India won due to Rohit attack and Bumrah bowling: Kohli hit the winning shot in Delhi

India won due to Rohit attack and Bumrah bowling: Kohli hit the winning shot in Delhi

India has registered its second consecutive win in the ODI World Cup 2023. After Australia, Team India also registered a one-sided victory over Afghanistan. Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. The team scored 272 runs for 8 wickets in 50 overs. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets.

Rohit Sharma gave India a fast start in the second innings. He scored a century on 63 balls and took Team India closer to victory. Virat Kohli hit a fifty in New Delhi, he led the team to victory by hitting a four. India achieved the target by losing 2 wickets in 35 overs.

 

Pace attack gave initial shocks

Pacers gave a good start to Team India, which came to bowl first after losing the toss. Jasprit Bumrah took the wicket of Ibrahim Zadran in the 7th over. In the 13th over, Hardik Pandya sent Rahmanullah Gurbaz out and in the 14th over, Shardul Thakur sent Rahmat Shah to the pavilion, giving India the lead in the match.

 

Hardik broke the century partnership, Kuldeep-Bumrah's brilliant death bowling.

After losing 3 wickets for 63 runs, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai made a century partnership for Afghanistan. In the 35th over, Hardik Pandya bowled Azmatullah and broke the partnership. After this breakthrough, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah did excellent death bowling. Afghanistan could score only 83 runs in the last 15 overs. Bumrah ended his spell by taking 4 wickets, while Kuldeep gave only 40 runs in 10 overs even after hitting 3 sixes.

 

Rohit's attack pushed Afghanistan on the back foot

Captain Rohit Sharma gave a fast start to Team India while chasing the target of 273 runs. He took the team's score to 94 runs in the first 10 overs itself. Rohit pushed Afghanistan on the backfoot by scoring a fifty on 30 balls and a century on 63 balls. Rohit became the first player to score 7 centuries in the World Cup, but was out before leading the team to victory.

 

Delay in bringing Rashid, Kohli-Shreyas gave the excellent finish

Afghanistan delayed bringing in lead spinner Rashid Khan. By the time Rashid came to bowl in the 15th over, the match was out of his hands. Rashid took both the wickets. Ishaan was out in the 19th over and Rohit in the 26th over. But after Rohit, Virat Kohli made a fifty partnership with Shreyas Iyer. Together they scored the required 68 runs to win in just 9 overs and gave Team India victory by 8 wickets.

 

Won 2 consecutive ODIs, now a big fight with Pakistan

India has achieved its second consecutive win in this ODI World Cup. The team defeated Australia by 6 wickets in Chennai on 8 October. With 2 wins in 2 matches, India has 4 points. The team is at second place in the points table. Whereas New Zealand is at number one. India's next match will now be against Pakistan on October 14 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

 

Playing eleven of both teams

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad. Siraj.

 

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqui.