Afghanistan’s third consecutive win in World Cup 2023, defeating Netherlands by 7 wickets

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Lucknow. Afghanistan has scored a hat-trick of wins in the World Cup 2023. Afghanistan achieved a resounding victory against Netherlands by 7 wickets on Friday. Afghanistan got a target of 180 runs, which they easily chased after losing 3 wickets in 31.3 overs. Afghanistan won its fourth overall win in seven matches in the current World Cup. Afghanistan team remains in the race for the semi-finals. He has eight points. Netherlands has suffered its fifth defeat. He has four points in his account.

Chasing the target, Afghanistan made a steady start. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (10) and Ibrahim Zadran (20) added 27 runs for the first wicket. Gurbaz was dismissed by Van Beek in the sixth over and Zadran was dismissed by Der Merwe in the 11th over. After this, Rahmat Shah and captain Hashmatullah Shahidi made a partnership of 74 runs for the third wicket. Rahmad became the victim of Zulfikar in the 23rd over after scoring 52 runs in 54 balls. Rahmat hit 8 fours. Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai made an unbroken partnership of 52 runs for the fourth wicket. Shahid scored unbeaten 56 runs in 64 balls with 6 fours. Omarzai returned unbeaten after scoring 31 runs in 28 balls. He hit three fours.

Earlier, the Netherlands team was all out for 179 runs in 46.3 overs after winning the toss. Sybrand Engelbrecht (58) scored the most runs. Max O’Dowd contributed 42 runs and Colin Ackerman contributed 29 runs. O’Dowd and Ackerman made a partnership of 69 runs for the second wicket. The poor condition of Netherlands can be gauged from the fact that five of its players returned to the pavilion on 97 runs. Six players from Netherlands could not even reach double figures. Wesley Barresi (1), captain Scott Edwards (0), Bas de Leede (0), Saqib Zulfikar (3), Logan van Beek and Logan van Beek (4) did not bat. Mohammad Nabi took three wickets for Afghanistan. Noor Ahmed took two wickets and Mujeeb ur Rahman took one wicket. Four players of Netherlands were run out.

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