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Murid.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
39.5
Noor Ahmad to Babar Azam. Googly back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, bottom edge to silly point for no runs, fielded by Khil.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
39.4
APPEAL! Noor Ahmad to Babar Azam. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to point for no runs, fielded by Zadran, by Khil, appeal made for Run Out.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
39.3
Noor Ahmad to Babar Azam. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Shahidi.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
39.2
Noor Ahmad to Shadab Khan. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Omarzai.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
39.1
Noor Ahmad to Shadab Khan. Left-Arm Leg Spin length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Zadran.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
38.6
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Babar Azam. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
38.4
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Babar Azam. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to silly mid off for no runs.
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