Pakistan vs Afghanistan Score Updates, World Cup 2023: Afghanistan pulled off their second major shock of the Cricket World Cup on Monday when they sent Pakistan crashing to an eight-wicket defeat.
Chasing 283 to win, Afghanistan rode on the back of impressive innings from Ibrahim Zadran (87), Rahmat Shah (77 not out), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65) and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi (48 not out) to reach their target with six balls to spare.
Afghanistan, who stunned defending champions England earlier in the tournament, and Pakistan both now have two wins and three losses from their five group games.
and gets the wicket of Gurbaz.Pakistan finishers Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan ensured a good finish for their team as they smashed big boundaries in the final overs to take their team’s score to 282/7 after 50 overs. Noor Ahmad clinched 3 crucial wickets to derail Pakistan batters, but Afghanistan pacers were not that effective.
Noor Ahmad is continuing is great bowling as he dismissed Pakistan skipper Babar Azam to clinch his third wicket of the day. Babar Azam was trying to increasing the run rate in the final overs of game when Noor Ahmad dismissed him.
Mohammad Nabi bowled beautifully today and dismissed Saud Shakeel. Pakistan is looking in trouble as vice captain Shadab Khan has joined Babar Azam on the crease. Afghanistan will look to capitalize on this instability.
Noor Ahmad clinched two wickets and dismissed Abdullah Shafique and Muhammad Rizwan to disrupt Pakistan batting. Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam are on crease now, trying to bring some stability for Pakistan.
Pakistan openers Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique played in a good partnership but pacer Azmatullah Omarzai provided Afghanistan with first breakthrough as he dismissed Imam-ul-Haq and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam walked to the crease.
Pakistan are batting first after winning the toss at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Babar Azam-led side are looking to set up a big total on the board and put the Afghan batting under pressure in the second innings. Despite losing to New Zealand, Afghanistan will be brimming with confidence after beating defending champions England by 69 runs.
Pakistan, meanwhile, are in deep trouble after losing back-to-back matches against India and Australia. The Babar Azam-led side still don’t look very settled as they continue to face problems in both their batting and bowling departments.
Pakistan’s batting has failed to live up to the high standards set by the likes of Babar Azam, Mohammed Rizwan and Iftikhar Ahmed. The world number one batsman himself has been somewhat underwhelming in this edition of the World Cup. Adding to their woes, Pakistan’s middle-order batsmen have struggled against spin bowling, as evidenced by their performances against India and Australia.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, have a solid bowling line-up in the spin trio of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who can take full advantage of the conditions at Chepauk. However, the Afghans will be looking for a solid performance from their batsmen if they are to find a way into the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup 2023.
Pakistan and Afghanistan squads:
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil (w/k), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman and Naveen ul Haq.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan (w/k), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Wasim.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score Updates, World Cup 2023: Key highlights
1. Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first
2. Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq started well for Pakistan
3. Azmatullah Omarzai got the first wicket as he dismissed Imam-ul-Haq and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam walked on crease
4. Young Noor Ahmad clinched second wicket for Afghanistan as he dismissed Abdullah Shafique
5. Another wicket for Noor Ahmad as Muhammad Rizwan is walking back to the pavilion
6. Some partnership was building between Saud Shakeel and Babar Azam, but Mohammad Nabi dismissed Saud Shakeel to end that
7. Babar Azam slammed his second 50 of ICC World Cup 2023
8. Noor Ahmad clinched his 3rd wicket of the day as he dismissed Pakistan skipper Babar Azam.
9. Afghanistan reaches team total of 50 in the eighth over.
10. Afghanistan scores 60 runs in the first powerplay.
11. Afghanistan scores 100 runs in the sixteenth over.
12. Shaheen gets the wicket of Gurbaz.
13. Hasan Ali gets the wicket of Zadran.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Ibrahim Zadran awarded Man of the Match
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: “I wanted to go out there with a positive mind and positive intent, and I did it. We (Gurbaz and himself) have played a lot of cricket with each other, we have good communication while running between the wickets since under-16 days. The way Gurbaz supported me (in that opening partnershijp) – that helped me and we got the momentum in our favour,” Ibrahim Zadran said
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan beat Pakistan by eight wickets
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live:Afghanistan beat Pakistan by eight wickets in another World Cup upset. Afghanistan beat Pakistan by eight wickets in yet another World Cup upset here on Monday.
Afghanistan chased down the target of 283 with six balls to spare with openers Ibrahim Zadran (87 off 113 balls) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (65 off 53 balls) setting up the win.
One-down Rahmat Shah and captain Hashmatullah Shahidi chipped in with 77 not out and 48 not out respectively.
This was Afghanistan’s second upset win of the tournament after their shock victory over defending champions England.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 272/2-47 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan just need 11 runs from 18 deliveries. A length delivery by Hasan, and Rahmat clobbers it over the bowler for a six!
Rahmat Shah68(75)
Hashmatullah Shahidi43(42)
Shaheen Afridi 9-0-51-1
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 264/2-46 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live:Afghanistan now requires just 19 runs to beat another World Champion after beating England. A good delivery by Usama and Shahidi is taken aback and edges, gloves it past Rizwan, who wasn’t ready for this. Goes away fine of the short third man fielder for a four!
Rahmat Shah61(71)
Hashmatullah Shahidi42(40)
Usama Mir 8-0-55-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 253/2-45 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan now touching distance of creating history as 30 runs required from 30 deliveries. Rahmat and Shahidi looking strong for Afghanistan.
Rahmat Shah58(69)
Hashmatullah Shahidi35(36)
Shaheen Afridi 8-0-43-1
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 248/2-44 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan looking to register the first win against Pakistan and they short of creating another record. Afghanistan need 35 runs in 36 balls.
Hashmatullah Shahidi32(33)
Rahmat Shah56(66)
Haris Rauf 8-1-53-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 239/2-43 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan gets a over in which they scores ten runs. Can Afghanistan go all the distance to register thier second win in the tournament.
Hashmatullah Shahidi28(30)
Rahmat Shah53(63)
Shadab Khan 8-0-49-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 229/2-42 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Rahmat Shah scores another fifty as Afghanistan requires 54 runs in 48 deliveries. Will Pakistan pull things back?
Rahmat Shah53(63)
Hashmatullah Shahidi18(24)
Usama Mir 7-0-44-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 221/2- 40 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: We are now in the final ten overs of this game as Afghanistan requires 62 runs from 60 deliveries .
Rahmat Shah49(57)
Hashmatullah Shahidi14(18)
Shaheen Afridi 7-0-38-1
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 215/2- 39 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Haris Rauf bowls a decent over as we can see some signs of reverse swing coming into the play. Can Shaheen play an important role here. 68 runs needed for Afghanistan in 66 balls.
Rahmat Shah46(53)
Hashmatullah Shahidi11(16)
Haris Rauf 7-1-44-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 211/2- 38 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Rahmat Shah hits a beautiful six down the ground as we are going in the last phase of this exciting match.
Rahmat Shah45(51)
Hashmatullah Shahidi8(12)
Hasan Ali 9-1-37-1
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 204/2- 37 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Too much of width by Shadab in this ball as Shahidi punishes him with a shot to the left of mid-off for a four. Nine runs coming of the over.
Rahmat Shah39(46)
Hashmatullah Shahidi7(11)
Shadab Khan 6-0-35-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 195/2- 36 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: With 15 overs left ,key for Pakistan will be to stop Afghanistan scoring runs freely as required run rate is over six runs per over. A maiden over bowled by Hasan Ali.
Rahmat Shah35(44)
Hashmatullah Shahidi2(7)
Hasan Ali 8-1-30-1
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: OUT! Hasan Ali strikes as Ibrahim Zadran departs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Hasan Ali strikes with a beauty and get the well settled Ibrahim Zadran on 87. Zadran edges it through to cover, where Rizwan is there to catch it!Hashmatullah Shahidi comes in middle.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 184/1- 32 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: A good over bowled by Hasan Ali as he conceded just one run in the over.
Ibrahim Zadran85(108)
Rahmat Shah28(32)
Hasan Ali 6-0-28-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 183/1- 31 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: The game is now slipping from the hands of Pakistan as Afghanistan now just requires 100 runs in 114 deliveries with nine wickets in hand. Rahmat hits a boundary with a reverse sweep.
Rahmat Shah27(29)
Ibrahim Zadran85(105)
Iftikhar Ahmed 3-0-18-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 175/1- 30 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: A four runs over for Afghanistan.A better over from Hasan Ali.
Rahmat Shah22(25)
Ibrahim Zadran82(103)
Hasan Ali 5-0-27-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 171/1- 29 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Rahmat Shah takes on Usama Mir with two consecutive boundaries and allowed Afghanistan to take charge.
Rahmat Shah21(23)
Ibrahim Zadran80(99)
Usama Mir 6-0-40-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 161/1- 28 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Pakistan bowling some good overs now and it has been more than five overs. Just three runs from Haris Rauf’s over. Zadran and Rahmat are going slow and steady.
Ibrahim Zadran79(98)
Rahmat Shah12(18)
Haris Rauf 6-1-40-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 158/1- 27 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Just two runs from Usama Mir’s over. Ibrahim Zadran affected by cramps.
Ibrahim Zadran77(96)
Rahmat Shah11(14)
Usama Mir 5-0-30-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 152/1- 25 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: We are at the halfway stage of Afghanistan innings and they require 131 runs in 150 deliveries. Rahmat and Zadran aim to rebuild for Afghanistan in this chase.
Ibrahim Zadran74(87)
Rahmat Shah8(11)
Shadab Khan 5-0-26-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 141/1- 23 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: A six runs over for Afghanistan as Zadran continues to play well. Hits a boundary of the bowling of Shadab in the cover region.
Rahmat Shah3(6)
Ibrahim Zadran68(80)
Shadab Khan 4-0-22-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: OUT! Gurbaz caught by Usama
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afridi strikes in his new spell. Afridi bowls a short and quick delivery, Gurbaz goes for a pull and caught by Usama Mir at third man. A good deliveyr by Shaheen, and Gurbaz moves to his left, but directs it to Usama for a catch at deep third. Rahmat Shah comes in the middle.
Rahmat Shah2(4)
Ibrahim Zadran63(76)
Shaheen Afridi 5-0-25-1
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 130/0- 21 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: A good over bowled by Shadab Khan and gives away just two runs.
Ibrahim Zadran62(75)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz65(52)
Shadab Khan 3-0-16-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 128/0- 20 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: A poor delivery by Iftikhar and Gurbaz punishes him. The opener clobbers him over long-off for a huge six!
Rahmanullah Gurbaz64(50)
Ibrahim Zadran61(71)
Iftikhar Ahmed 2-0-10-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 120/0- 19 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: The opening batsmen continue to torment Pakistani bowlers and also some shoddy fielding from Pakistani fielders. This time Hassan Ali is guilty of not stopping the boundary.
Ibrahim Zadran60(69)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz57(46)
Shadab Khan 2-0-14-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 113/0- 18 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Iftikhar Ahmed bowls a good first over as he conceded just two runs in his first over.
Ibrahim Zadran56(65)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz54(44)
Iftikhar Ahmed 1-0-2-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 111/0- 17 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: A six run over Afghanistan. Usama Mir not able to contain the Afghan opening batsmen. A short delivery by Usama, outside off. Gurbaz cuts it through cover point for a double. He reaches the keeper’s end quickly.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz53(40)
Ibrahim Zadran55(63)
Usama Mir 4-0-28-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 105/0- 16 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Shadab Khan comes to bowl and Pakistan’s sloppy fielding continues as Afghanistan looking for win against Pakistan. Zadran (53*) guides this delivery to cover for a single. He and Gurbaz (50*) are building a strong partnership here as Afghanistan cross 100!
Ibrahim Zadran53(59)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz50(38)
Shadab Khan 1-0-7-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 98/0- 14 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Ibrahim Zadran scores his ODI fifty.A full delivery by Usama, and Zadran off drives it for a single. Also, gets his fifty!
Rahmanullah Gurbaz45(36)
Ibrahim Zadran50(54)
Usama Mir 3-0-20-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 89/0- 14 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Babar Azam needs to try different tactics to break this partnership as Afghanistan openers are playing really well tonight.Afghanistan continues to hit boundaries
Ibrahim Zadran45(50)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz43(34)
Haris Rauf 4-1-33-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 81/0- 13 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Runs coming easily for Afghanistan and it is turning out to be a real trouble for Pakistan as Afghanistan continues to find boundaries.
Ibrahim Zadran44(47)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz37(31)
Usama Mir 2-0-13-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 75/0- 12 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan gets another good over as they collect eight runs from Haris Rauf’s over which includes a boundary.
Ibrahim Zadran39(42)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz36(30)
Haris Rauf 3-1-25-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 67/0- 11 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Spin introduced for the first time by Pakistan as Usama Mir comes to bowl.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz30(26)
Ibrahim Zadran37(40)
Usama Mir 1-0-7-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 60/0- 10 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: A good comeback by Haris Rauf as he bowls a maiden over afetr being hit for 17 runs in the first over. Afghanistan has dominated the first powerplay.
Ibrahim Zadran32(37)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz28(23)
Haris Rauf 2-1-17-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 60/0- 9 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: A solid start by Afghanistan as they reach 60 runs in nine overs and scoring at over six runs per over . The required rate for Afghanistan is now 5.5 runs per over.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz28(23)
Ibrahim Zadran32(31)
Hasan Ali 4-0-23-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 55/0- 8 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: A big over for Afghanistan in Harris Rauf’s first over. 17 runs came from it with four boundaries hit in the over. Gurbaz goes bang bang against Haris Rauf as he hits the pacer for four boundaries in an over. 17 runs come in his over.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz28(22)
Ibrahim Zadran27(26)
Haris Rauf 1-0-17-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 38/0- 7 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Another boundary hit by Gurbaz, this time in the backward point region. Good start by Afghanistan in chase of 283 runs.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz12(17)
Ibrahim Zadran26(25)
Shaheen Afridi 4-0-20-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 34/0- 6 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Another good over for Afghanistan as they scored six runs in Hasan Ali’s over and also a successful review of caught behind decision.
Ibrahim Zadran26(25)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz8(11)
Hasan Ali 3-0-18-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 28/0- 5 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Shaheen Afridi’s just gives two runs in his third over. Pakistan trying to pull back things here after a solid start by Afghan batsmen. Gurbaz, Zadran keep the scoreboard ticking as Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Gurbaz8(11)
Ibrahim Zadran20(19)
Shaheen Afridi 3-0-16-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 26/0- 4 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Four runs from Hasan Ali’s second over, as Afghan batsmen gets three runs by hitting in the over square leg region.
Ibrahim Zadran19(16)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz7(8)
Hasan Ali 2-0-12-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 22/0- 3 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan gets four runs from Afridi’s second over as Pakistan fielders did a sloppy fielding.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz6(5)
Ibrahim Zadran16(13)
Shaheen Afridi 2-0-14-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 18/0- 2 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan begins the chase in attacking mode as Ibrahim Zadran hits Hassan Ali for two consecutive boundaries, the first one being hit at through point area followed it with a boundary hit at square past point region.
Ibrahim Zadran13(10)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz5(2)
Hasan Ali 1-0-8-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan 10/0- 1 over
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Two boundaries hit by Afghanistan batsmen in the first over. One each y Gurbaz and Zadran each. Shaheen Afridi bowled the first over for Pakistan.
Ibrahim Zadran5(4)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz5(2)
Shaheen Afridi 1-0-10-0
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan bowling
Afghanistan bowling
Naveen-ul-Haq 2/52 (7)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 0/55 (8)
Mohammad Nabi 1/31 (10)
Azmatullah Omarzai 1/50 (5)
Rashid Khan 0/41 (10)
Noor Ahmed 3/49 (10)
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Pakistan batting
Pakistan
Abdullah Shafique 58
Imam-ul-Haq 17
Babar Azam 74
Muhammad Rizwan 8
Saud Shakeel 25
Shadab Khan 40
Iftikhar Ahmed 40
Shaheen Afridi* 3
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: PAK at 282/7 after 50 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Brilliant final over by pacer Naveen-ul-Haq as he first dismissed dangerous Iftikhar Ahmed and then didn’t led Shaheen Afridi change strike with Shadab Khan, who finally got the strike on the final ball, but Naveen-ul-Haq dismissed him. The pacer restricted the Pakistan innings to 282/7, which to threatning to go beyond 300 at one point.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Wicket!!! Iftikhar Ahmed OUT
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Finally, Naveen-ul-Haq managed to grab a wicket in the final over as Iftikhar Ahmed was attempting a big shot. Good comeback from the pacer and Shaheen Afridi is on the crease now. Naveen-ul-Haq must ensure that he doesn’t change the strike with Pakistan, who is a set batter on this pitch.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: PAK at 279/5 after 49 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Pakistan batters Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan are finishing the game well and Afghanistan pacers are proving to be very expensive in the death overs. Final over of the game is left and Iftikhar Ahmed is on crease, he will try to make this over as big as possible to push Pakistan final score higher.
Shadab Khan 40
Iftikhar Khan 40
Azmatullah Omarzai 1/50 (5)
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: PAK at 263/5 after 48 overs
Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live: Another good over for Pakistan as Ifitkhar Ahmed is looking absolutely fiery against Afghanistan pacers. This was the finish Pakistan was hoping for and as the score goes higher, Hashmatullah Shahdi must worry about how they plan to chase this target. Any 250+ chase on the slow pitch of Chennai is going to be challenging.
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