In the ongoing 13th game of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 between England and Afghanistan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz gave Afghanistan a perfect start propelling the teams total to 284 runs at Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi on Sunday.Blitzing knock from GurbazEnglands skipper Jos Buttler won the toss and invited Afghanistan to bat first. The opening pair of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zardan started the procedure in a position manner and smashed 76 runs in powerplay which is their highest powerplay totals in World Cups. While Gurbaz slammed a 33-ball 50 as Afghanistan. He along with Ibrahim Zadran added 114 runs for the first wicket.INNINGS CHANGE 🔁After being put into bat first, #AfghanAtalan have managed to put 284/10 in the first inning, with major contributions coming from @RGurbaz_21 (80), @IkramAlikhil15 (58) and @Mujeeb_R88 (28). 👍Time for our bowlers to do the job for us…!#CWC23 | #AFGvENG pic.twitter.com/UFVbpag9l0— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) October 15, 2023 The defending champions England failed to scalp any wicket in the powerplay. Adil Rashid provided the first breakthrough for England after dismissing Ibrahim, who scored 28 runs in 48 balls.Following this England scalped four quick blows dismissing Zadran (28) in the 17th over, falling to Adil Rashid. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was run out in the 19th over, for 80 runs off 57 balls. While Rahman Shah (3) and Azmatullah Omarzai (19) fell to Rashid and Liam Livingstone.Fifty by wicketkeeper Ikram AlikhliAfter the dismissal of Gurbaz, wicketkeeper batsmen Ikram Alikhli held one end while the wickets fell quickly from the other end. He scored 58 runs off 66 balls including 3 boundaries and 2 maximums before getting dismissed by Reece Topley.𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐒: 5️⃣8️⃣𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒: 6️⃣6️⃣𝟒𝐬: 3️⃣𝟔𝐬: 2️⃣End of a special inning by the young wicket-keeper batter @IkramAlikhil15. 👏🤩#AfghanAtalan | #CWC23 | #AFGvENG | #WarzaMaidanGata pic.twitter.com/k3izY9X2Nz— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) October 15, 2023 Late fire works by Rashid and MujeebAfghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi then fell for 14(36) and Mark Wood removed Mohammad Nabi for 9(15). Rashid Khan and Ikram Alikhil then stabilised things before Rashid fell for 23(22). Mujeeb Ur Rahman played a handy knock of 28 runs in just 13 balls before getting dismissed by Mark Wood. The last batter to be dismissed was Naveen-ul-Haq. Afghanistan finished with 284 runs on the board in 49.5 overs.Adil scalps three wicketsAdil Rashid was the top wicket-taker from the English side scalping three wickets, while speedster Mark Wood scalped 2 wickets. Reece Topley, Joe Root, and Liam Livingstone claimed one wicket each.Brief ScorecardAfghanistan : Afghanistan 284 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 80, Ikram Alikhil 58 Adil Rashid 3-42) vs England.
