AFG vs NED / Afghanistan's third consecutive win in the World Cup - defeated Netherlands by 7 wickets

AFG vs NED: Afghanistan has achieved its third consecutive win in the World Cup 2023. The team defeated Netherlands by 7 wickets on Friday. After winning the toss and coming to bat at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, the Netherlands team was all out for 179 runs in 46.3 overs. Afghanistan's batsmen achieved the target of 180 runs by losing 3 wickets in 31.3 overs. With this victory, Afghanistan remains in the race for the semi-finals. The team has moved to 5th position in the points table with its fourth win in 7 matches. Afghanistan has 8 points in its bag. In the last 2 matches, the team had defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets and Pakistan by 8 wickets.

From the Afghan team, captain Hashmatullah Shahidi played half-centuries of 56 runs and Rahmat Shah played half-centuries of 52 runs. Before this, Mohammad Nabi took 3 wickets.

Rahmat Shah was out after scoring 52 runs. He was caught and bowled by Saqib Zulfikar. He completed the 26th fifty of his ODI career. He completed 35 hundred ODI runs. Shah made a partnership of 50 runs on 77 balls with captain Shahidi.

Ibrahim Zadran was out after scoring 20 runs. He was bowled by Roelof van der Merwe. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was caught behind after scoring 10 runs. He was sent to the pavilion by Logan Van Beek.

Afghanistan crossed 50 in powerplay, also suffered a setback

The Afghan team, which set out to chase the target of 180 runs, made a good start. The team scored 55 runs for one wicket in the first 10 overs. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz was out after scoring 10 runs. He was caught behind by Logan Van Beek.

After losing the first wicket for 27 runs, Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah did not let the run rate go down. In the 10th over, Rahmat hit 3 fours on Meekran's ball and took the team's score beyond 50. Rahmat also completed 35 runs in his ODI career.

Netherlands all out for 179 runs, 4 batsmen were run out

Batting first after winning the toss at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, the team was all out for 179 runs in 46.3 overs. Sybrand Engelbrecht played a half-century of 58 runs, the rest of the batsmen could not perform well. Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi took 3 wickets and Noor Ahmed took 2 wickets.

Two wickets in scoring 12 runs in the death over

The process of wicket fall that started after the powerplay continued till the death over. Netherlands team scored 12 runs after losing two wickets in 6.3 overs of death overs. Netherlands team was all out for 179 runs.

Dutch batsmen could not maintain coordination in the middle overs, 4 were run out.

After recovering from the first setback in the powerplay, Netherlands' innings fell apart in the middle overs. The team's batsmen could not coordinate with each other between the 11th and 40th overs. During this period, 4 batsmen of the team were run out. However, amidst the continuous falling of wickets, Sybrand Engelbrecht played a struggling inning of 58 runs. Later he too was run out. The sequence of this wicket fall started with the runout of opener Max O'Dowd (42 runs) in the 12th over. The team lost 7 wickets in scoring 101 runs in the middle 30 overs. After 40 overs the Dutch team's score was 167/8.

Netherlands in the powerplay

Vejli Baresi was out after scoring one run on the 5th ball of the first over of the match. He was LBW by Mujeeb ur Rahman. After the first wicket fell on the team score of 3 runs, opener Max O'Dowd made a half-century partnership with Colin Ackerman, taking Netherlands' score past 70. In the first 10 overs, Netherlands team scored 66 runs for one wicket.

Playing eleven of both the teams

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Noor Ahmed and Fazalhaq Farooqui.

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (captain & wk), Wedgley Baresi, Max O'Dowd, Colin Ackerman, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Bas de Leede, Saqib Zulfikar, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.