Watch: World Cup's 'No. 1 Catch' By New Zealand Star Mitchell Santner, ICC Issues 'Screamer Alert'

New Zealand once again proved why they are the team to beat in ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 as they delivered yet another clinical show with a huge win over Afghanistan. The Hashmatullah Shahidi-led Afghanistan came into the match with a lot of promise after their terrific win over defending champions England. But against 2019 edition's runner-up New Zealand, Afghanistan fizzled out in all three departments. Batting first, New Zealand notched 288/6 in 50 overs in Chennai with three batters - Tom Latham, Will Young and Glenn Phillips - scoring half-centuries.

In reply, Afghanistan;s chase never really took off as they were dismissed for just 139, thus slumping to a 149-run loss. While Afghanistan dropped several catches, New Zealand trumped them in that aspect too. Perhaps the best example of it was Mitchell Santner's catch of Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi on t he bowling of Lockie Ferguson.

The catch happened one the last ball of the 14th over with Santner taking a near-improbable catch. On a short ball by Lockie Ferguson, Hashmatullah Shahidi went for a pull shot but it look mis-timed. Santner then leaped and ran backwards to take the terrific catch.

ICC posted the video of the catch on its instagram handle. "Screamer alert" it wrote on the video.

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Several users commented that it was the 'catch of the tournament'. One user wrote "World Cup 2023 No. 1 catch."

In the first inning, Devon Conway and Will Young opened for the Kiwis and played a 30-run partnership. In the 6.3 overs, Mujeeb Ur Rahman dismissed Conway for 20 runs (NZ 30/1). However, Young played a solid knock of 54 runs from 64 balls.

In the first powerplay of the game, New Zealand scored 43 runs. On the Afghani bowling