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The Afghanistan team had accumulated enough runs till the power play. If Afghanistan could collect runs in this way then surely a big score would have been gifted to the England team. But with the destruction of 4 wickets, the Afghanistan team faced a lot of pressure. Especially Adil Rashid of England team bowled 7 overs and destroyed 2 wickets with only 29 runs.  In this way, if the Afghanistan team continues to lose wickets, it will not be possible to collect more runs. Because many of the England team are strong here, the chances of the England team winning today are very high.

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Today is the 13th match of this World Cup between England vs Afghanistan. Today's match is played in Delhi. The two matches of this World Cup were played in Delhi and both matches were against Afghanistan, and the both match was lost by Afghanistan, and today's match is also set in Delhi so maybe Afghanistan can again lose this. If Afghanistan loses this match so Delhi will not be lucky for Afghanistan or maybe on Delhi's pitch, those who bat first they mostly lose. Afghanistan and Australia in this World Cup are like giving easy points to their teams by not fighting hard.

Afghanistan is performing worst in this World Cup. Afghanistan have played two matches in this World Cup and Afghanistan have lost both the matches. Today in this match between Afghanistan and England, Afghanistan does not seem to be able to win with this England. This World Cup cannot be calculated by looking at the statistics of the past, this World Cup is being held with completely different statistics. However, since it is a game of cricket, it will prove on the field how a team can perform. World champions England must win today's match to stay alive. If not, this World Cup may be lost from England's hands. Anyway, there are only 30 minutes left, let's see which team can excel on the field of play. But right now I am not making any predictions and if I have to make predictions then I can predict England win.

I do not think so that Afghanistan team performance in this match going to be worst according to this moment. In this match, England won toss and chose to bowling first in the field and give chance to Afghanistan to bat first. Current Batsman is playing in the pitch R.Gurbaz and I.Zardan. Both these players have not out till now. R.Gurbaz scored 30 runs in 25 balls and he hit give 4s and one 6s. Other batsman I.Zardan scored 19 runs in 26 balls and hit three 4s. Total they scored 73 runs in 8.4 overs without lost any batsman. Their performance is going to be great and if they build up good batting partnership for 25 to 30 overs then they will give tough time to England team and then England will play under pressure. I think this match will be quite interesting. Let's see at the end how much runs Afghanistan sets a target for England team.

Afghanistan got off to a good start but with quick wickets falling at key points, Afghanistan are now under a lot of pressure. Currently, Afghanistan have lost 4 wickets and collected 165 runs in 28.3 overs. After watching Afghanistan's first game, I thought that Afghanistan might put England in a tough spot today, but Afghanistan's rapid wicket fall will not make it possible for Afghanistan to reach 300 runs at the moment. If Afghanistan could score an 300 runs in today's match, Afghanistan would have a chance to win this match. However, let's see how many runs Afghanistan can score in the remaining in the remaining overs.

[jasonjm]

Only in this match Pakistan's bowling performance was not bad, but also in the previous matches Pakistani bowlers did not perform well. In this World Cup Pakistan has both fast and spinners, but it is a fact that there is a severe lack of fast bowling and spin bowling which can create problems for the opposition team at any time. Who has the ability to turn the dice of the match at any time.
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Pakistan team should focus on their spin bowling at the moment because their spin is not up to the standard. Shadab has been off-colour for the past year or so; he picked wickets at an average of 42 since 2019. I think it is time to let go of Shadab, the way they did let go of Fakhar. Try Usama or any other spinner. Nawaz is also not performing his role as an allrounder. These two are burdens for the Pakitan team.   

Afghanistan got off to a good start but with quick wickets falling at key points, Afghanistan are now under a lot of pressure. Currently, Afghanistan have lost 4 wickets and collected 165 runs in 28.3 overs. After watching Afghanistan's first game, I thought that Afghanistan might put England in a tough spot today, but Afghanistan's rapid wicket fall will not make it possible for Afghanistan to reach 300 runs at the moment. If Afghanistan could score an 300 runs in today's match, Afghanistan would have a chance to win this match. However, let's see how many runs Afghanistan can score in the remaining in the remaining overs.

Afghanistan's middle order has been a problem for them in the last few games. Today, again they played ordinary cricket. Rashid is looking good, and he might score a few odd runs, but this will not be enough to put Afghanistan in a leading position. The game will depend on the AFG spinners, how they will be used on this pitch and how well they bowl today. England will win the game comfortably.

[Cheema02]

Afghanistan Posted a good total of 284 runs in loss of all his wickets in 50 Over. Afghanistan batting performance is outstanding especially Rahmanullah Gurbaz who scored 80 runs and miss his Hundred by 20 runs short. Ikram Alikhil also played a excellent innings scored fifties, Rashid Khan played an important inning of 23 runs in 22 balls and Mujeeb Ur Rahman 28 runs inning in 16 balls helped Afghanistan to post 284 runs on the board. Mark Wood finishes with two wickets by giving 50 runs in 9 Overs.

Ikram Alikhil Is out after playing a crucial innings of 58 runs in 66 balls and reached Afghanistan total at 280 plus runs. Adil Rashid very outstanding bowling spell picked 3 Crusial wickets by giving only 42 runs in 10 Overs and Livingstone also bowl decent spell picked 1 wickets by give only 33 runs in 10 Overe. If Afghanistan are able to get early wickets of England and put pressure then Afghanistan have chance to win their first match of World Cup.

[virasog]

Afghanistan's middle order has been a problem for them in the last few games. Today, again they played ordinary cricket. Rashid is looking good, and he might score a few odd runs, but this will not be enough to put Afghanistan in a leading position. The game will depend on the AFG spinners, how they will be used on this pitch and how well they bowl today. England will win the game comfortably.

I think that the game is all over for the Afghanistan team unless we see some spin magic from the Afghanistan Spinners. Rashid Khan and other spinners need to get some quick wickets today. After having a more than 100 runs partnership for the opening pair, the rest of the Afghanistan batting collapsed badly and they were all out at 284 runs. Ikram Alikhil played a knock of 50 odds runs later in the innings but I think that Afghanistan are 50-70 runs short.

Yesterday we saw Pakistan's batting collapse against India and now we see the same with Afghanistan. I don't know if it is the pressure to make 350+ runs on these wickets which causes panic in the first innings and sides losing wickets and ending up getting way too low scores.

[Bd officer]

The Afghanistan team had accumulated enough runs till the power play. If Afghanistan could collect runs in this way then surely a big score would have been gifted to the England team. But with the destruction of 4 wickets, the Afghanistan team faced a lot of pressure. Especially Adil Rashid of England team bowled 7 overs and destroyed 2 wickets with only 29 runs.  In this way, if the Afghanistan team continues to lose wickets, it will not be possible to collect more runs. Because many of the England team are strong here, the chances of the England team winning today are very high.

Afghanistan batted well early on, but came under pressure as wickets fell. Couldn't score much in the middle, but did a bit better towards the last. In the end, the Afghanistan team was all out for 284 runs. Against a strong team like England, one cannot expect to win on such a low target. If Afghanistan would have been able to target 320 plus runs then I think we would have seen a competitive match. Both Rashid and Mujeeb are not doing well at present, if both of them bowl well then Afghanistan will have some positives. But England is far ahead to win today's match.

[3kpk3]

Afghanistan surprised me by posting a total close to 300 which is a decent target though I don't think that will be enough to win against the English who have plenty of capable batsmen. Am expecting England to thrash them.

They need to trigger a batting collapse if they somehow want to win this match in my opinion.

[onecall123]

The Afghanistan team had accumulated enough runs till the power play. If Afghanistan could collect runs in this way then surely a big score would have been gifted to the England team. But with the destruction of 4 wickets, the Afghanistan team faced a lot of pressure. Especially Adil Rashid of England team bowled 7 overs and destroyed 2 wickets with only 29 runs.  In this way, if the Afghanistan team continues to lose wickets, it will not be possible to collect more runs. Because many of the England team are strong here, the chances of the England team winning today are very high.

Afghanistan batted well early on, but came under pressure as wickets fell. Couldn't score much in the middle, but did a bit better towards the last. In the end, the Afghanistan team was all out for 284 runs. Against a strong team like England, one cannot expect to win on such a low target. If Afghanistan would have been able to target 320 plus runs then I think we would have seen a competitive match. Both Rashid and Mujeeb are not doing well at present, if both of them bowl well then Afghanistan will have some positives. But England is far ahead to win today's match.

Despite Rahmanullah Gurbaz's promising start, the other Afghan batters are losing their wickets at regular intervals. However, scoring 284 runs against England could be competitive, especially if the Afghan bowlers aim to defend it. They have a world-class bowling lineup that can be frightening on their day.

England is known for being involved in upsets, as seen in 2009 against Netherlands and in 2022 against Ireland. What if Afghanistan beats England today and pulls off an upset?
Here we go.. Farooqi  got an early breakthrough.

[noormcs5]

England vs Afghanistan match England won the toss and elected to field first against Afghanistan. The decision to field first has not been proved right by England so far as they have failed to take any wicket of Afghanistan so far. Afghanistan amassed 55 runs for no wicket after playing eight overs. 55 not out in the first eight overs against a team like England is a great start. If this wicket pair can make 120 to 150 runs then Afghanistan's score can be 300 plus. The way the two Afghanistan batsmen are batting, they seem to be very confident against the England first bowlers and so far they haven't played any wrong short to get out and we haven't noticed that much of a rush in their runs. Either England or Afghanistan will definitely win but as a cricket fan we definitely expect to see a good match.

Still the performance of Afghanistan is admirable. Afghanistan made 106 runs in 14 overs. And they didn't lost any wicket. The first partnership is going well. If this partnership will remain on pitch so I am sure that Afghanistan will make 300+ runs and this will be a good target. And and will be little bit difficult to chase by England. By the way we can't say anything at this time. Let's watch who will win.

The Afghanistan team playing very well. They put pressure on the England team and the Afghanistan team also lost their 1 review. Fazal Al Farooqi and the Afghani crowd put the pressure on England team. The Afghanistan team wants that no one can settle to play against them from the England team. They are all in a firing mood. The spinners come to bowl in just 4 overs, and every team do bowl with spinners after 7 to 12 overs in ODI. Afghanistan captains take risks, which is good because risks can change the game for them in their favour.

[UmerIdrees]

The Afghanistan team had accumulated enough runs till the power play. If Afghanistan could collect runs in this way then surely a big score would have been gifted to the England team. But with the destruction of 4 wickets, the Afghanistan team faced a lot of pressure. Especially Adil Rashid of England team bowled 7 overs and destroyed 2 wickets with only 29 runs.  In this way, if the Afghanistan team continues to lose wickets, it will not be possible to collect more runs. Because many of the England team are strong here, the chances of the England team winning today are very high.

Afghanistan batted well early on, but came under pressure as wickets fell. Couldn't score much in the middle, but did a bit better towards the last. In the end, the Afghanistan team was all out for 284 runs. Against a strong team like England, one cannot expect to win on such a low target. If Afghanistan would have been able to target 320 plus runs then I think we would have seen a competitive match. Both Rashid and Mujeeb are not doing well at present, if both of them bowl well then Afghanistan will have some positives. But England is far ahead to win today's match.

Despite Rahmanullah Gurbaz's promising start, the other Afghan batters are losing their wickets at regular intervals. However, scoring 284 runs against England could be competitive, especially if the Afghan bowlers aim to defend it. They have a world-class bowling lineup that can be frightening on their day.

England is known for being involved in upsets, as seen in 2009 against Netherlands and in 2022 against Ireland. What if Afghanistan beats England today and pulls off an upset?
Here we go.. Farooqi  got an early breakthrough.

Afghanistan bowlers and fielders are looking desperate to win this match and they are applying good pressure on the England team. This urge and passion to win were missing in yesterday's match for the Pakistan team. The Pakistan team were looking fearful yesterday while here Afganistan are looking to play aggressive cricket. That is the obvious difference between the two teams.

The result doesn't matter in the end if you have tried your best. Pakistan never looked to play as per their potential while Afghanistan's body language seems that they want to win today. Regardless of the result of the match, I think Afghanistan is showing a good show against the former World champions.

[LDL]

Afghanistan surprised me by posting a total close to 300 which is a decent target though I don't think that will be enough to win against the English who have plenty of capable batsmen. Am expecting England to thrash them.

They need to trigger a batting collapse if they somehow want to win this match in my opinion.

Afghanistan's 284 is undoubtedly a big achievement but against a big team like England, this collection is not enough to win much. In the beginning, the Afghanistan bowlers were able to put great pressure on the England batsmen and England lost two wickets for 33 runs which is a cause of concern for the England team. If England's batsmen can't make a big wicket in today's match, there may be no chance of England winning against Afghanistan. But it must be said that Afghanistan are bowling brilliantly.

[BitcoinsGreat]

Afghanistan surprised me by posting a total close to 300 which is a decent target though I don't think that will be enough to win against the English who have plenty of capable batsmen. Am expecting England to thrash them.

They need to trigger a batting collapse if they somehow want to win this match in my opinion.

The 13 overs were passed away and England lost their 2 wickets of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root. They both are very important and useful for England to win today’s match because, in today’s match, Ben Stokes is not playing because he is injured.

The fielding and Bowling going very well for the team of Afghanistan. The Afghanistan spinners and pacers do very good bowling and others do very well fielding. When the match started so Afghanistan team was paying very fast but now they have calmed down. The other wicket is gone which taken by Muhammad Nabi. The Afghanistan team want to win this match and you can see this clearly.

[ZAINmalik75]

Still the performance of Afghanistan is admirable. Afghanistan made 106 runs in 14 overs. And they didn't lost any wicket. The first partnership is going well. If this partnership will remain on pitch so I am sure that Afghanistan will make 300+ runs and this will be a good target. And and will be little bit difficult to chase by England. By the way we can't say anything at this time. Let's watch who will win.

Afghanistan looking really improved after consecutive two defeats, I never expect that they will scored  around 280 but they does which a quite positive indication for them but just like I previously explained that thier batting order is completely dependant on thier top 3, whenever they scored decently then they will have a big target but if some how they failed and unable to scored then Afghanistan will be definitely defeated brutally, so now gurbaz took the inning start magnificently and build a significant partnership with his firey innings which unfortunately doesn't go long and unexpectedly got runout. Later the momentum set by gurbaz Carry on by the young middle order batter and some other and thus Afghanistan scored a 280 around which is in think enough to defend by Afghanistan bowling lineup.

[Fuso.hp]

Afghanistan surprised me by posting a total close to 300 which is a decent target though I don't think that will be enough to win against the English who have plenty of capable batsmen. Am expecting England to thrash them.

They need to trigger a batting collapse if they somehow want to win this match in my opinion.

Afghanistan's 284 is undoubtedly a big achievement but against a big team like England, this collection is not enough to win much. In the beginning, the Afghanistan bowlers were able to put great pressure on the England batsmen and England lost two wickets for 33 runs which is a cause of concern for the England team. If England's batsmen can't make a big wicket in today's match, there may be no chance of England winning against Afghanistan. But it must be said that Afghanistan are bowling brilliantly.

284 runs in the first innings is a big target for any team. England are a big team and they have a strong batting line-up but they should struggle to score 284 runs. England did not get off to a good start as they lost three wickets in the first 70 runs.
Losing three early wickets is a big blow for England as the three batsmen who get out early are very important for the team. Even after three wickets, I will still favor England as England have a number of match-winning players and they will surely try to leave the field with a win today. The betting rate for Afghanistan has been slightly reduced and the betting rate for England has been increased, however I will still favor England to win.

[kro55]

Afghanistan surprised me by posting a total close to 300 which is a decent target though I don't think that will be enough to win against the English who have plenty of capable batsmen. Am expecting England to thrash them.

They need to trigger a batting collapse if they somehow want to win this match in my opinion.

Afghanistan's 284 is undoubtedly a big achievement but against a big team like England, this collection is not enough to win much. In the beginning, the Afghanistan bowlers were able to put great pressure on the England batsmen and England lost two wickets for 33 runs which is a cause of concern for the England team. If England's batsmen can't make a big wicket in today's match, there may be no chance of England winning against Afghanistan. But it must be said that Afghanistan are bowling brilliantly.

284 runs in the first innings is a big target for any team. England are a big team and they have a strong batting line-up but they should struggle to score 284 runs. England did not get off to a good start as they lost three wickets in the first 70 runs.
Losing three early wickets is a big blow for England as the three batsmen who get out early are very important for the team. Even after three wickets, I will still favor England as England have a number of match-winning players and they will surely try to leave the field with a win today. The betting rate for Afghanistan has been slightly reduced and the betting rate for England has been increased, however I will still favor England to win.

The target of 285 runs has become quite big as the pitch is not batting friendly. Spin bowlers can do very well on this pitch. And so even though the England team is very strong, it will be very difficult for them to score 285 runs against the bowling attack of Afghanistan.
England stumbled early in the innings. They lost their first wicket for just 3 runs and lost two wickets for 33 runs. They lost 4 important top order batsmen before collecting 100 runs. Now Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi have become more difficult for England to deal with. England collected 108 runs in 19 overs. England need 177 runs in 31 overs to win.

[Fuso.hp]

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The target of 285 runs has become quite big as the pitch is not batting friendly. Spin bowlers can do very well on this pitch. And so even though the England team is very strong, it will be very difficult for them to score 285 runs against the bowling attack of Afghanistan.
England stumbled early in the innings. They lost their first wicket for just 3 runs and lost two wickets for 33 runs. They lost 4 important top order batsmen before collecting 100 runs. Now Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi have become more difficult for England to deal with. England collected 108 runs in 19 overs. England need 177 runs in 31 overs to win.

With five of England's top-order batsmen out, the game looks like Afghanistan's win is only a matter of time. Only Harry Brook is on the wicket as a professional batsman. Sam Curran is a bowling all-rounder but he is not a quality batsman so it will be difficult for these two to pull this match out. If there was an experienced cricketer in place of these two, he would have definitely tried to pull this match out but since both are young players, it is difficult for them to hold their nerve.  

151 runs is very difficult for England to collect from the current position but if these two cricketers can build a good partnership then they have chances to do well in this match. If England lose this match against Afghanistan, the fight to go to the semi-finals will be far behind.

[Out of mind]

The Afghanistan team had accumulated enough runs till the power play. If Afghanistan could collect runs in this way then surely a big score would have been gifted to the England team. But with the destruction of 4 wickets, the Afghanistan team faced a lot of pressure. Especially Adil Rashid of England team bowled 7 overs and destroyed 2 wickets with only 29 runs.  In this way, if the Afghanistan team continues to lose wickets, it will not be possible to collect more runs. Because many of the England team are strong here, the chances of the England team winning today are very high.

Afghanistan played their best from the start today and I think the team managed to put up a good score. As Afghanistan were all out for 284 it was not a low run but a huge score. All in all, Afghanistan batsmen today put in a good batting performance to score so many runs against England. Although we know England to be a strong team, but looking at the lineup of Afghanistan bowlers in today's match, England seems to be under a lot of pressure. England couldn't bat very well from the beginning, but they had to bat under a lot of pressure due to the fall of wickets. With England's batsmen currently depressing, it looks like it will be very difficult for the team to win. Harry Brook is keeping the England team alive at the moment, having lost 6 wickets and scored 138 runs in 27.1 overs. If Harry Brook is out then the England team will definitely lose today, moreover the England team is under a lot of pressure due to the fall of wickets at the moment. England's chances of winning today seem very slim, and their poor batting performance has disappointed the visitors a lot.

[Haunebu]

Welp! There goes my awesome winning streak. The current World Cup champions are going to lose against Afghanistan which just goes to show the state of the England ODI team at present.

They are badly missing Stokes. Favorites to win the cup seem to be NZ, SA and India based on recent performances.

[posi]

The Afghanistan team had accumulated enough runs till the power play. If Afghanistan could collect runs in this way then surely a big score would have been gifted to the England team. But with the destruction of 4 wickets, the Afghanistan team faced a lot of pressure. Especially Adil Rashid of England team bowled 7 overs and destroyed 2 wickets with only 29 runs.  In this way, if the Afghanistan team continues to lose wickets, it will not be possible to collect more runs. Because many of the England team are strong here, the chances of the England team winning today are very high.

Afghanistan played their best from the start today and I think the team managed to put up a good score. As Afghanistan were all out for 284 it was not a low run but a huge score. All in all, Afghanistan batsmen today put in a good batting performance to score so many runs against England. Although we know England to be a strong team, but looking at the lineup of Afghanistan bowlers in today's match, England seems to be under a lot of pressure. England couldn't bat very well from the beginning, but they had to bat under a lot of pressure due to the fall of wickets. With England's batsmen currently depressing, it looks like it will be very difficult for the team to win. Harry Brook is keeping the England team alive at the moment, having lost 6 wickets and scored 138 runs in 27.1 overs. If Harry Brook is out then the England team will definitely lose today, moreover the England team is under a lot of pressure due to the fall of wickets at the moment. England's chances of winning today seem very slim, and their poor batting performance has disappointed the visitors a lot.

I am actually shocked to see the performance from England. Afghanistan did well to get 284. But I still would have said that their target was never going to be enough for them to win against England. But looking at the score right now, I am not so sure about that. Right now, the score is 160/6. Almost 33 overs have been played.
England needs more than seven runs per over to win. And now they have only four wickets in hand. It was actually seven down for England but they just used a review.

Well, as I was writing this, they lost another wicket anyway. So it is seven down for them. Right now, the score is 160/7 after exactly 33 overs.

[Z_MBFM]

The Afghanistan team had accumulated enough runs till the power play. If Afghanistan could collect runs in this way then surely a big score would have been gifted to the England team. But with the destruction of 4 wickets, the Afghanistan team faced a lot of pressure. Especially Adil Rashid of England team bowled 7 overs and destroyed 2 wickets with only 29 runs.  In this way, if the Afghanistan team continues to lose wickets, it will not be possible to collect more runs. Because many of the England team are strong here, the chances of the England team winning today are very high.

Afghanistan played their best from the start today and I think the team managed to put up a good score. As Afghanistan were all out for 284 it was not a low run but a huge score. All in all, Afghanistan batsmen today put in a good batting performance to score so many runs against England. Although we know England to be a strong team, but looking at the lineup of Afghanistan bowlers in today's match, England seems to be under a lot of pressure. England couldn't bat very well from the beginning, but they had to bat under a lot of pressure due to the fall of wickets. With England's batsmen currently depressing, it looks like it will be very difficult for the team to win. Harry Brook is keeping the England team alive at the moment, having lost 6 wickets and scored 138 runs in 27.1 overs. If Harry Brook is out then the England team will definitely lose today, moreover the England team is under a lot of pressure due to the fall of wickets at the moment. England's chances of winning today seem very slim, and their poor batting performance has disappointed the visitors a lot.

I am actually shocked to see the performance from England. Afghanistan did well to get 284. But I still would have said that their target was never going to be enough for them to win against England. But looking at the score right now, I am not so sure about that. Right now, the score is 160/6. Almost 33 overs have been played.
England needs more than seven runs per over to win. And now they have only four wickets in hand. It was actually seven down for England but they just used a review.

Well, as I was writing this, they lost another wicket anyway. So it is seven down for them. Right now, the score is 160/7 after exactly 33 overs.

England have lost 9 wickets and scored 199 runs so far and they still need 86 runs in 11 overs which they will not be able to do. Today's winner Afghanistan is sure that there is no way for England to win this match. England would lose all wickets before completing the full fifty overs. And with Afghanistan they will lose the match by a huge margin of runs. Afghanistan is batting  as well as bowling brilliantly. However, England is far ahead of Afghanistan in the points table, yet it is unimaginable that England is losing so badly. After today's match, Afghanistan will reach a good position in the points table