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
34.4
Rashid Khan to Babar Azam. Leg spinner full toss, outside off stump on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Lakanwal.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
34.3
Rashid Khan to Babar Azam. Googly length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, inside edge for no runs, fielded by Khil.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
34.2
Rashid Khan to Shadab Khan. Leg spinner length ball, off stump on the back foot Steer, to backward point for 1 run, fielded by Murid.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
34.1
Rashid Khan to Babar Azam. Leg spinner half volley, outside off stump on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Lakanwal.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
33.6
OUT! Caught. Mohammad Nabi to Saud Shakeel. Off break length ball, outside off stump down the track flick, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid wicket, caught by Khan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
33.5
Mohammad Nabi to Saud Shakeel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Zadran.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
33.4
FOUR! Mohammad Nabi to Saud Shakeel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, well timed past third man for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
33.3
Mohammad Nabi to Saud Shakeel. Off break length ball, outside off stump down the track defending, hit pad to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Zadran.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
33.2
Mohammad Nabi to Babar Azam. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Murid.
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