In the 39th match of the World Cup 2023, Afghanistan showed an excellent performance against Australia and scored 291 runs after losing 5 wickets in 50 overs. For Afghanistan, Ibrahim Zadran played an unbeaten inning of 129 runs.
Afghanistan gave Australia a target of 292 runs
Afghanistan has given Australia a target of 292 runs to win. Afghan batsmen thoroughly defeated Australian bowlers in today’s match. For Afghanistan, along with Zadran’s unbeaten inning of 129 runs, Rashid Khan played an unbeaten inning of 35 runs in 18 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. While opener Gurbaz scored 21 runs. Rahmat Shah scored 30 runs. Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi scored 26 runs. While Azmatullah Umarzai scored 22 runs.
Josh Hazlewood took the most wickets for Australia.
No Australian bowler could stand against Afghanistan’s batting attack. Josh Hazlewood took maximum two wickets. While Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa took one wicket each. Starc proved to be the most expensive bowler. He conceded 70 runs in 9 overs and took only one wicket.