The 9th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 is taking place between India and Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The Hashmatullah Shahidi-led side won the toss and opted to bat first, on what has been a bright sunny day.
As Afghanistan players stepped on the field, many noticed the black armbands that they wore and wondered why the team was wearing it. The reason behind it has finally been revealed.
The Hashmatullah Shahidi-led have worn the bands to pay their respect to the recent victims of the earthquake, that occurred in their country. Almost 2400 people lost their lives in the disaster that happened.
Afghanistan didn’t have a great start to the ICC World Cup 2023 as they suffered a thrashing loss against Bangladesh. They didn’t bat well as they were bundled out for just 156 runs. The Hashmatullah Shahidi-led would be hoping to make a strong comeback in the match against India.
They kickstarted their innings on high as Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran (22) played some glorious strokes. The latter however lost his wicket to a peach by Jasprit Bumrah. They would now be hoping to set in and provide a great platform for others to set up a big total.
IND vs AFG: India and Afghanistan Playing 11 for the 8th game of the ICC World Cup 2023
India has made one change in their playing XI from the last game. The change is more of a tactical rather than anything else. They have dropped Ravichandran Ashwin and have included Shardul Thakur into the team on the new Delhi wicket, which offers pacers more
Here’s the Indian XI:
Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Afghanistan are unchanged in the game. Here’s the playing XI:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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The 9th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 is taking place between India and Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. The Hashmatullah Shahidi-led side won the toss and opted to bat first, on what has been a bright sunny day. As Afghanistan players stepped on the field, many noticed the black armbands
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