Afghanistan created history and defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in the World Cup 2023. In this match, Afghanistan won the match easily by 8 wickets with Pakistan due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning this match, Afghanistan was placed in the 6th position with 4 points. Pakistan was placed in the 5th position as per the points table of the World Cup 2023 after losing this match.
Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first and made a good score of 282/7 in 50 overs due to great batting by Babar Azam 74 (92), Abdullah Shafiq 58 (75), Iftikhar Ahmed 40 (27), and Shadab Khan 40 (38). Noor Ahmed 3/49 (10), Naveen-ul-Haq 2/52 (7), Mohammad Nabi 1/31 (10), and Azmatullah Omarzai 1/50(5) were good bowling from the Afghanistan side. After this inning, Pakistan set a target of 283 runs in 50 overs for India to win this match.
During chasing, Afghanistan lost 2 wickets, reached the target of 283 runs in 49 overs, and won the match by 8 wickets with Pakistan due to great batting by Ibrahim Zardan 87 (113), Rahmat Shah 77* (84), Rahmanullah Gurbaz 65 (53), and Hashmatullah Shahidi 48 (45). Both Hasan Ali 1/44 (10) and Shaheen Afridi 1/58 (10) were wicket-taker bowlers from the Pakistan side.
Ibrahim Zardan (AFG), 87 (113), was declared as the Player of the Match due to his great performance in batting.
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