Currently at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi world cup 2023 The 13th match of (ICC Cricket World Cup 2023) is being played between England and Afghanistan. After suffering a crushing defeat in the very first match against New Zealand, England has come to the field in today’s match against Afghanistan to improve its net run rate. The match is being played from 2 pm. When the Afghanistan team was batting, earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR. Although the intensity of the earthquake was only 3.1. The tremors of the earthquake were felt at 4.08 pm on Sunday evening.
England-Afghanistan match continued amid earthquake
Despite the earthquake of 3.1 magnitude in Delhi NCR, there was no disruption in the England-Afghanistan match and the game continued. A large number of spectators have also gathered at Arun Jaitley Stadium to watch this match. It is known that earthquake tremors have been felt many times before in Delhi NCR.
The epicenter of the earthquake was nine kilometers east of Faridabad.
An earthquake of 3.1 magnitude was felt in Faridabad, Haryana at 4.08 pm on Sunday evening. This information is national Earthquake Science Center gave. It said that the epicenter of the earthquake was nine kilometers east of Faridabad and 30 kilometers southeast of Delhi. The earthquake created panic among people, while many people in Delhi and National Capital Region reported vibration in furniture.
England’s very bad start in the World Cup
The defending champion England did not have a good start in the World Cup 2023 and had to face a crushing defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the very first match. The New Zealand team defeated England by 9 wickets and took revenge for the defeat in the final of the World Cup 2019. In that match, New Zealand restricted England to 282 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs, then won the match by scoring 183 runs losing only one wicket in 36.2 overs. However, England won the second match. England defeated Bangladesh by 137 runs and registered their first win in the tournament.