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LUCKNOW, India :Afghanistan kept their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup semi-finals alive after beating the Netherlands by seven wickets in a low-scoring group game on Friday.
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The Cricket World Cup 2023 action is slowly racing towards that phase where several teams will be out of semi-final contention. While teams like two-time champions India, South Africa and New Zealand are in a rather comfortable position. There was teams like Australia who are on the border-line. The Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Cricket World Cup match in Pune on Monday was a crucial one. Afghanistan have been giant-killers in this Cricket World Cup while Sri Lanka have been good too. They clashed at the MCA Stadium in Pune, with Sri Lanka putting up a modest 241-run total against Afghanistan. In reply, Afghanistan were confident in the chase with Rahmat Shah scoring a half-century.
After scaling down a middling target against Sri Lanka with ease in a World Cup game on Monday, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi attributed his team's confidence to its triumphant run chase against Pakistan. Afghanistan hunted down 242 against Lanka in 45.2 overs losing just three wickets to score their first World Cup win over the Islanders. The match Shahidi was referring to was Afghanistan's eight-wicket win over Babar Azam's side in Chennai on October 23, when they chased 282 losing just two wickets. “Pakistan chase gave us a lot of confidence and belief that we can chase any kind of target. We started really well in bowling (against SL) and the chase was very professional and I am very happy about it,” said Shahidi in the post-match presentation.
Afghanistan batsmen again showed incredible composure while chasing as they defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their World Cup match on Monday.
Spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman on Monday surpassed Dawlat Zadran to become the third-highest wicket-taker for Afghanistan in international cricket. The 22-year-old made this upward movement in record books during his side's ICC Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Pune. In the match, Rahman took 2/38 in 10 overs, with wickets of skipper Kusal Mendis and batter Sadeera Samarawickrama under his belt. In 116 international matches, Mujeeb has taken 156 wickets at an average of 24.19, with the best bowling figures of 5/20. Mujeeb has played one Test for Afghanistan in which he took one wicket. In 72 ODIs, Mujeeb has taken 99 wickets for Afghanistan at an average of 27.27, with the best bowling figures of 5/50.
