ODI World Cup: The England team has become a victim of upset by losing to Afghanistan by 69 runs in the World Cup 2023. Perhaps this will be quite new for the fans. But if we turn the pages of history, this is nothing new for the British. For the fifth time in the ODI World Cup, this team has become the victim of an upset. Not only this, the Netherlands team has also defeated the English team twice in the T20 World Cup. Therefore this reversal is nothing new for England.
But the special thing is that this time England has emerged as the defending champion. Due to this the team may suffer a big setback. The English team, which became ODI champion for the first time by defeating New Zealand in the last World Cup, has not had a special start this time. The team has lost two of its first three matches. In such a situation, if there is even one defeat in the upcoming matches then the path to the semi-finals may become difficult.
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When did England become the victim of reverses?
- 2009 T20 World Cup- Netherlands defeated by 4 wickets
- 2011 ODI World Cup- Ireland defeated by 3 wickets
- 2011 ODI World Cup- Bangladesh defeated by two wickets
- 2014 T20 World Cup- Netherlands defeated by 45 runs
- 2015 ODI World Cup- Bangladesh defeated by 15 runs
- 2019 ODI World Cup- Weak Sri Lankan team defeated by 20 runs
- 2022 T20 ODI World Cup- Ireland won by 6 runs (DLS)
- 2023 ODI World Cup- Afghanistan defeated by 69 runs
Also read:- Afghanistan created history by defeating England, the losing streak in the World Cup ended after 8 years
Match Brief
Playing first in this match, Afghanistan had scored 284 runs. Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz had scored the highest run of 80 runs. After the fall of top order wickets, Ikram Alikhil played an excellent inning of 58 runs in the middle order. In the end, Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s 28 runs and Rashid Khan’s 23 runs took the score beyond 280. Then in bowling also, both of them took 3-3 wickets and destroyed the England team on the score of 215. Mujeeb was also named player of the match. Harry Brook scored the highest 66 runs for the English team.