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
37.2
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by ul-Haq.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
37.1
Hasan Ali to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
36.6
Shadab Khan to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, missed for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
36.5
FOUR! Shadab Khan to Rahmat Shah. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
36.4
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, to leg on the back foot working, to leg gully for 1 run, fielded by Ali.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
36.2
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Googly length ball, to leg down the track working, hit pad to silly mid on for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
36.1
Shadab Khan to Hashmatullah Shahidi. Leg spinner length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, missed back to bowler for no runs.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
35.6
APPEAL! Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, hit pad to point for no runs, fielded by Khan, appeal made for L.B.W.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan
35.5
Hasan Ali to Rahmat Shah. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, hit pad to gully for no runs, fielded by Khan.
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