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India vs Afghanistan, ninth Match,, ninth Match at Delhi, Oct 11, 2023,
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Revealed on: Oct 12, 2023
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Skipper Rohit Sharma smashed a scintillating 131 off 84 balls as India hammered Afghanistan by eight wickets in match quantity 9 of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday, October 11. Rohit’s brilliance enabled the Males in Blue to chase down a goal of 273 in 35 overs. Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah claimed 4/39 as India restricted Afghanistan to 272/8
Afghanistan batted first after profitable the toss. Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (21) and Ibrahim Zadran (22) each received into the 20s, however then gave their wickets away. Rahmat Shah additionally fell cheaply for 16. At 63/3, Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi (80 off 88) and Azmatullah Omarzai (62 off 69) joined arms, including 121 for the fourth wicket.
India, nonetheless, fought again brilliantly after Omarzai and Shahidi have been dismissed by Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav respectively. Jasprit Bumrah, who had earlier claimed the wicket of Ibrahim Zadran returned to get the scalps of Najibullah Zadran (2), Mohammad Nabi (19) and Rashid (16). Consequently, Afghanistan couldn’t get the ultimate flourish.
Chasing 273, Rohit received India off to a flyer, including 156 with Ishan Kishan in simply 18.4 overs, with the latter struggling for momentum for many a part of his innings. Rohit reached 50 off 30 deliveries after which broke Chris Gayle’s (553) file for many worldwide sixes. When he reached 100 off 63 balls, he additionally broke Kapil Dev’s file (72 balls) for the quickest World Cup ton by an Indian.
That’s not all. Rohit is now additionally the only file holder of the batter with most lots of within the ODI World Cup. He has seven, going previous the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. His unbelievable knock featured 16 fours and 5 sixes and ended when he was bowled attempting to slog sweep Rashid Khan. Earlier than him, Kishan additionally fell to the leggie, miscuing a chip to cowl.
Following the dismissals of the openers, Virat Kohli (55* off 56) and Shreyas Iyer (25* off 23) guided India house with ease.
Talking after being named Participant of the Match, Rohit was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz, “It was an excellent win for us, essential to get that momentum initially of the match. It’s about absorbing strain and taking the best choice on the sphere. There can be a spell from the opposition the place you’ll have to take up strain. Main as much as the match we had performed such video games. You’ve got gamers with totally different talent units in our workforce. They create totally different attributes of the sport to the workforce.”
–By A Cricket Correspondent
