NED vs AFG World cup 2023: Beats Netherlands By Seven Wickets
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NED vs AFG : On Friday, in the 34th match of the ODI World Cup 2023, the Afghanistan cricket team defeated the Netherlands cricket team by 7 wickets.
This is the fourth victory of the Afghanistan team in 7 matches in this World Cup. Before this, the team has caused 3 major upsets in this World Cup.
On the other hand, this is the 5th defeat of the Netherlands team in 7 matches. Let’s take a look at the records and statistics made in the match.
Match Account
Netherlands won the toss and batted first, scoring only 179 runs losing all 10 wickets in 46.3 overs. Sybrand Engelbrecht (58) scored the most runs for the team.
Afghanistan team, which came into the field to chase the target, easily won the match in its favor by losing 3 wickets in 31.3 overs.
Hashmatullah Shahidi (56*) scored the most runs for Afghanistan. Beek, Zulfikar and Merwe took 1-1 wicket for Netherlands.
NED vs AFG: This is how Afghanistan chased the target
NED vs AFG : Afghanistan did not have a good start and the first wicket fell at the score of 27 in the form of opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (10).
After this, the second opener Ibrahim Zadran (20) was also out on the score of 55.
For the third wicket, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Rahmat Shah made a comeback for the team by making a partnership of 74 runs in 77 balls.
Shahidi completed the formalities of victory by playing a very useful half-century innings for the team.
NED vs AFG : Shahidi scored his third half-century in this World Cup
Shahidi batted brilliantly and scored the 18th half-century of his ODI career. This was his third half-century in this World Cup.
Earlier, he had scored 80 runs against the Indian cricket team. After this, he played an unbeaten inning of 58 runs in the last match against Sri Lanka cricket team.
On Friday, he scored unbeaten 56 runs in 64 balls while batting at a strike rate of 87.50. He hit 6 fours in this innings.
Rahmat scores 26th half-century of ODI career, third consecutive in World Cup
Experienced batsman Rahmat made the team’s victory easy by batting brilliantly.
Batting at a strike rate of 96.30, he scored 52 runs in 54 balls. In this innings he hit 8 fours.
This was the 26th half-century of his ODI cricket career. This was his third consecutive half-century in this World Cup. Earlier, he had also scored half-centuries against Pakistan cricket team (77*) and Sri Lanka (62).
Rahmat completes 3,500 runs in ODI cricket
- Rahmat achieved a special achievement during this match and completed 3,500 runs in his ODI cricket career.
- He has become the first cricketer from Afghanistan to reach this figure.
- He achieved this feat in the 104th match. In ODI cricket, his average is 37.01 and strike rate is 71.21.
- After Rahmat, Mohammad Nabi (3,194) has scored the second most runs for Afghanistan.
Engelbrecht scored the second half-century of his ODI career.
For Netherlands, Engelbrecht saved the team from embarrassment in the match by batting fearlessly in difficult conditions.
Amidst the continuous fall of wickets from one side, he played a useful innings while handling the other end firmly. This was the second half-century of his ODI cricket career.
Batting at a strike rate of 67.44, he scored 58 runs in 86 balls in his innings. In this innings he hit 6 fours.
Mujeeb completes 100 wickets in ODI, Afghanistan’s fourth most successful bowler
Mujeeb achieved an important achievement in this match and completed his 100 wickets in ODI cricket.
Netherlands opening batsman Wesley Barresi became his 100th victim. Mujeeb is the fourth highest wicket taker for Afghanistan in ODI cricket.
Rashid Khan (179), Nabi (160) and former bowler Dawlat Zadran (115) have taken more wickets than him.
Mujeeb started his ODI career in 2017 against the Ireland cricket team.
Latest position of both teams in points table
NED vs AFG : By winning this match, Afghanistan has kept alive its hopes of reaching the semi-finals.
Afghanistan team now has 8 points from 7 matches. The team has moved from sixth to fifth position.
Due to winning this match by a big margin, the team’s net run rate (-0.330) has also improved a bit.
On the other hand, Netherlands team is at number 8 with 4 points in 7 matches and a net run rate of -1.398.
World cup 2023 NED vs AFG : On Friday, in the 34th match of the ODI World Cup 2023, the Afghanistan cricket team defeated the Netherlands cricket team by 7 wickets.This is the fourth victory of the Afghanistan team in 7 matches in this World Cup. Before this, the team has caused 3 major upsets…
World cup 2023 NED vs AFG : On Friday, in the 34th match of the ODI World Cup 2023, the Afghanistan cricket team defeated the Netherlands cricket team by 7 wickets.This is the fourth victory of the Afghanistan team in 7 matches in this World Cup. Before this, the team has caused 3 major upsets…