Southampton, June 22: Mohammed Shami became the second Indian after Chetan Sharma (1987) to claim a hat-trick in ICC World Cup as India beat Afghanistan by 11 runs here on Saturday (June 21). After labouring to 224/8, India bowled out Afghanistan for 213 to celebrate a very close win.
An upbeat Indian Cricket Team is going to face Afghanistan in it's next ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 tie at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Saturday (June 22).
Team India haven't yet lost a game in the tournament while their Afghanistan counterparts are yet to taste their maiden win. The Virat Kohli-led Indian side would be looking to continue their winning momentum however they might look to test the bench and give the rest of the players some match practice.
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Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is already out for a couple of games, hence Mohammed Shami will replace the UP speedster to lead the pace attack along with Jasprit Bumrah. Apart from Shami, team management could also make some changes in the Playing XI against a weaker opposition.
Here Mykhel brings to you the live updates from the match between two teams:
Hat-trick for Shami as India beat Afghanistan by 11 runs. 2nd Indian after Chetan Sharma (1986) to claim a hat-trick.
Nabi goes after making 52 off 55. Hit Shami straight to Pandya at long on. He gets Aftab in the next ball, castled. 213/9
16 off the final over to be bowled by Shami.
Nabi has been saved by DRS against a Shami lbw shout
24 off the last 3 overs.
SIX! Nabi hammered Bumrah for maximum and the match is getting real tense.
Rashid Khan gave charge to Chahal and got stumped by Dhoni. Afghans are 190/7.
40 runs off the last 5 overs. 4 wickets in hand.
46 off the last six overs.
Wicket no 6 and at the right time as dangerous looking Najibulla Zadran departs -- scoops Pandya to Chahal at short mid-wicket for a 23-ball 21. 166/6.
After 40 overs Afghans are 157/5 and they need 68 runs off 60 balls with five wickets in hand.
Savour some more Kane Williamson stats
Most ODI hundreds by a visiting batsman in England:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) June 22, 2019
4 KANE WILLIAMSON (in 18 innings)
4 Shikhar Dhawan (in 19 innings)
4 Rohit Sharma (in 19 innings)
4 Viv Richards (in 29 innings)#NZvWI #WIvNZ #CWC19
Savour some Kane Williamson facts meanwhile
Kane Williamson in ODIs in England since 2015:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) June 22, 2019
45, 93, 118, 90, 50, 100, 87, 57, 40, 79*, 106* and 138*
Total: Inns: 12, Runs-1003, Avg-111.44, 100s-4, 50s-6
🙏🙏#NZvWI #WIvNZ #CWC19
150 up for Afghanistan in 38.5 overs.
Shami back for his second spell and his first read 4-1-6-1
Chahal gets India 5th wicket and that of Asghar Afghan for 8. Afghans are 130/5. Tossed up and Afghan took the bait and went for a slog sweep, got bowled.
After the second drink break Afghans are 110/4 after 31 overs.
The required rate has climbed over 6 for the first time after starting it around 4.3
New batsmen are Mohammad Nabi and former captain Asghar Afghan
One wicket follow other. Bumrah holds onto a return catch from Hashmathullah Shahdi and Afghan are 107/4. Two set batsmen are out in quick succession.
Wicket no 3: Bumrah bowled a fast short ball and Rahmat pulls into the hands of Chahal.
100 up for Afghanistan in 27th over.
Hashmathullah Shahidi, the new batsman, pulls Kuldeep for a four, much needed for Afghanistan
At this stage both Kuldeep and Chahal have identical bowling figures -- 4-0-10-0. RR --2.50
Drinks time. Afghans are 61/1 after 16 overs.
Gulabdin pulls Pandya for two successive fours and they reach 50 in the 12th over. They are getting more confident.
One more change for India and that is Hardik Pandya comes in. India now have Kuldeep Yadav, Kedar Jadhav and Vijay Shankar to turn to.
Spin for the first time for India. Chahal it is.
Rahmat Shah is new batsman giving company to captain Gulabdin Naib
Breakthrough! Shami castles Hazrathullah Zazai, who played the wrong line.