First upside down of World Cup 2023: Afghanistan defeated defending champion England.

England won the toss and chose to field at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. Afghanistan, batting first, scored 284 runs in 49.5 overs. In reply, the England team was all out after scoring 215 runs. Afghanistan's spinners were game changers, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan took 8 wickets each. Mujeeb and Rashid took 3 wickets each, while Nabi got 2 wickets.

England became victim of upset for the 5th time
The England team became the victim of an upset for the 5th time in ODI World Cup history. Earlier in 1992, the team was defeated by Zimbabwe by 9 runs. In 2011, the team was defeated by Ireland by 3 wickets and Bangladesh by 2 wickets. In 2015 also, Bangladesh had caused an upset by defeating the team by 15 runs. Now in 2023, Afghanistan defeated England for the fifth time and tasted the bitter taste of upset in the World Cup.

Scorecard of England-Afghanistan match

​​Buttler, Livingston out cheaply
After taking 2 wickets in the first 10 overs, Afghanistan continued to put pressure. The team got out after scoring 32 runs, David Malan, Jos Buttler 9, Liam Livingston 10 and Sam Curran also scored 10 runs. The team's score went from 68/2 to 138 runs for 6 wickets.

England lost 2 wickets in the first 10 overs
The Afghanistan team, which came out to defend the target of 285 runs, made a good start. The team sent English opener Jonny Bairstow to the pavilion in the second over itself. Joe Root also got bowled in the 7th over. However, the team scored 52 runs in 10 overs.

England's wickets fell like this

• First (Jonny Bairstow- 2 runs): The first ball of the second over was bowled by Fazalhaq Farooqui inswinger on good length. The ball hit Bairstow directly on his pads and he became LBW.
• Second (Joe Root – 11 runs): The fifth ball of the 7th over was bowled by Mujeeb Ur Rahman, a googly on good length. Root became bold.
• Third (David Malan- 32 runs): Mohammad Nabi bowled the fourth ball of the 13th over with a good length flight on the off stump. Malan got caught at covers.
• Fourth (Jos Buttler- 9 runs): Naveen-ul-Haq bowled the second ball of the 18th over with a swinger on good length. Jos Buttler got bowled.

Afghanistan's innings from here

Ikram scored 58, Mujeeb scored 28 runs.
Afghanistan lost 6 wickets at the score of 190 runs. Hashmatullah Shahidi could score only 14, Azmatullah Omarzai 19 and Mohammad Nabi could score only 9 runs. From here, Rashid Khan played an inning of 23 runs, after his dismissal, Mujeeb Ur Rahman quickly scored 28 runs in 16 balls. Ikram Alikhil was out after scoring 58 runs and the team's score crossed 275 runs.

Root-Livingston got 1-1 wicket
Leg spinner Adil Rashid from England took maximum 3 wickets. Among fast bowlers, Mark Wood got 2 successes and Reece Topley got one success. Whereas part timers Liam Livingston and Joe Root took one wicket each. Root also took 4 catches in the match.

Gurbaz's half century
Afghanistan's wicketkeeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a brilliant half-century. He scored 80 runs on just 57 balls. This innings included 8 fours and 4 sixes. Gurbaz has scored 3 fifties and 5 centuries in his career.

Century partnership between Gurbaz-Zadran
Afghanistan's first wicket fell at 114 runs. There was a century partnership for the first wicket between Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran. Both added 114 runs on 101 balls. This partnership was broken by Adil Rashid by dismissing Zadran.

Afghanistan scored 79 runs without loss in powerplay.
Batting first, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave a great start to Afghanistan. The team scored 79 runs without any loss in the powerplay.

This is how Afghanistan's wickets fell

• First (Ibrahim Zadran- 28 runs): Adil Rashid got caught by Joe Root on the fourth ball of the 17th over.
• Second (Rahmat Shah- 3 runs): Adil Rashid got caught by Jos Buttler on the fourth ball of the 19th over.
• Third (Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 80 runs): On the fifth ball of the 19th over, substitute David Willey, who was fielding at mid-wicket, threw a throw into the hands of wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and Gurbaz was run out.
• Fourth (Azmatullah Omarzai - 19 runs): On the last ball of the 26th over, Liam Livingston bowled the ball towards the off stump. Omarzai played a big shot at long on and was caught by Chris Woakes.
• Fifth (Hashmatullah Shahidi - 14 runs): In the 33rd over, Joe Root bowled Shahidi on the first ball.
• Sixth (Mohammad Nabi- 9 runs): In the 37th over, Nabi tried to pull the first ball of Mark Wood. Nabi lost his balance and the ball hit the bat and went into the hands of Joe Root in the gully.
• Seventh (Rashid Khan-23 runs): In the 45th over, Rashid played a shot on Adil Rashid's ball at long on and was caught by Joe Root near the boundary.
• Eighth (Ikram Alikhil- 58 runs): Reece Topley bowled the last ball of the 48th over slower on good length. Ikram went to play a big shot but was caught at long on.
• Ninth (Mujeeb Ur Rahman- 28 runs): The first ball of the 49th over was bowled fast by Mark Wood on good length. Mujeeb swung the bat rapidly, but the ball remained standing in the air. Joe Root took the catch at point.
• Tenth (Naveen-ul-Haq- 5 runs): Naveen was run out on the fifth ball of the 50th over. Naveen was trying to steal the bye run, but Jos Buttler's underarm throw sent him to the pavilion.

Playing-11 of both the teams
England: Jos Buttler (captain and wicketkeeper), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Liam Livingston, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Reece Topley and Adil Rashid.

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqui.